No, not at all, they only responsible for addons uploaded to Curse.
Never used it, only remember it slighty the time i used teamspeak for communication with raid guild at that time.
I install my addons manually, but i only using 4 addons lol, if i used more i prob would require a program that does the manual update.
But i heard bad thins but Overwolf so i gonna keep my distance from that for now.
I know that but nowhere in the articles you posted it says that as long as you can disable the ads you’re safe and that the problem is solved (because they can’t really make that claim…), you made that conclusion based on the assumption that as long as you don’t see the ads they can’t spread malware which is false, vendors can still do it regardless of whether they allow you to remove/disable the ads, not to mention that most of these articles generally focus on browsers for a reason because it’s something the user have more control over the content whereas software people install on their computers consciously people have less control over the content of the program and it can do much more than introducing a backdoor to the system which the final results might end up being the same but still if say Overwolf wanted your data and were malicious they could install anything without your consent and the reason is many people just install their software as admins with full permissions and go next, next, next in the installation process so the better way is not installing software from vendors you don’t trust to begin with then the question of whether they give you the option to remove/disable ads becomes irrelevant.
Yep, if the ads don’t even download, the problem is avoided, because any potential malware doesn’t even get to my computer. I’m not talking about hiding ads, but blocking them.
Because browsers have ad blockers, while individual apps rarely do. That’s why in-app ads are a problem in the first place, because you can’t (easily) use an ad blocker.
It doesn’t matter whether the program that displays ads is benign or not. It doesn’t matter how much control you have over the app’s installation, or how much you trust its developers/distributors/whatever. As long as it displays ads from an ad network, you’re at risk. Why? Because the app itself has zero control over what ads are displayed, unless they roll their own ad network, which pretty much noone does. They all use the existing ad networks.
I mean: https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-apps-infected-with-malware. Outlook, a number of Microsoft games, the Microsoft News app (among other things) were serving malware via ads. Even if you trust the developer of the app, the app itself, if it displays ads from an ad network, you’re at risk. Simple as that.
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I think I’m convinced. 
Replying to your post above:
So much this.
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Overwolf is a disease, some time ago i installed it and not knowing better. it is crap and useles… if addons are available through overwolf… then i will not use it anymore, rather use no addons at all.
If you try to install it and want to opt-out their advertisement settings it will not even let you install the app at all…
Dark times for curse… hopefully a better addon manager rises
We have like 3+ viable alternatives right now: WowUp, CurseBreaker, Arjour all work fine for now.
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I found out about Ajour recently third party app that can update addons even updates some addons that aren’t updated by twitch app, im not sure how safe it is i would always use caution to avoid getting hijacked.
Ajour, CurseBreaker and WowUp are all open source. All three of them are a million times safer and more trustworthy than Overwolf, and due to not displaying ads, safer than manually downloading AddOns too.
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I’ve been using Overwolf for a while now. No issues with it.
As with anything it requires you to go through the settings and exclude everything you don’t want. I don’t let it run in background, no startup stuff, I went through all the privacy settings to not feed back anything and opt me out of all third party stuff. It’s set so that Overwolf and Curseforge close upon exit.
I was curious as there was much negativity and I did try one of the alternatives to start with but had some issues which I wont go into. So I went back to Twitch. Twitch addons section is going on the 2nd of December.
On a daily basis I just open Curseforge App before I start playing, update and close.
I install my mods manually. I gate steam and other launcher apps for same reason that I do not think those apps should be required. Those are merely just adwares and serve little purpose most times.
No issues with Overwolf. Been using it for a while now. Like punyelf said earlier go through the settings carefully and deny everything you can. Dont keep it open when you dont need it. No ads no issues here.
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Let me see.
Manually checking each site for an update to 25 add ons. Download each one. Uninstall each older one/delete. Unzip each one and slap in the folder.
Or. Use a client and hit update 25 times and be done in 2 min instead of 20.
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I was honestly expecting the worst when I installed it because of the reputation Overwolf has but the claims were getting wilder and wilder on the forums and elsewhere.
There are of course alternatives available if people really don’t want to use Curseforge (providing Overwolf keeps allowing them to scrape the database)
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No thanks@another Twitch. I’ve gone the absolute opposite direction and use Ajour, a single .exe which does an excellent job.
https://www.getajour.com/
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I think I’ll probably go back to updating addons manually. I did an addon purge a couple of weeks ago which has left me with about 10 (maybe less, one addon contains a few). WowUp is great for the moment, but if that stops working/goes the same way, I’ll just go manual.
never understood how Blizz are ok with addons being used, but haven’t developed an addon manager built in to the game.
Most games that are on board with modding have this feature.
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I guess i have to give up addons then i have zero interest for installing yet another bloatware.
Might be a partial blessing depending on how it goes.
With the twitch client no longer having WoW addons it becomes useless to me so i can uninstall that, and I’ll probably use something more lightweight for addons like WowUp.
Its unlikely I’ll use Overwolf, if they restrict API access I’d likely just reduce the amount of addons i use and start installing them manually.
Still using WoWup and had no issues, I won’t even look at Overwolf.