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Giveaway of the day — AVAudioEditor 7.5.6

Professional solution for audio recording, editing and mastering.
$39.95 EXPIRED
User rating: 86 74 comments

AVAudioEditor 7.5.6 was available as a giveaway on September 3, 2016!

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AV Audio Editor is full-featured digital audio editing software that offers a variety of audio recording, mixing, editing, analyzing and effects processing possibilities. It provides an intuitive, easy-to-use interface and is designed for the everyday user. It has dozens of amazing audio effects and tools for converting audio files into different formats, including MP3, WMA, WAV, Ogg Vorbis and many others. If you're using audio for anything - websites, PowerPoint presentations, Flash animations, AV Audio Editor will take your creations to the next level.

System Requirements:

Windows Vista/ 7/ 8/ 8.1/ 10; Minimum 100 MB free hard disk space; Graphics mode 1024x768 true color (highest 32-bit)

Publisher:

Av Media Inc.

Homepage:

http://avmediasoft.com/features_avaudioeditor.html

File Size:

10.5 MB

Price:

$39.95

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#31

The problem I found was that you can't add tracks. There seems to be a limit of two tracks so you can't mix tracks.

Reply   |   Comment by Brian  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#30

Easy to us, but hangs very time I use it. Uninstalled.

Reply   |   Comment by Allen Lyne  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)
#29

Why does anyone want anything other than Audacity? It works on all platforms and can do as much or as little as you want. I'm far from being a nerd, but have been able to do simple things like rip vinyl, record online music and edit out unwanted stuff. It 's FREE ALL THE TIME and has a large forum of users to help you. I've never seen a controversy about whether it's safe. Thanks, GOTD, but no thanks.

Reply   |   Comment by Lorem Ipsum  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#28

In spite of all the virus warnings, I downloaded and scanned with several scanners, looks ok. Installed ok. When I run it, all I get is a box that says, "AVAudioEditor.exe has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Please close the program." So I clicked the "Close the program" button and uninstalled. I hope it didn't leave any unwanted relatives living in my computer. Revo Uninstaller did not find any leftovers after the program's uninstaller finished - always appreciated!

I'm running Vista 32-bit Home Premium with Avast! antivirus, installed and ran in administrator account. Software combines several good features in one place, but for now I'll stick with Magix Audio Cleaning Lab (NOT free) and Ashampoo Music Studio, with Audacity in case I ever need to reverse a track. Thanks for the chance to try it but it's a no-go on my system.

Reply   |   Comment by mrdave  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

mrdave, I have found that avast sometimes gets in th way of the normal behavior of programs at times. Just recently "Leo Laporte" The tech guy (twit.tv) had a user that under examination found that the problem that she was having could be related to avast. Do a google search on avast issues. Her issues may have been related to the way avast substitutes its own certificate in place of other more legitimate ones, like facebooks for instance. Disable avast and retry, it may work. I dont use avast anymore due to a somewhat related issue. I got errors that avast created and once I found that its wasnt a simple matter to uninstall (you must dl avastclear) I decided to trust microsoft antivirus along with Mcafee. I dont like programs that try to bind you to them. I still am of the idea that its a personal pc (computer) and I choose what I want to use. If this is your problem, you now know that avast, although good, does have some issues. Use it with this in mind.

Reply   |   Comment by Romey  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Romey, I've been happy with Avast! so far but appreciate the warning and will look into the issues. I've used several different antivirus programs and have looked into dozens more, maybe it's time for another change.

I looked into the Leo Laporte report (http://www.thesafemac.com/avasts-man-in-the-middle/, from March 2015), got scared, then worked through his test cases that should show the terrible security from Avast!. All the tests failed, so Avast! is no longer replacing security certificates with it's own. At least not on a PC, or on the test websites. I'll be watching on other sites!

