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Anybody know the name of that USA based spyware protection on the commercials?
I saw a commercial recently for some sort of spyware/adware protection software. It was $50 per year for up to 5 computers. It was a USA based company and on the commercial, they showed where all the other spyware protection companies are located (McAfee based in India). One of the main selling points was telephone assistance, where this companies employees all speak english as theiry primary language.
It was called something bland, like "PC Direct"
Although, I think that is the name of a different, older company. Something like "PC Fixit" or "PC Protect". I'm pretty sure it had "PC" in the beginning.
Anybody know the commercial or name of the company I'm talking about?
3 Answers
- DonnaBLv 57 years ago
Yes! You are thinking of PC Matic. Run......Run very fast in the opposite direction. From my experience that program will do nothing but scan your computer and display false positives and if you click scan to fix them you could be damaging your system There are other much safer programs that you could use.
My security programs are~
Avast8 free version
Window Firewall
Windows Defender
Malwarebytes Anti-malware (MBAM)~ run at least once per month
SuperantiSpyware ~ run once or twice a month (similar to MBAM above yet different databases and one targets what the other doesn't, which isn't much)
TFC~Temporary File Cleaner by OldTimer
Disk Cleanup
Windows Defrag
In stall WinPatrol by Bill Pytlovany. It will let you know when and if any changes are/have been changed.
I also use WOT~ Web of Trust
Windows 7 64-bit
4.00 GB RAM
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M430 @ 2.27GHz
Source(s): Experienced online malware removal tech - ?Lv 77 years ago
Whatever it is, it is certainly not worth the money.
I would rather have security software that actually works, than con men trying to convince me their shoddy service is working.
- Anonymous7 years ago
Think about this: How good can a company be that doesn't even make real video of a weasel faced pitch man hitting a laptop with a baseball bat?
Or a monitor?
Watch that again carefully. Real devices would shatter to a thousand pieces.
Those commercials are fake...just like the inferior product they push.
