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TV-Advertised "super-fix" computer programs...

Sep 4, 2010 1:08PM PDT

We've all seen them....programs advertised on
TV, often late at night, which promise to speed
up your PC many times, etc. This summer and fall
has been especially loaded with such ads,...

I would like to see how many have actually used them,
and whether you think they actually -

A. Helped a great deal
B. Didn't help at all, and maybe made it slower, or
C. Messed up my machine to the point I had to re-install.
The program seems to have installed a virus I couldn't
get rid of without doing a re-install.

Discussion is locked

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A recent one was actually spyware or malware.
Sep 9, 2010 2:44PM PDT

Frankly, if it's on TV, you should not try it.

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So I guess the FTC might as well go away....
Oct 13, 2010 1:55PM PDT

I understand how our own FTC can't do anything
about overseas-originated scams, but the increasing
number of downright trash advertised on TV is
getting out-of-hand. Looking at their own webpage of

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/index.shtml

they tout "protecting americas consumers". Oh really -


Where is the FTC on all the late-night ads for so-called
super-fix programs, the ads for bracelets your wear which
apparently make you more 'balanced', etc. Somehow, since
Reagan, these "protections" have vanished. Next thing you
know, MS will be able to tell us they have a stable and
secure OS.
Truth-in-advertising has gone out the window.
PS - flame on - I'm sick of the false ads.