Reply   |   Comment by mrdave  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

mrdave, Thanks for the link. Somewhat suprised that its an issue from 2015, just recently listened to the podcast. Hope that avast is now functioning more like a program designed to protect rather than cause problems. I will look into it again. Have you ever heard of Reaper? Its a fully functioning digital audio workstation with more power than other well known free audio editors. Its free, not disabled, but if you decide to keep it after 60 days or so, its "asked/recommended" that you purchase a license. I havent used Protools, but the interface remindes me of it. If you like it, you can get a liscense for $60. Protool's is $600. The cool part is that if you go past 60 days, it still works, you just have to deal with a nag screen. If you find that you are using it for more than testing it out, its worth the $60. I doubt that you fine another fully featured daw for the same price. Thanks again for the info.

Reply   |   Comment by Romey  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

mrdave, BTW here is a link to a deep review of reaper. I think that you will like what you read.
http://www.extremraym.com/en/reaper-5-review/

Reply   |   Comment by Romey  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Romey, thanks for the info on Reaper. For multitrack recording I'm currently using Magix Samplitude Music Studio. It works well and does most of what I want. Sometimes the user interface takes a break and updates everything with blank white space, so I shut it down and start over. Their support is not very helpful, and every upgrade is considered an entirely new program. Features are dropped, different ones added, and old projects no longer load. So I started looking at Reaper, got a free version of Tracktion when I bought my guitar interface (Behringer U-Phoria UM2 - works great!). It's all fun stuff but takes more time to master it than I have right now. But I appreciate the reminder on Reaper and will look at the review you pointed me to. Would love to see more musician-oriented software on GOTD. They surprise me once in a while so I keep coming back!

Reply   |   Comment by mrdave  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#27

Will it normalize a batch of files?

Reply   |   Comment by Mike H  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#26

I went through the Help file (good job in Help) and learned to use this software. So far I am finding it excellent. Unlike others, I never figured out how to use Audacity so gave that up as a bad job. This one, with a few hints from Help, is working very well for me.

Big thumbs up from me.

Reply   |   Comment by paul  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+14)
#25

THIS SOFTWARE IS SUSPICIOUS. BEWARE!

I have no particular use for this software but, because I replied to Lenny's earlier comment, I felt I should check it out completely. So, I downloaded and installed the file (MD5: A5C39A2FD5B5B382DFD255A059CE50F4 ), monitoring with RevoUninstaller Pro. Everything went smoothly and the Registration Key was accepted.

HOWEVER, the program immediately offered an "update" with "unspecified fixes and enhancements". That sounded weird. So, as always with unfamiliar software, I declined this "automatic update" and checked further.

The module that was calling home to "update" AVAudioEditor is "goup.exe" (MD5: 686DE7829F7D92BD7FFF78F48C38A4F0 ) located in the program's installation directory. That file is NOT DIGITALLY signed and has no publisher information, just like AVAudioEditor itself (a yellow flag). Its only purpose seems to be to get you to install a BOGUS update; bogus because what legitimate developer does not know what "fixes and enhancements" s/he made to their product???

I cannot find any further information on this particular "goup.exe" as there are several variants floating around the Internet, only one of which is digitally signed and appears legitimate. THIS IS NOT THE ONE.

However, it is NOT FLAGGED AS MALICIOUS. See VirusTotal results here: https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/6122cf630fc72c5b48af071420e529bfc7d76922baff23e7cfd4efa9eeb65fbe/analysis/1469953326/

With all due respect to GOTD and NONE to the developer, I STRONGLY ADVISE AGAINST INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE. Its features are nothing special and much better, infinitely safer alternatives are available for FREE.

The developer should be ashamed of their scammy methods and embarrassed to be so clumsy and amateurish. If you're going to try and con me, at least, do it well.

Reply   |   Comment by jmjsquared  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+39)

jmjsquared, Strange thing..... the same exactly software... under a different name... has been offered many times through the years on this site and other sites. (Free or not.)
It's not a bad software in itself but... what's the deal, really?

Reply   |   Comment by GAOTD#1FAN  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)

GAOTD#1FAN, I said what I said. That's the "deal".

Why? Can you show anything FACTUAL to contradict ANYTHING that I've said?

By the way, how can this be, "the same exactly [sic] software" if it has a different name? Same is same. Similar is another thing, altogether! Sheesh!

Provide facts to support what you say, like I did. What other sites? What other names? What possible proof can you possibly have that this is the "same exactly software" as ANY other since it is not digitally signed and provides absolutely NO details in its properties sheet??? Do all those alleged "other" software also silently install modules that have nothing to do with the software's stated purpose; and, worse, do so without the user's knowledge or permission???

