This is getting utterly ridiculous. Everywhere I go anymore, I see these fucking ‘scan for ‘problem here’ for FREE!’ scam programs, promising you the moon to help fix your computer. They lure you by saying they’ll fix ALL of your problems. Yet they never list the catch… you have to PAY to FIX them.
What’s even more ridiculous, the program tells you that over 1,000 files are “suddenly” bad! … Here. Let me give you the brass facts about this.
Ask yourself, what exactly are all of these issues it’s finding? And notice when you use one of these ‘fix all’ programs, you can’t see what exactly is reported as being “bad”.
Kiddos, the results are fake. Yes. Fake! Fake results, just to ramp up fear. They feed on that fear, knowing that will get people to open up those wallets. There could be nothing wrong with your computer, and it would tell you that your computer is dying! PAY NOW and save it! *facepalms*
Listen. Close that wallet up. You don’t NEED to be listening to this bullshit! Windows has 100% legit programs, already on your computer! Right now! You got Disk Cleanup, Disk Defragmenter. There’s also perfectly legit, and 100% free no strings attached programs, like CCleaner, Spybot Search and Destroy. Use those, and it will do exactly what one of these programs do. And it will actually be done for free! Yes! FREE! The cleaning is free!
I don’t declare myself as a geek, as I freak out when I have to do internal maintenance on my computer, even with this anti-static band I have, I fear I’m going to screw up.
So, this scam has happened since MyCleanPC, the biggest internet scam ever. And these programs have been following suit, lying to potential downloaders, making them feel all good inside that you’re doing the right thing, and then they slap you with the cold hand of “Really? You thought you could fix these problems for free? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!” reality by presenting to you in neon lights; “Only $10 will SAVE YOUR COMPUTER! BUY NOW!” They’re like black widow spiders, and we’re the flies.
This shit needs to STOP! Why isn’t anyone doing anything to shut these illegit things down?! They’re nothing but cash grabs! If you’re going to throw away $10 like that, you might as well join ESO(Elder Scrolls Online). They’ll be happy to take your money for content that never gets patched!
I just don’t see how they’re still active. Then again there are a lot of idiots on the internet. Well, I shouldn’t call them that. I mean, you got Senior Citizens who barley know how the internet works. There’s also people who don’t know how Disk Defagmenter works. That’s who they target; the people that don’t know about said scam. And unfortunately, it seems to be working. And for some reason, nothing is being done to stop this.
Wake up, people. It’s time to get out of that hole of the ground and face reality. These are scams. Don’t fall for them. Don’t believe me? Here’s a wake up call.