ooVoo for Windows

User Reviews

• terrific product with horrible installation bloatware

  edwardsmark4/7/2014

  Pros

  this is one of the only products that got the A/V sync to work right out of the box.

  Cons

  they have the worst bloatware installation i have ever seen, including a "secret" process that locks you into bing (bing needs all the help it can get) and the weather-channel desktop process. why would oovoo need to talk about local weather?

  Summary

  if oovoo would knock off the bloatware nonsense i will start using it again. we have the premium account, and i threatened them with an account cancellation if they continued such terrible business practices. they offered me an immediate refund instead. when the weather-channel optional installation option is presented, you have to look carefully at the buttons. you have to click "cancel" which looks like you are cancelling the process. i needed the revo uninstaller to get rid of all the crap that oovoo loaded on my two computers.

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• ooVoo is a SCAM and utter rubbish with a capital R!

  PTPlus12/30/2013

  Pros

  None. Seriously .. NONE!

  Cons

  Shockingly slow. Dreadful quality.

  Summary

  I joined because sometimes Skype can be frustrating. Free Skype is a zillion times better. ooVoo is not your answer.Promises everything and gives you nothing, and to top it off, you can't delete your account. Don't use this.. BEWARE

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• SLOW, junky garbage

  louisezzony101712/11/2013

  Pros

  you can do group cam , but it is extremely slow and will slow down your computer so much, connection quality is so bad.

  Cons

  you can do group cam , but it is extremely slow and will slow down your computer so much, connection quality is so bad. The software will install all the unnecessary Ads. tool bars, commercials to you computer, it is become so invasive to your computer... Watch out ,

  Summary

  I will not sue this software,, it is junky

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• Unstable on XP Platform

  cdnsoul9/13/2013

  Pros

  Great video Clear Windows

  Cons

  Not intuitive. Always have to search where usual functions are. Opens unnecessary windows. Could easily be combined into one. Shuts down regularly and unexpectedly.

  Summary

  Even when used to it, it still hides some functions and in the middle of conversation, it shuts down. The great video is not worth the aggravation.

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• Not bad for vid chat, TERRIBLE for forcing spam

  stnewberry6/2/2013

  Pros

  Doesn't suck for video chatting.

  Cons

  Forces you to install Ask toolbar, automatically changes homepage to ask.com.

  Summary

  It's a fine video chat program but I can't stand any program that forces you to agree to ToS AND install a toolbar with the same check box. Just run some ads for ask.com and leave it at that.

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• There is a newer version already. (3.5.6.45)

  Helle5332/7/2013

  Pros

  NONE as I can see.

  Cons

  When I call somebody: Connection failed.

  Summary

  Because of what I wrote above do I rather use Skype.

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• Avoid like the plague

  matthardwick197711/24/2012

  Pros

  Pros - you can add multiple viewers; but then Fuzebox does that too and doesn't seem to have the privacy issues that ooVoo does.

  Cons

  They send your password details IN CLEAR in the joining confirmation email. Astonishingly stupid and unforgivable. The software auto-configures to open automatically on start-up. WHY WOULD I WANT THIS AS STANDARD?

  Summary

  I just can't get past the idea that a company that would send your password in clear then needs to be trusted with anything else you do online. Abysmal.

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• Sends spam on client behalf

  John202210/11/2012

  Pros

  Because it put client at risk I personally ignore it's Pros as a video chat program.

  Cons

  Recently me and some of my friends find out at the time we use oovoo some emails are sent on behalf of oovoo user (me and one of my friends) from Outlook account of client. Receiver was not on my contact list and I found the problem when their spam checker asked for verification (A CPanel option they were activated to prevent spamming). Maybe more received emails from me but this one revealed spamming). After investigation I found the email was really sent from my computer and via my Outlook POP3 account but there's no such an email in my SENT folder. Maybe that was a simple advertisement email but using my POP3 password for sending spam, by a popular application, is what I have never seen before. I'm worrying what else may it has done with my accounts, passwords... For a while, I was wondering why such a useful service doesn't provide a LINUX version. I've got my answer now.

  Summary

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• Adult Advertisement, not good for family

  roughskin4/8/2012

  Pros

  Uninstalled instantly once saw the adult advertisements

  Cons

  Adult Advertisement, not good for family

  Summary

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• Scam to put "Ask.com" on Desktop

  art_patey12/10/2011

  Pros

  Since I never got past being a slave to Ask.com, I could not speak to any "Pros".

  Cons

  ooVoo akes control of your PC when you load it. Will not let you escape loading Ask.com as your default web browser. Then forced a reload of IE9. Rebooted and ooVoo still tries to take ownship my computer. To uninstall, you still have to let the program take control of your PC (to do God knows what)to uninstalll it. Otherwise it tells you that ooVoo is running on PC, even though I stopped it in Task Mgr, Processes, etc.

  Summary

  Don't let this "free" software take control of your PC. I am going to do a full system scan and pray for good results.

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