You hold yourself out to know this software so well. So, tell us, tell ME: What is the purpose of "goup.exe"? Who wrote it? Does it secretly communicate with a remote server and, if so, does it send personally-identifiable information, location, computer specs, passwords, numbers it may find on the user's computer -- like credit-card or bank-account numbers???

What "fixes" and "enhancements" did YOU get when YOU used it to "update" YOUR version of this or ANY other "same exactly software"? Be specific, if you can, although we both know you cannot, because you never received any "update" to ANY software's features from that module, have you?!?

It would be truly remarkable if your next comment provided *specific* , factual answers to my *specific* , precise questions. Not today, huh?

Reply   |   Comment by jmjsquared  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

jmjsquared, Very strange, you warn against installing this software, with no proof and a lot of strong language. And now someone else has to prove that what you are saying is not true? It is true that this software has come around in different versions under different names; I installed these versions numerous times: no problems whatsoever.

Reply   |   Comment by Notinterested  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-3)

jmjsquared,
I did the update by GOUP and AVG was not pleased.

Map Temporary Internet files and "C:\DOCUME~1\WINXP_~1\Application Data\New Version Available": there was a warning.
I sent the program to virustotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/nl/file/1855dedeb4cda2a2209a63bd637bca7defd8a7c774fdac76fdce031ef43ddc90/analysis/1473456728/
Strange, that 2 programs of the last week hes the same update:
"Power Audio Extractor 8.7.5" van PowerSE Co. Ltd. en "AVAudioEditor 7.5.6" van Av Media Inc.

Reply   |   Comment by Ootje  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Ootje, That is not so "strange", IF the purpose of this goup.exe is not to update a safe, legitimate AVMediasoft product but, rather, to direct as many users as possible to do I-still-don't-know-what.

If you can't trick people into doing it with one product, then try with another 'giveaway' product... and another... and another until they do.

IF, hypothetically, I were working for an hostile foreign government that wanted to create the largest possible worldwide botnet of unsuspecting computer users, THEN, I would give away as many trojan-infected copies of software as possible. I would have nearly unlimited resources to create an attractive website; to rent desk space at a respectable location like Park Place, New York, NY; to copy-and-rebrand working software and to offer them again and again and again... for "free". If I also managed to actually sell any such software, that would be icing on the cake.


Is this what AVMediasoft is doing? I don't know but WhoIs puts them in Beijing, China and not in New York, NY and, further, informs that "DAVID BENNETT of Fisher Park Pl" [NOTE: There is no Zip Code in the U.S. mailing address!!!] may really be "HANG XUESONG of Haidan, Beijing".

For me, there are too many questions for far too little reward.

Voor zo lang. :)

Reply   |   Comment by jmjsquared  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#24

Not Bad - sort of a combination of Gold Wave and Cool Edit but unless I missed it, they should add a multichannel Equalizer.....the preset one isn't worth much an and as a music hound, there are a few features that I haven't a clue why or what they are for but what the heck, someone "might" find a use...to long to explain.
Since I mentioned Cool Edit.......too bad they don't go out of business....(ok they got bought out but new owners are still jerks)....they were "good" back when.
Last thing, Audacity was mentioned - forget but tried it once...REVO got rid of it for whatever reason I didn't like it.

Reply   |   Comment by iwontell  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)
#23

Company address from their website

Contact Info

Mailing Address:
AVMediaSoft
1690 Fisher Park Pl.
New York, NY, USA

yet Google Maps shows nothing and I've been in NYC many times and never heard of fisher park pl

Reply   |   Comment by Sara  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Sara: don't fret about it.

Locational information on a developer's website is not to be taken seriously unless you already know you're dealing with a major player. Today's developer is based in China. I have no idea what its other products might be but having seen TK's post at #14 am inclined to her / his view that this particular publisher is another of the many Chinese re-sellers who deal in licensed software of re-badged style but unchanged substance.

Nothing wrong with that if you want what's being offered, so long as you don't get too hung up on where you might think it's being offered from. . .

