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- Editor's Rating:
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Downloads:
24,757
- Operating Systems:
Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Additional Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/2003/XP
- Limitations:
Some features disabled
- Date Added:
August 28, 2007
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Publisher's description of EULAlyzer 1.2
EULAlyzer can analyze license agreements in seconds, and provide a detailed listing of potentially interesting words and phrases. Discover if the software you're about to install displays pop-up ads, transmits personally identifiable information, uses unique identifiers to track you, or more.
This version includes unspecified enhancements and bug fixes.
Editor's review of EULAlyzer 1.2
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- "Save time reading EULAs"
- Version reviewed: EULAlyzer 1.2
Combing through end-user license agreements (EULAs) can be a tedious process, but skipping them altogether is downright dangerous. Enter EULAlyzer, which quickly scans any EULA you toss at it and flags words, statements, and phrases worthy of user attention.
The program's clean, but bulky interface features plenty of explanatory text, though we'd still like to see an in-depth help file included. The Analyze menu item is where you'll do most of your work, either by pasting a EULA into the blank box or dragging the plus-sign icon over a license agreement in another window. (If you need to scan an online EULA, you'll have to use the former method.) Much like antispyware programs do, EULAlyzer flags suspicious wording on a scale of 1 to 10 based on how crucial the disclosed information can be to your security. When testing the program with an application full of adware, it demonstrated good performance, flagging all text pertaining to advertising and bundling, as well as listing the names and URLs of the bundled software. Although the freeware version disables a couple of advanced features in the commercial pro software, it will keep statistics on the EULAs it has analyzed and save scanned entries. Though frequent downloaders should still peruse EULAs manually, we think this handy little item makes a quality pickup for anyone concerned with their privacy.
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User reviews of EULAlyzer 1.2
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 52 votes
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: EULAlyzer 1.2
Pros: Good Idea
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: EULAlyzer 1.2
"Great for picking out privacy issues"
Pros: quick and focused on privacym advertorial issues
Cons: Does state/show where in script offending items are
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: EULAlyzer 1.2
"i use this all the time and it is entirely helpful"
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: EULAlyzer 1.2
Pros: The "nag screens" the reviewer mentioned are not a problem. I've seen worse in other freeware.
Don't bother with the "crosshairs", just copy/paste and analyze.
The analysis flags many minor problems, which is what you want from this type of program.
The ONLY way to read a EULA.
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Version: EULAlyzer 1.2
Pros: A quick program that can find problems that may effect you
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