Fix your stuff before you release it.

#33, Pandine, your website info is useless. Full information is available here. Note that the first time I ran a whois, their server location came back as Beijing – China Railway Telecommunications Center, but later queries came back as California – Woodland Hills – Abacus America Inc.

#40, Renegade, see #47, Ravius. I try to strike a balance between non-discrimination and real-world security issues. The nature of this class of software falls squarely into the extreme-risk category. As with most countries, the Chinese people are fine, but their government has an active cyberwarfare program against the US. This has been widely reported in the US media. As I stated before, the US government actually warned US citizens visiting China for the Olympics not to bring computers or communications devices of any sort with them, due to the risk that they would be compromised, and would would bring malware and spyware back to the US.

As usual, I disagree with #45, mike, on most issues. Any employer who caught you installing this sort of software would fire you immediately. Further, it would be an extreme risk to the company’s security. Software designed to monitor other people’s computer activity hide themselves anyway. Encryption is always the best way to keep private information private. Rootkits can be in anything. Sony sold audio CD’s to consumers which contained rootkits.

The other problems is when I log in into my profile. It’s all blank screen. What up with that?. When I log out using the Task Manager, it came out Hide Wizard ain’t responding even though I not using the the “Hide entire desktop for “#” sec at windows login available in the program. I do it over and over again. It still said the Hide Wizard ain’t responding. Had to use other administrative account to remove. guess what? it WORKED!

the got thing about this program is it easy to REMOVE!

Best Regard.

Personally, although I am a native English user, I like the way Spanish uses the question mark before (upside down) and after a sentence that asks a question, making it very clear when a question is being asked.

English is very confusing even to many native English speakers. Spell checkers cannot differentiate between words spelled the same and used differently, and one often sees “there” used for “their” and the wrong form of “too, two, to” used by spell checkers in sentences.

The more established a site is, the more likely it is to be trustworthy. The more software it has, (especially) the more detailed reviews the software has from credible sources, if it uses download sites that prescreen for viruses and malware, if you can get what looks like real feedback from users, the more straightforward and clear the contact info. is (like a good whois among other things) – the more likely it’s the real deal.

Screening the software before you install with your anti-virus and malware scanners is always a good precaution, even if occassionally it’s overkill. After all, how long does that take. Being careful about granting administrator rights and allowing firewall access is, of course, also important.

I wouldn’t want to deny anyone, anywhere the chance to make an honest living. But, in theory, someone in America that, say, steals your personal information through malware has a better chance of getting caught than someone in a country with a questionable legal system. But, again, I’ll try the software, so it’s just a question of being a little extra cautious.

Don’t get me wrong. It’s like politics. What those in all parties often fail to realize is there’s no magic plan. There’s no substitute for diligence and oversight. As a politician once said, “trust, but verify”.

Of course, if you’re reading the good comments from people who diligently test or comment on this stuff like fubar and Mike first, you’re already showing your ahead of the game. (On the other hand, if your reading my crazy ramblings, you may need your head examinied. :) )

Thanks GOTD for bringing good software from all over the world.

@45 (mike)
Let me ignore that 90% of network attacks on my computer are sourced to IPs in China… The liberal creed of idiocy declares I’m a racist unless I unquestioningly install software from anonymous sources there. Yayyyy!