Reply   |   Comment by MikeR  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Sara, Probably Park Pl. I think there is a building there called the Fisher Building.

Reply   |   Comment by june  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+8)

Sara,
https://www.yelp.com/biz/fisher-park-plaza-new-york

Reply   |   Comment by ZEB  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#22

Although it lists only Windows Vista/ 7/ 8/ 8.1/ 10.
Confirmed, tested audio editing on a MP3 file, proven it works in XP Pro 32 Bit.
Easy to use.
During installation towards the end, it installs Windows Media 9 format runtime; if not already present.

Reply   |   Comment by ric  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

Whew I missed it that XP wasn't in the list or might not have tried it....it worked. The big "tick" I get lately is some GOTD don't mention it "won't" work on XP and I'LL NEVER CHANGE....100 Millon around the world still think it's GOOD.......Tried later MS....:PHOOEY on all of them including 10....With over 100 programs in the PUTER, that do the job, XP is the standard.......I'll go Apple when I have no other choice.

Reply   |   Comment by iwontell  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-3)
#21

It is very nice

Reply   |   Comment by Mohamed Hamid  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-6)
#20

Lenny,
It's very kind of you to post your concerns.Thanks for that.

I did some testing and I'd like to add a few things:

1.Virustotal reports the setup file as being clean.(1 / 56 )
The original setup.exe has been stripped of 'relevant knowledge',thanks to Gotd I guess,but they forgot to adjust to install script.
So relevant knowledge is not installed.

2.Whenever you close the program you will get an update notice but please do not go for it.

If you like to remove this rather irritating notice go to the AVAudioEditor program folder and rename goup.exe to goup.exe.disabled.

Hope this helps.

Reply   |   Comment by StrayCat  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+18)
#19

Some utter cretin created a tutorial switchboard which is modal. Good grief! This means it's impossible to do the tutorial and follow along doing what the tutorial says in the real product.

I've never in all my years of software use and development seen such a boneheaded idea for a tutorial. Some bozo needs to be shown the door. As to the software itself, I'm not sure because I can't use the tutorial and follow along which is my mode of learning.

Gee....

Reply   |   Comment by paul  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#18

Looks the same like "Audio Editor Deluxe" which is a good and intuitive software. Even like it more than Audacity.

What makes me wonder that this program is offered under so many different names.

Reply   |   Comment by marie  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+17)
#17

Could this soft amplify low sound in a laptop ?

Reply   |   Comment by Winston  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-4)

Winston, to me a reasonable question.

Reply   |   Comment by kc4cop  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

.
Winston, try free http://bongiovidps.com/

... or headphones ...

... or external self-powered speakers.
.

Reply   |   Comment by Peter Blaise  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#16

Big upgrade nag screen on every opening. Uninstalled.

Reply   |   Comment by Jake  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)

Jake,
not for me

Reply   |   Comment by TED  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#15

Downloaded and installed on my win 8.1 machine without problem (no need to turn off my anti-virus or anti-phishing tools). Registered it with the key provided in Readme.txt right after installation, and everything works. I'll try it later, but it looks promising, even with a text-to-speech function!!

Being using Audacity in the past, and this looked a little bit like Audacity. Will keep this just for the additional text-to-speech function.

Reply   |   Comment by HC  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)
#14

very good software for editing and recording audio
thanks

Reply   |   Comment by vijayathwani  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-17)
#13

I directly checked both the zipped and un-zipped form of the downloaded GOTD program with Avira and Malwarebytes. They both checked out fine two times. But then when I went to install the program, on Windows 10, i3 gen6, a warning window popped up, "Windows SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk." Aren't these things checked out ahead of time?

Reply   |   Comment by arthur  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+7)

arthur,

IMHO the message says it all: "Windows SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting..." SmartScreen didn't recognize it, which doesn't mean it's good or bad really.

"Aren't these things checked out ahead of time?"

Quite thoroughly by the GOTD team, with a remarkable history of never having had a malware infected GOTD. If you want to double check yourself, check the app's files after installation at virustotal[.]com. If you're worried about the installation procedure, run it 1st in a VM or sandbox [e.g. using TimeFreeze].

