There is a screen during the installation process that allows you to install the Ask toolbar and make Ask your default search engine, or proceed with a clean install of Nero. The freely available version is endorsed by the Ask search engine, which means that Nero is actually making dollars with this offer. The offer and the downloaded copies are as legitimate as any other Nero software issue.īut don't expect to get the full Nero 9 suite for free, as the company is not prepared to lose money just yet. That's no joke and it's no prank or malfunction from the part of Nero. The world-renowned data disc-burning software is offered freely by the developing company at the cost of your email address in order to receive its newsletters.