3rd Party Sites using Tweaking.Com Windows Repair and then charging customers up to $300
Posted by: Timothy Tibbetts on 02/24/2014 08:10 PM
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It has been brought to our attention that Tweaking.Com Windows Repair is being used by at least one company to charge as much as $300 to “repair” your computer.
Essentially these companies have realized that a simple shortcut to “fixing” many problems is to run this tool. There are 2 problems with this:
1: The program has always been free and can be downloaded at Tweaking.com - Windows Repair.
2: This tool works great AFTER a malware or virus infection but it’s not a removal tool. However, it does allow you to download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware within the program so it is possible that someone could run this tool, clean your PC of problems and then run the tool to make sure it’s working right.
While this isn’t the worst thing in the world, at least these guys attempt to fix your computer; they are still charging you $300 for using a free tool you can run yourself. It’s a ridiculous fee from the typical people you see who run commercials, etc. to rob you.
We ran the program and it claims to be $249 a year, so why was this guy charged almost $300 as seen below? This customer tells us that he watched them download and run Windows Repair and that was all he did.
The web site you might have seen on TV, MyFasterPc.com, and they are just as scummy as anyone else doing this. They claim 5 million + downloads and we call BS on that. Then again, Download.com readers have it rated at 3.5 stars with lots of positive reviews and they aren’t the brightest bulbs in the pack over there, so there you go. We wouldn’t even list this turd at MajorGeeks.
Shane from Tweaking.Com tells us he is looking into this and might have to consider a “no use for commercial gain” limitation in the program, which would allow the companies who already use it, including Microsoft and Dell, to continue to do so.
Lesson here? If you have a problem, you can do what these “professionals” do and run Tweaking.com - Windows Repair yourself. For free.
Essentially these companies have realized that a simple shortcut to “fixing” many problems is to run this tool. There are 2 problems with this:
1: The program has always been free and can be downloaded at Tweaking.com - Windows Repair.
2: This tool works great AFTER a malware or virus infection but it’s not a removal tool. However, it does allow you to download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware within the program so it is possible that someone could run this tool, clean your PC of problems and then run the tool to make sure it’s working right.
While this isn’t the worst thing in the world, at least these guys attempt to fix your computer; they are still charging you $300 for using a free tool you can run yourself. It’s a ridiculous fee from the typical people you see who run commercials, etc. to rob you.
We ran the program and it claims to be $249 a year, so why was this guy charged almost $300 as seen below? This customer tells us that he watched them download and run Windows Repair and that was all he did.
The web site you might have seen on TV, MyFasterPc.com, and they are just as scummy as anyone else doing this. They claim 5 million + downloads and we call BS on that. Then again, Download.com readers have it rated at 3.5 stars with lots of positive reviews and they aren’t the brightest bulbs in the pack over there, so there you go. We wouldn’t even list this turd at MajorGeeks.
Shane from Tweaking.Com tells us he is looking into this and might have to consider a “no use for commercial gain” limitation in the program, which would allow the companies who already use it, including Microsoft and Dell, to continue to do so.
Lesson here? If you have a problem, you can do what these “professionals” do and run Tweaking.com - Windows Repair yourself. For free.
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