Reply   |   Comment by mike  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

arthur, Let me get this straight; two of the most popular and arguably most reliable malware and anti-virus programs tell you the program is safe, but Windows SmartScreen tells you that is unrecognized and you take that to mean it's not safe?

At first take it raises a question; do you know what Windows SmartScreen does? It did not tell you that it was unsafe, it told you that it does not recognize the file against a list of programs that other Windows 8 & 10 users have downloaded. Probably the reason AV Media has let GOTD use it as a "Giveaway"; to make itself known and hopefully make it more popular.

While I admit to having my problems with GOTD of late I've never had a malware or virus problem with a file I've downloaded and installed from a GOTD offering.

I've found GOTD's offerings to all be safe. Some from questionable vendors, but all safe. My experience.

Reply   |   Comment by JonE  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

JonE,

"Windows SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk" message appears because the application has
files that are NOT DIGITALLY signed and have no publisher information, just like AVAudioEditor itself.

Unless companies BUY the certifications or PAY Microsoft to approve their software you will see messages like the above.

Good old Microsoft believes that not only should you pay for their software, but other software companies should pay them to use their software with Microsoft products. Their greed is infinite!

Avira and Malwarebytes told you everything you need to know to give you peace of mind.

Reply   |   Comment by Susan  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)
#12

First download wouldn't unpack as file was corrupted. Managed to unpack second download but when I ran the setup.exe file Norton flagged it as WS.Reputation.1 and removed the file. Checked on Norton's site and found this information:

WS.Reputation.1 is a detection for files that have a low reputation score based on analyzing data from Symantec’s community of users and therefore are likely to be security risks. Detections of this type are based on Symantec’s reputation-based security technology. Because this detection is based on a reputation score, it does not represent a specific class of threat like adware or spyware, but instead applies to all threat categories.

The reputation-based system uses “the wisdom of crowds” (Symantec’s tens of millions of end users) connected to cloud-based intelligence to compute a reputation score for an application, and in the process identify malicious software in an entirely new way beyond traditional signatures and behavior-based detection techniques.

Due to the generic nature of this detection, methods of installation may vary. The WS.Reputation.1 infections may often install themselves by copying their executable to the Windows or Windows system folders, and then modifying the registry to run this file at each system start. WS.Reputation.1 will often modify the following subkey in order to accomplish this:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

WS.Reputation.1 may contact a remote host at opencapture.co.kr using port 80. Commonly, malware may contact a remote host for the following purposes:

To report a new infection to its author
To receive configuration or other data
To download and execute arbitrary files (including updates or additional malware)
To receive instruction from a remote attacker
To upload data taken from the affected computer
Is WS.Reputation.1 a False Positive ?
Files reported as WS.Reputation.1 are not necessarily malicious. For example, users can be tricked into using non-malicious programs, such as Web browsers, to unknowingly perform malicious actions, such as downloading malware. Some otherwise harmless programs may have flaws that malware or attackers can exploit to perform malicious actions. Should you be uncertain as to whether a file has been reported correctly, we encourage you to submit the affected file to https://www.virustotal.com/en/ to be scanned with multiple antivirus engines.

How did WS.Reputation.1 infection got on my computer?
The WS.Reputation.1 virus is distributed through several means. Malicious websites, or legitimate websites that have been hacked, can infect your machine through exploit kits that use vulnerabilities on your computer to install this Trojan without your permission of knowledge.

Another method used to propagate this type of malware is spam email containing infected attachments or links to malicious websites. Cyber-criminals spam out an email, with forged header information, tricking you into believing that it is from a shipping company like DHL or FedEx. The email tells you that they tried to deliver a package to you, but failed for some reason. Sometimes the emails claim to be notifications of a shipment you have made. Either way, you can’t resist being curious as to what the email is referring to – and open the attached file (or click on a link embedded inside the email). And with that, your computer is infected with the WS.Reputation.1 virus.

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WS.Reputation.1: About the threat

This is a generic detection of a threat classified as a Trojan virus. Identified by Symantec Securities, WS.Reputation.1 has managed to get it a high and risky tag for itself. This very infection is prevalent in most of the countries including US, Europe and Asian countries. It is voracious in nature and affects Windows based computers completely. WS.Reputation.1installs different files in the Windows folders and thereafter modifies the Windows Registry in order to make those executable filthy files run in your computer.

