One of the basic configurations that can be used is making a standard user unable to make system changes in Windoze. Needless to say they stopped using it, I stopped using it and I stopped recommending the free version to anyone who asked me about it.Īccording to the diagram posted in the article the malware lays dormant 601 seconds and checks to see if the user is an admin and then terminates if not to not execute. I went through the renew subscription page and noted that the 3 PC licence was the default, my parents didn't notice and paid (initially twice) for two licences they didn't need. Once we had resolved this I noticed that they had been billed for a three computer licence. To change it my father had to stop payment through his bank as the customer service section for the billing company were unreachable. My parents, who were using it on my recommendation, were billed twice for the same years subscription. They changed their billing process and outsourced it. It would pop up a window to identify a 'problem' it had detected and then try and sell me the Avast! product to remove it. The basic software became a 'platform' for launching constant ads for upgrades and other Avast products. I don't know if they had a change of ownership or just a new CEO but they significantly changed their business practices. Started off with the free version and then paid for it because it had been trouble free. I used Avast! quite happily for some ten years or so. Shame it was sold, to anyone, but hey, that's the way of the world. It was also able to remove crap from client PC's that nothing else would. The reg cleaner was not overly aggressive, and never once went wrong (for me). Add in CCEnhancer, and one had a great clean-up tool. Did what it said on the tin, and did it well. Piriform never asked outright for money.Īnd CCleaner just worked. ![]() Lets face it, they didn't come across as a bunch of chancers, taking open-source code, slapping a branded interface GUI on top, and asking money for it (see many video players, disk burners, etc). When I was using hard disks, I also used Piriform's Defraggler, and a couple of other tools. Given it's a free program, and I wasn't being urged to donate or being subject to adverts, it didn't seem an issue. But tbh, that seems to be standard across most software updates. ![]() Now I did wonder what some of the updates offered, as the only gave vague entries such as "made some improvements" (what improvements? in what area?). Been using it for years, without any issues at all, until v5 adopted the new MS interface style tiles, or whatever.
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