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  • 4.0 stars

    "Good Product, Annoying pop-ups"

    July 14, 2012  |   By tdaso

    Pros

    Effective - Good functionality - Smooth updating - Resource friendly

    Cons

    Frustrating pop-ups (probably aiming to upgrade to pro)

    Summary

    The pop-ups are so annoying and so persistent (silent mode does nothing to suppress them) that I'm thinking to uninstall after so many years of using it.

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  • Reply by Eddoom on July 16, 2012

    Strange comment, I have never seen a pop-up in the 4 years I have used the program. I just turn the alerts off and it never bugs me.

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  • Reply by nrocpop on July 15, 2012

    I suggest you go back to the previous version which I have done. You can also play around with the update settings to stop the nagging to upgrade popups.

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