Giveaway of the Day Forums » Installation and activation problems

1. giveawaybadger
   Member

   When I installed this, Kaspersky Antivirus alerted me to the following. I halted it and ran it again and got the same warning. Why is this software trying to mess with my IE security settings, particularly a blacklisted entry for a P0RN site???? This was at the VERY BEGINNING of the install process, right after the GOTD splash screen:

   Process is trying to delete value in system registry key that belongs to group Internet Security. These keys control Internet security settings.

   Key: HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1614895754-299502267-682003330-1004\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains-asiansex.com

   Posted 1 year ago #

2. BillW50
   Member

   Wow! My Advanced Windows Care Pro doesn't do this. I tried it on another computer just to make sure and that one doesn't either. Sounds like you have something else going on there.

   Posted 1 year ago #

3. inneedof1
   Member

   Hmmm, i have tons of those HKEY_USERS things they are just sitting there, i haven't a clue what to do with them. but otherwise the giveaway is great.

   Posted 1 year ago #

4. Lee
   Moderator

   This application adds entries to Internet Explorer.

   They are lists of 'blocked' websites, those that you should not visit as they are a security risk.

   Click tools on the tool bar in internet explorer, then internet options, then click security, then click restricted sites, mine is a red circle with a line through it, click sites and you will see lists of sites that are blocked, you can add or remove them as you wish.

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5. qrius2noall
   Member

   Seems like a great utility,though not without creating some doubts-
   I ran it and after exitting this programme,did a SPYWARE BLASTER(ONE OF THE BEST ANTISPYWARE UTILITY)SCAN and was not very happy to note that it has changed IE SETTINGS
   for the worse,as shown by the spyware blaster scan report.Being a newbie these kind of situations are kind of scary for me so i enabled full protection by long trusted spyware blaster.

   The other utility offered by the same site DEFRAG ,being a BETA VERSION too didnot show anything extraordinary as compared to ZILLIONS of GOOD DEFRAG utilities available

   Posted 1 year ago #

6. DRALAA
   Member

   It's a great utility but computer themes become less advanced
   but the positive effect is great.

   Posted 1 year ago #

7. inneedof1
   Member

   Ah-ha ok thank you much Lee! Will try this tomorrow :)

   Posted 1 year ago #

8. inneedof1
   Member

   Oh wow lee i just went there and there are just tons, how did they get in there?

   Posted 1 year ago #

9. Lee
   Moderator

   Like gha! The application added them.

   Spybot search & destroy and other spyware apps do the same.

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10. terflip
    Member

    Sorry Lee but you have a malware problem. That is what is adding all the things in your system. There are several ways to find them and not all programs can.

    Try avg or avast anti-virus programs.\\ Good luck

    Posted 1 year ago #

11. Lee
    Moderator

    I have a malware problem?

    How do you know this, infact I don't.

    NIS2007 SBS & Destroy says the oppsite to you also.

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12. inneedof1
    Member

    Well i will run Avg just in case, thanks :)

    Posted 1 year ago #

13. inneedof1
    Member

    Well i used my AVG and it found nothing yahooooo :)

    Posted 1 year ago #

14. malawibob
    Member

    Hey lee,
    I got Advanced Windows care Pro v2 the other day and activated it. It did fine. Today I tried to use the program and it tells me my "trial" is over and will not accept an activation key. Have you heard this one before??

    Posted 1 year ago #

15. Thunderstroke
    Member

    Hello Malawibob

    Saskia and me have the same problem like you.
    Please check out the home-page and look for the comments for Advanced WindowsCare Pro
    Go to #269 #275 #276 #278 and #279...
    AWC realy was good...

    Posted 1 year ago #

16. Saskia
    Member

    Indeed, I confirm that I have the same problem: suddenly lost my registration after 3 days. Seems Thunderstroke, Malawibob and I are not alone in this case: comments keep piling up on the AdvancedWindows download page.
    Lee, any answers?

    Posted 1 year ago #

17. spiegelj2007
    Member

    my registration was gone after 4-5 days

    Posted 1 year ago #

18. terflip
    Member

    Hey Malawibob, and the others, I had the same thing with the registration.

    Looks like a lot of us lost it.

    Posted 1 year ago #

19. BuBBy
    Administrator

    Easy come... easy go...

    Sounds like the AWC registration stunt - is going to create a lot of word of mouth feedback to others. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot... twice. (stopping to reload between feet).

    It amazes me that given the opportunity to create a fantastic, positive impression and have possibly thousands of new users become customers and tell everyone how great a product is - and companies will choose to give away an "older & bug filled" version rather than their latest and greatest - or try to limit and cripple a "free giveaway" just isn't a clever business move.

    Maybe if they gave users double what anyone expected - and provided over the top service - users would become customers, and give glowing testimonials bringing even more customers to the business.

    Oh well. Maybe one day they will learn it's easier to make friends giving out free apples that don't have worms.

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20. goodgotd
    Member

    Huh. Yeah, really dumb stunt, but the real tick-me-off was after I gave up and tossed it off the hdd. see the end of the post for that one....

    90 days or one auto-update, that's what it did to me. Not that I really care, had it a couple days and never got into the 'what it did' at all- fired it up a few days after the giveaway and it blared out the 'update available' spiel.

    Like a d****d fool I said OK, and was sent directly to trial. do not pass go, forget the nickel. (the one GAOTD had me download was .901 when I looked, the update was .902, and nothing *I* could figure out brought it back)

    So I nuked it all, downloaded the personal version and maybe will reinstall it.

    also I sort of agree with the post on the download page saying

    "This is NOT free… licence expires in 3 months. Not impressed!"

    As the page had the full price listed, while the 'free' account was 1/4 the length of the standard rental-for-updates (and, since the updates eat that....) and when I uninstalled it I got a page offering the *same* period for a 'trial' for *free* well after the install date was gone....

    Nope, whatever good points this might have, I didn't have a chance to find them.

    -Bob

    Posted 1 year ago #

21. goodgotd
    Member

    maybe somebody should point out that they should at least honor the activation enough to reactivate during the advertised 90 day gotcha-sucker period.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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