Has anyone had problems installing Yahoo widgets engine?

I was thinking of installing Yahoo Widgets, but are they ALL safe, which ones do you recommend or don't?

• Some of the Yahoo Widgets look really interesting, I know I want this one: http://widgets.yahoo.com/widgets/smart-wake but do I have to have all ones in the set of recommended widgets, to get it? Also how SAFE are they because it looks like they are not all made by Yahoo, but by regular people, so does that mean anyone can make a Widget & that it can do harm to your computer? If you use Yahoo Widgets, which ones do you recommend & which ones do you think are not safe?

• Answer:

  They all undergo a certain level of testing to be able to be listed as part of Yahoo's widgets gallery. If they weren't safe, your virus/spyware detection software would pick them up, and the widgets comments would have already received various negative comments. I have used Yahoo widgets, installed many random widgets of varying quality, and I didn't find any of them to be 'unsafe'. However the more you install and run, the slower your PC will run as it will use more and more of your PC's memory (RAM). Smart wake looks fine though. Hope this helps.