Nick,
First, my apologies for your encounter. CNET does screen all files before making them available for download, but virus signatures are not always available for the particular piece of malware at the time of scanning (in this case, back in 2005). Even today, McAfee, Symantec, Microsoft, AVG, and others do not detect malware in that installer. However, the reports and alerts from a handful of other scanners (TrendMicro, Kaspersky, and A-Squared) indicate there's likely an infection that needs to be investigated.
That said, CNET staff do not actively monitor comments made on download.com. Rather, they rely on members using the Customer Help Center (link at the bottom of every page) to submit an email reporting any issues, such as broken links, malware infections, etc, to the support team. They'll respond within 3 business days and remedy the issue accordingly. It's possible you'll find other downloads that slipped through in years past, but by reporting problems you find you can help keep download.com a reliable place to download safe, trustworthy software.
Regards,
John
P.S. I am forwarding your report so that Easy WiFi Radar can be inspected and, assuming the reports are not false positives, removed from the site.
I was recently recommended by the help desk of my broadband ISP (British Telecom) to download "Easy WiFi Radar". Naturally I did this from CNET, knowing that I wouldn't be infected by malware. AVG detected a trojan and (fortunately) I was not able to run the software. Imagine my shock when I returned to CNET to check user reviews (I usually do this first but the recommendation by BT put me off guard) and discovered loads of warnings about the trojan! I was still more surprised when I checked a month later to find that the download is still available on CNET.
Any chance this download will be removed soon? Are any other downloads vulnerable and how did this one get past CNET's "tested, malware free" guarantee?

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