AltaVista Toolbar User Reviews

• 3.0 stars

  "Good but not the best"

  June 6, 2008  |   By antmarkson

  Version: AltaVista Toolbar 1

  Cons

  Some of the other comments on here are good - Yahoo has the free anti-spy and both Google and Yahoo provide a better search experience.

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• 3.0 stars

  "AltaVista Toolbar is an "okay" program, but there are much better ones."

  February 7, 2007  |   By wfrye

  Version: AltaVista Toolbar 1

  Pros

  I liked its pop-up blocker.

  Cons

  There are much better search engines out there that give excellent toolbars, the best being MSN (Windows Live Toolbar) and Yahoo, with its toolbar. Yahoo toolbar also comes with Anti-Spy, which is a useful tool against spyware.

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• 1.0 stars

  "Don't Download It! It sucks!"

  August 18, 2006  |   By antibarbie

  Version: AltaVista Toolbar 1

  Cons

  This program is terrible. Upon installing it my computer was plagued with furious popups that not one of my three popup blockers could keep down (I have the Google Toolbar, the Yahoo! Antispy Toolbar, Pop-Up Stopper Free Edition). Websites such as "qwikfind", "nester", "partypokeronline""heavy", and many more interrupted my programs and shut down my open windows. AVG Anti-Virus detected a trojan horse hidden as a temporary file. I would never recommend this program to anyone, not even if they paid me! I have always trusted CNET and their product reviews, but something was very wrong with the AltaVista toolbar. Besides my popup blockers I own and run Norton Anti-Virus, AOL Active Security Monitor, Spybot- Search & Destroy, Spyware Doctor, and Ewido Anti-spyware 4.0- I don't even need all those programs, but after what AltaVista did to my computer who can tell?

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• 4.0 stars

  "Toolbars are obsolete with IE7 browser"

  May 21, 2006  |   By zim777

  Version: AltaVista Toolbar 1

  Pros

  good toolbar for ie6

  Cons

  Toolbars are obsolete with IE7 browser Search Box and website like ieproviders.com.

  download.com/Internet-Explorer-7/3000-2356_4-10532378.html?tag=lst-0-6

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