I don't mind GOTD's requirement of an email address so as to get the download link because I don't use Facebook, but after that, it's necessary with this giveaway to go to an activation page and provide an email address yet again, and then work through one of the most tedious captcha processes around: I want to sample a software, not spend a small eternity ticking off shop fronts, street signs, and whether there's any grass growing anywhere in view.

(What's especially ironic here is that I must first disable the privacy / security protections on this computer so as to access the activation captcha for this privacy software.)

Others with more time and patience to spare will likely fare better, but on the basis of the developer's own web page description it's hard to see what might make PC Privacy Shield Premium worthy of installing anyway -- and especially as it's yet more rentalware on a recurring annual license.

The so-called 'Sandbox' feature is, apart from a misinterpretation of what the word actually means, an automation easily foregone with a simple click on a CCleaner shortcut at the end of a browsing session. CCleaner also takes care of cookies, with the option to save any that may be wanted, whilst the free Firefox 'Better Privacy' extension goes even deeper in that regard.

Firefox also automatically erases all history on exit, and as for passwords, well: if there are still any out there ill-advised enough to use their browser for passwords instead of a password manager, I doubt any 'preventative' measure is ever going to help them. As for the product's other features, existing free or paid-for anti-malware / anti-virus software from long established providers seems already more than capable of managing that.

I'll pass then, GOTD, but thanks anyway.

MikeR  –  7 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+78)

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Lindy Wise: As you're so generously concerned for my life, I'll reciprocate with a suggestion as what you need to do in yours: stop shilling GOTD. You're much too obvious.

Lindy Wise: As you're so generously concerned for my life, I'll reciprocate with a suggestion as what you need to do in yours: stop shilling GOTD. You're much too obvious.
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MikeR  –  7 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+42)

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just click the url to check the Homepage of the Publisher.
then it is blocked by an installed s/w on my pc which was a GOTD free offer last week.
there is info in the warning message.
i do not know what to say as an free offer block another free offer in GOTD.

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donald  –  7 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+51)

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Installed okay in Win 7 64 bit. Not blocked by Bullguard. Just a word of caution- it asks you to create a password. I suggest you choose a very secure one, and do so in privacy, as the scan that follows reveals ALL your stored online passwords for various websites in plain text for everyone around to see. There was no warning that this would happen - a bit of an oversight. Presume this will happen with every scan (or maybe there's an opt-out setting which I haven't yet discovered). Anyone who can guess your PC Privacy password would be able to access all the others.

Thought somebody might appreciate being forewarned.

FH  –  7 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+46)

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O the irony of it all. Here we are today being offered software that purports to protect our privacy and protect us from phishing and yet when you go to Shieldapps website it's blocked with warnings that it could be harmful. I'm sure there's nothing bad there and WW3 won't start if you ignore the warnings but I found it rather amusing all the same. Won't be downloading as I already have similar on my machine.

DaveC  –  7 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+42)

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