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"Crap!Crap!"
Pros
none. none. none
Cons
I can't tell what's going on with this. Are they having fun? Am I getting an anti-virus and malware scanner/cleaner after the trial is done or not? Who has time for this? It doesn't seem to want to work until I activate. I can't tell whether it's just trying to force me to buy the bloody thing (Good luck! I have no credit card, losers!) or I need to register. Zero plain English happening, as so often is the case when dealing with geeks (computer geeks = antisocial tech savvy people). I respond to a system tray warning about security vulnerability by, I thought, initiating a check for viruses. That took less than a minute. I thought "That can't be right." But you can't tell whether you've run a quick malware scan or an antivirus scan. I'm done. The sad thing is, A combined antivirus and antimalware prog makes sense. We just need the right company to do it, clearly.
Summary
Fail!
cons continued: Then there's CNET, which didn't accept my correct password, which I find suspicious. Maybe they don't like criticism. I don't like having my time wasted. I changed my password and got in, unlike, it seems, some of my previous reviews.
Capitalists! Burn it all!!!
2 replies to this review
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Dear Aarby,
Thank you for your post. Unfortunately you need to activate your software to be able to get definition updates, this is done by simply inputting your email address and an email is sent to you with a 1 year free license key. When you run a scan this checks everything virus's, malware ect. If the software pop's up a prompt that means a threat has been detected on the spot and needs immediate attention. As for the Quick scan its a quick scan, if you require a full scan or custom you can simply run a full or custom scan.
Kind regards
Corina - Lavasoft support -
I didn't find it at all difficult to figure out. It asks you to register the software, you provide an email address, and they send you an activation code. This is very common among free software. I'm not exactly a computer cracker, and I did this with no fuss whatsoever.
In any case, it does seem as though you're making a very noisy complaint regarding software that you never intend to support. Open source and free software is fine and all, I personally have a long history of using the stuff, but when you come across something you like a lot, you should at least consider buying it.
