Scan & Fix 50 registry issues FREEALOT Toolbar User Reviews
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"Added without intent, unable to delete."
Version: ALOT Toolbar 2.5.9
Pros
Minimum usage shows little to offfer.
Cons
No information available to delete!!!! Program not asked for, not ordered and unable to delete. Two detailed e-mails on their site asking for help, never answered. Six phone calls to the NY office yielded one opportunity to leave message, still unanswered, and five no phone answer at all. This is over the last 30 days.
Summary
Need an answer on how to get rid of this invasive program,supposedly required of product presentations on line or e-male
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"It can't get worse than this by ALOT!"
Version: ALOT Toolbar 2.5.9
Pros
The writers of this program are good at fooling children into download a useless program!
Cons
Painful to remove an absolutely worthless program!
Summary
Avoid at all costs!
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"How annoying is Alot? A lot!"
Version: ALOT Toolbar 2.5.9
Pros
The one good thing I can say about it is that the Alot Toolbar is not technically a virus or malware. It preys upon unsophisticated computer users, fooling them into installing something they don't need.
Cons
This toolbar keeps getting installed by accident on the computers in the lab I administer. It adds a bunch of useless buttons to the toolbar, reducing the space for actual browsing. To add insult to injury, it changes the homepage without asking.
Summary
While not technically malware, the Alot Toolbar is mostly a scam. It makes itself easy to install accidentally by non-tech savvy people (such as the seniors who use the lab I run) but almost impossible for the same people to remove. It's main purpose is not to be useful to the end user, but to show advertisements. Personally, I think Google, Yahoo!, and Bing should together refuse to pay advertisers who get clicks through dubious ethics like this. Cutting off the revenue source for Alot will make the job of volunteer administrators like myself much easier.
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