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However, it is a generic infection and hence it is not easy to tell the installation mediums it uses. WS.Reputation.1 is very tricky and can allure you to go to a malicious site, download filthy applications, click on something weird etc. In addition to this, WS.Reputation.1 connects to a remote server using the Port 80 of your PC and fetches instructions, data, updates from there. Not only this, WS.Reputation.1 also sends out your data to that remote server.

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Don't suggest I disable my AV software, it ain't gonna happen, it's there for good reason. I'm aware this could well be a false positive but I am not going to put my system at risk and will pass on today's infested offering.

Reply   |   Comment by Lenny  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-22)

Lenny,
It's very kind of you to post your concerns.Thanks for that.

I did some testing and I'd like to add a few things:

1.Virustotal reports the setup file as being clean.(1 / 56 )
The original setup.exe has been stripped of 'relevant knowledge',thanks to Gotd I guess,but they forgot to adjust to install script.
So relevant knowledge is not installed.

2.Whenever you close the program you will get an update notice but please do not go for it.

If you like to remove this rather irritating notice go to the AVAudioEditor program folder and rename goup.exe to goup.exe.disabled.

Hope this helps.

Reply   |   Comment by StrayCat  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+9)

Lenny, Despite the very, VERY significant amount of words and time, I imagine, that went into your generous, trying-to-be-helpful comment, you are making a critical, basic error in assigning high probative value to Symantec's Reputation Scoring or any other "crowd-sourced" opinions.

Being based on the subject software's so-called reputation, if the software is relatively new and, therefore, not being used by a large number of *Symantec* customers, Symantec makes the ABSENCE off positive feedback into a negative. That, IMO, is inherently NOT a trustworthy measure of any PARTICULAR software's safety. By analogy: Remember applying for your first bank loan or credit card? The ABSENCE of a credit history resulted in your having a low credit score, even though you were NOT a deadbeat and would --given the chance-- pay any debts as agreed.

Absence of proof is not proof of malware (or anything else, for that matter.)

Matter of fact, I have scanned the file with Symantec's own antivirus and it gives it a clean bill-of-health. So does VirusTotal's 55/56 scan engines.

I'll further prove that ranking based solely on a crowd-sourced reputation is unreliable: Look at the ratings commenters give to software offered here on GOTD, sometimes because they make silly mistakes like not looking in spam folders; have no clue that anti-virus /malware programs ARE SUPPOSED to recognize ANY changes to one's system, including those made by safe, legitimate software, and evaluate the alert further.

Finally, since I tend to be as long-winded as you :) , please accept my respectful, collegial and fact-based opinion in the spirit in which it is offered: In limited, specific circumstances, you SHOULD disable anti-virus/malware/ransomware/etc software. If you are paranoid, like I am, you can even monitor what happens to your system during that pause in protection by using an install-monitor software, checking system logs, etc.

Ciao.

Reply   |   Comment by jmjsquared  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+9)

Lenny,

"Managed to unpack second download but when I ran the setup.exe file Norton flagged it as WS.Reputation.1 and removed the file."

What would be important there is if Norton were flagging the GOTD wrapper, setup.exe, or the setup file(s) it unpacked prior to installation. The 1st would be almost certainly meaningless -- if you got the actual GOTD setup.exe file it's contents are protected so Norton simply could not see anything. If you wanted to check the app's installation file(s), maybe download & run the trial installer.

"The reputation-based system uses “the wisdom of crowds”"

Reputation lists are like Facebook Likes -- any individual or group on Facebook can have a sometimes overwhelming number of Likes, & still be despicable, or fraudulent etc. The reverse is also true -- a group or individual can be perfectly fine, but someone(s) took it on themselves to damage their reputation. So while reputation lists can be useful, that usefulness is limited.

"Don't suggest I disable my AV software, it ain't gonna happen... I'm aware this could well be a false positive but I am not going to put my system at risk and will pass on today's infested offering."

