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5 stars
Version: PaltalkScene 9.8
Pros: Voice Quality, Cam Quality, The Ability To Hear Around The World Like It Was Next To You, Over 5,000 Rooms, With A Average Of 60,000 People Online At Any One Time, Moderated Rooms For Peoples Pleasure And Child Saftey, Cant Be Beaten.
Cons: NOTHING, ZERO, ZILCH !!
Summary: Paltalk is the best chat program in the world, ive been using it for many years now, i havent not a clue what these people are talking about malware for, ive never had a problem, and i must of downloaded it over 80 times over the years. Its the best,... read more
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3 stars
Version: PaltalkScene 9.8
"VirusTotal.com found no malware in it."
Pros: Same . . .. .
Cons: None . . . . .
Summary: File pal_install_r1261.exe received on 2009.10.05 00:40:11 (UTC)VirusTotal.com - Result: 0/41 (0%) Antivirus Version Last Update Resulta-squared 4.5.0.24 2009.10.04 -AhnLab-V3 5.0.0.2 2009.10.03 -AntiVir 7.9.1.33 2009.10.05 -Antiy-AVL 2.0.3.7 2009... read more
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1 stars
Version: PaltalkScene 9.8
"* Possible worm/virus/malware * Uninstall AT ONCE!"
Pros: None apparent
Cons: Seems to install by itself. Does not require admin privileges on Vista / Overrides admin privleges.
Summary: Seems to install by itself. I have a PC with Vista. My account is the only admin account and is password protected. PalTalk has been installed, or has installed itself twice, with no UAC prompts. PC is used by two other people, on seperate "Limited" ... read more
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1 stars
Version: PaltalkScene 9.8
Pros: NONE WHAT SO EVER!
Cons: USING PALTALK I GOT A POPUP THAT TOLD ME I HAD A VIRUS THEN INSISTED I INSTALL THEIR AV PROGRAM. I HAD TO START TASK MANAGER CLOSE INTERNET EXPLORER OR IT WOULD HAV INSTALLED THE ANTIVIRUS ... I HIGHLY ADVIZE YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM PALTALK
Summary: PALTALK IS GARBAGE THEY INSIST YOU UPGRAGE EVERY TIME YOU START PALTALK THEN INFECT YOU WITH A VIRUS IF YOU DONE UPGRADE!! read more
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
1 stars
Version: PaltalkScene 9.8
"BEWARE of malware when using paltalk."
Pros: Not really any, the malware issue pretty much overshadows any nice features.
Cons: MALWARE! Unless you have completely bulletproof virus/spyware protection don't even think about using PalTalk. They do not review or screen their banner advertisements and many are loaded with malicious code.
Summary: To verify my claims, I created a VMWare virtual machine running Windows XP pro. Paltalk was the only software loaded on the system after a clean install. No other software or browsers were being run during the test period. Within a three days of a... read more
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