Free Software for Easter
Saturday, April 23, 2011 by Leo the Lion | Discussion: Life, the Universe and Everything
I saw this a short time ago.........If anyones interested. Rather ironic bearing in mind the data theft incident.
http://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/lpa/gift/?c=easteregg
Reply #2 Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:26 AM
Ya, I dl'd 2 also the Internet Optimizer and the HDD control. It seemed to report lot's of fragmentation on my HD but other progs don't show that. Also tried to use a standard install of all their junk toolbars their junk websearch and junk homepage. Reminds me of gimmick software.
Automatically installed a free trial of their Win Optimizer prog. I already have one so I de-installed that.
But.. it is free and it is their full versions so thx Leo! 
Reply #3 Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:39 AM
Another thing I noticed is that Ashampoo AV software isn't in any major AV software evaluations.
On a positive note the Ashampoo Internet Accelerator product does seem to perform well and is easy to use.
Reply #4 Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:50 AM
Ashampoo AV has the Avira engine.
But I would sick with the bigger guys when it comes to security.
Reply #5 Sunday, April 24, 2011 11:22 AM
The anti virus is only free for 6 months, after that, if you want definition updates then $$$. I did d/l the HDD control, haven't installed it yet. Thanks for the link. 
Reply #6 Sunday, April 24, 2011 5:27 PM
I downloaded and installed a couple of them.
One thing, be sure to choose custom install and uncheck the tool bar and other BS.
Reply #7 Sunday, April 24, 2011 6:16 PM
The HDD Control is a ten day trial version. Want more. Upgrade to the 'full' version which is what I thought it was.
BTW - I deleted the others. If they say full version it shouldn't say trial 'after' you install, run, get license key and register. Buncha BS.
Reply #8 Sunday, April 24, 2011 8:04 PM
Would surprise me. If Ashampoo says they're full trials, they usually are. Did you follow the instructions carefully ? You should get a full version anyway. I've been using Ashampoo products for some 10 years now. I get almost daily E-mails, but I rarely fall for their requests to buy this or that. Sometimes you can even decide yourself what you want to pay for a product.
Quality-wise the products are usually average except for their uninstaller. Usually if they offer you a free product they're previous versions, as is prob with this HDD control version since there's a new version. The HDD control only checks internal disks and does not seem to recognize the external one's. They promised/claimed that their new version of the HDD Control would recognize more hard disks. Not true, it still doesn't recognize any externals.
Reply #9 Sunday, April 24, 2011 8:39 PM
When you install the first one it opens a browser and asks you to register. All you have to do is give an email address...you can leave the other fields empty, and it will open another window with a key and they will also email you a reg key. Then you have a full version program.
This worked on the HDD program, the auto play creator, and the slideshow proram for me earlier today.
Reply #10 Monday, April 25, 2011 1:37 PM
Quoting Uvah, reply 7The HDD Control is a ten day trial version. Want more. Upgrade to the 'full' version which is what I thought it was.
When you install the first one it opens a browser and asks you to register. All you have to do is give an email address...you can leave the other fields empty, and it will open another window with a key and they will also email you a reg key. Then you have a full version program.
This worked on the HDD program, the auto play creator, and the slideshow proram for me earlier today.
Yes. I did all that. right after registering I was told you now have the ten day test app for evaluation. And that's for the HDD. I didn't bother with the other ones.
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Reply #1 Saturday, April 23, 2011 11:27 PM
What's the catch? Or is it damage control.
BTW: I dl'd two. The anti-maiware/anti-virus app and the HDD app. The first one is 111mb heavy. The other barely nine. We shall see.