Let me save you some time...

Pros: If you're looking for one of the best anti-virus programs I've got 2 pieces of good news: 1) You've found it. 2) It's also one of the cheapest.

For the last 5-6 years I've experimented with just about all of the available anti-spy, ad, spam, virus software you can think of and THIS one is where I landed.

1. It is amazingly thorough - it finds stuff that most of the others wont.

2. At $26 it's about half of what the other big names charge.

3. You can customize just about every facet of this beauty.

4. At the risk of stereotyping; I tend to trust the Germans (ie; TuneUp 2008) when it comes to technology and details (talk about anal, I think these guys are potty-trained at gun point).

Cons: 1. I suggest you schedule it to run when you're all tucked in beddie-bye, it will take a while for a full system scan - but if you've got yourself a bug it'll find it.

2. The free personal version of this baby will hit you with a few pop-ups - a small price to pay for the most thorough virus scan I've been able to acquire.

Posted: 06-Jan-2008 10:20:17 PM

Did exactly what I wanted

Pros: I had 2 IDE drives that were slow, loud, and about to die.

I installed ATI and created an image of each drive on an external usb HDD.

I powered down, installed 2 new SATA drives and booted from the easy to create Bootable Recovery Disk (for use in an instance like mine, where no OS is in place).

I restored each image to a new HDD.

Unplugged the usb and booted right from the new drive.

All of my files, apps, music, vids, and OS were exacly as they were before - but with almost a TB of new storage!

Cons: It's expensive and many report errors and an assortment of problems.

For me it did EXACTLY what I needed.

Posted: 09-Jun-2008 01:34:38 AM

At last...at last !

Pros: 1) Finally, a "tune-up" utility that we can all afford.

2) Fast download, set up, and execution...wicked fast.

3) It's pretty, no really, you'll see. Easy on the eyes.

4) Has everything I need and nothing I don't, period.

I'm a happy camper.

Cons: You will be prompted for an activation once, apparently...boo hoo. Shut up, it's free.

Posted: 19-Dec-2007 02:35:39 PM