... if I get it directly from them and pay the $7.95 it won't have adware, right?
You’d think so, but I wouldn’t want to bet the bank on it. Adware can enter in various ways, and preventing it requires close attention by webmasters. Even large sites and big name companies have fallen victim to it in the past. These days, many if not most web stores are fine, but still you often can’t be sure without trying.
Given choices, I’d rather go with sites that earned their reliability over time, and those include (a.o.) MacUpdate and CNet Download (yes, even that one, since it indicates which download comes with its adware, and provides a ‘clean’ option as well). That said, download sites like these usually link through to the original site for the actual download, but claim that they screen those for unwanted ‘goodies’.