Companies selling security software [quite] frequently error on the side of caution, which is in their interests. Like any other Windows user, you get to decide what's in your interest, so passing on AV Audio Editor &/or relying 100% on Norton is fine. The only real concern I'd have is that you don't develop a false sense of security -- no security software, including Norton, can or will keep you completely safe, e.g. phishing is maybe the most reliable, easiest way for criminals to compromise your systems.

Reply   |   Comment by mike  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)

Lenny, Blah Blah Blah. Dude, read some forums -- you need to learn stuff.

Reply   |   Comment by beans  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-4)

beans,

Thanks for your really useful feedback ... NOT. Firstly I did make a point of saying that it could be a false positive, secondly I do read forums and as for learning stuff, I run my own IT business and have probably forgotten more stuff (as you put it) than you'll ever know, but I don't need to justify myself to you. I posted this information in the hope that someone might find it of interest as I had read that some others here had commented that Malwarebytes flagged the site as malicious, that's all nothing more. I do not believe that GOTD would allow infected software to be downloaded, I've been a follower of GOTD for many years and have never known it to happen. I, however, prefer to err on the side of caution.

Reply   |   Comment by Lenny  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

jmjsquared,

I'm probably more paranoid that you and agree with what you say. I didn't have time to fully check out the reason that this was flagged by Norton because I was too busy with other things, but I know that it was nothing to do with the GOTD wrapper, never had any problems in the past, like you say "ranking based solely on a crowd-sourced reputation is unreliable" and could be that this particular piece of software hasn't been around long enough to build up a good reputation, I haven't actually had the chance to check release dates and that is why I made a point of say it could be a false positive.

Reply   |   Comment by Lenny  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Lenny,
CORRECTION should has said "that can't see that" ...

Reply   |   Comment by Lenny  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

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mike, no, this offer is not wrapped.
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Reply   |   Comment by Peter Blaise  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#11

Looking at the "Feature" list on the website, it's just a toy.. Pass

Reply   |   Comment by Mememe  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-4)
#10

Take care, guys. It contains an adware module, at least as reported here.

Reply   |   Comment by TODDLER  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+28)

TODDLER,

Please read my comment over here:
https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/avaudioeditor-7-5-1/#comment-516424

Reply   |   Comment by StrayCat  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)
#9

Win10 64 bit. Downloaded and extracted file. Clicked on Setup.exe and immediately a screen popped up indicating that if I run this software it would put my computer at risk. Where there's smoke there's fire - so, thanks but no thanks, I'll stick with Audacity.

Reply   |   Comment by Tony  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+12)
#8

One word. "Audacity"

Reply   |   Comment by Mark Moran  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+16)

Mark Moran,

Audacity's fine, but you might want to check out Wavosaur, which is smaller, lighter, easier, & also available in 32 & 64 bit versions. Or if you want to go more pro, check out the free version of Presonus.

Reply   |   Comment by mike  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)

That would be everybody's first question: how does this stack up against Audacity? Having used Audacity for a lot of projects over the years, I would say that it's certainly possible to improve on Audacity for common routine operations, but it would be hard to match the depth of Audacity for some of the complex operations. For example breaking up a long presentation into individual slide commentaries by placing labels along on the entire sound track and then telling it to Split All.

Reply   |   Comment by Felix Crevat  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)

mike, Thanks, but I've tried Wavosaur before. It's OK for simple quick little jobs like cutting and joining ... but the 100% free Audacity with it's heaps of free plugins has served me well for years.

Reply   |   Comment by Mark Moran  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

Mark,

Although I've used Audacity for years (mainly for remastering audio recorded while shooting video for a community access cable station), there are times when I don't need the "weight" that comes with that venerable program. At those times my go-to audio editor is Waveshop. I highly recommend it for those who have more pedestrian audio editing needs, as it's less complicated than Audacity (although highly capable).
IIRC it doesn't support VST plugins, although it comes with a ton of very good quality LADSPA plugins.

Essentially, it's the program I recommend to someone when I think Audacity would be overkill, but when something more than 'entry-level' is needed.
So if that objective fits the bill for someone reading this, try it out, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

http://waveshop.sourceforge.net/index.html

Reply   |   Comment by Robert Garofalo  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#7

Installed and registered without issues in Win 10 64 bit.
Does this software allow for VST Plugins?
If Yes, then this is a keeper

Reply   |   Comment by Corrie  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Corrie, Thanks...That's the first thing thought that popped into my mind when I saw this offer...'is it any better than Audacity'? Having read the other reviews on here I think I'll give this a miss.

Reply   |   Comment by Ian  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-3)
#6

todays giveaway is an excellent program and it works on windows 10 but I have a problem with yesterdays giveaway as fallows:

I downloaded youcam 6 standard with 5 minutes to download and install but the web site (https://www.cyberlink.com/stat/edms/Giveaway/GOTD/YCM6/index.jsp) id was gone and I cannot use the program, can anyone help me with this problem? it is not fare because the program download and installation was to slow.

Reply   |   Comment by Thomas Kelly  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-3)
#5

Installed without Hassles. What I do like is that this supports OGG. There have been many sound editors, given away here over the years and I've tried most of them. It's got quite a few nice functions that are quit fun to play with, like reversing the audio and flipping the channel and doing a fade overlay, just to mention a few.
I'm going to keep this 1 and reinstall it after reboot. Have a nice day.

Reply   |   Comment by Paul  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+10)
#4

I downloaded youcam 6 standard with 5 minutes to download and install but the web site (https://www.cyberlink.com/stat/edms/Giveaway/GOTD/YCM6/index.jsp) id gone and I cannot use the program, can anyone help me with this problem? it is not fare because the program download and installation was to slow.

Reply   |   Comment by Thomas Kelly  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-25)

Thomas Kelly,

Sorry. Would you like some cheese?

Reply   |   Comment by Nonya  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-21)

Thomas Kelly
i downloaded software.
than i extracted zip file
than i read note
than gone to cyberlink as pr written address on note (extracted zip )
than logup my email id
than login again
than atonce appear password
than i installed software with that password. (note they also sended password to me thr email ).
this is very good software.
thanks to giveawayoftheday & Cyberlink.

Reply   |   Comment by vijayathwani  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-9)

Thomas Kelly,
The website still exists.
I used the link in your comment and filled in a mail-adres.
And I did get a code in the next screen:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k85sn2ihl02xsoh/CodeLater.png?dl=0
on Saturday sept 3, 2016

Reply   |   Comment by Ootje  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+5)

Thomas Kelly,

Well, it seems to be your lucky day.The link you mention is still valid .Enter a name and an email on that page and you will be redirected to a page displaying your serial and the download link.
Take care.

Reply   |   Comment by StrayCat  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)
#3

It'd be helpful for the developer to check that its website isn't being erroneously black-listed by Malwarebytes. Currently, all attempts to use the website link given on this GOTD page are being systematically blocked by Malwarebytes on the basis -- which I presume is erroneous?? -- that the IP address is malicious. With a well-known, well-established company, I'd dismiss this as an FP but this Chinese software company is of too scant a provenance to go blithely ahead. GOTD has never dealt with suspect outfits so fingers crossed that this is indeed a Malwarebytes mis-identification, and that it can be resolved before the giveaway period is over. Thanks.

Reply   |   Comment by MikeR  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+23)
#2

Works well in XP x64, but on close in Windows 7 Ultimate x64 there is a nag about that the installed version might malfunction and i have to update it (can't find anywhere to stop this nag....).

I assume that an update will render it become a trial.

Reply   |   Comment by Steffo  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+17)

Steffo,
Just a guess; try to rename goup.exe in the program map. That one asks for contact with the internet:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/14f8tkomckqv107/Internetcontact.png?dl=0
And try the GOTD-program.

Reply   |   Comment by Ootje  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

I am curious about why someone would give away a software that might malfunction, and without any possibilty to upgrade it to a version that doesn't.

Even XP x64 have started to warn about i use a version that might malfunction....

Uninstalled in XP x64 and 7 Ultimate x64.

Reply   |   Comment by Steffo  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

Steffo,

Please read my comment on how to do that over here:
https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/avaudioeditor-7-5-1/#comment-516424

Reply   |   Comment by StrayCat  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#1

I doubt that it's better than the old version of Adobe Audition or even Audacity.

Reply   |   Comment by Evgeny  –  8 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-14)
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