“Is there anything else I can help you with Sir?” is then the only reply I got. I am then told I can ‘buy’ SlimWare Utilities for a limited time offer of $27.97 by following the link provided and a full refund is offered for 60 days if I’m not happy… I’m quick to remind Scott that, If I do in fact buy the software, my credit card details are now in their system and reviews suggest refunds are typically difficult to get. (Avast isn’t strong on Malware Programs)Ī few minutes pass and Scott, (the LiveChat representative) tells me “This means that our business and our developers meet the highest level of standards in developing software for Microsoft Windows” I dig a little deeper again and ask where I can verify the status they so proudly display… I’m then told, I can send an e-mail to their email address for more questions. I ensure the live chat rep that I am a genuine buyer with proof of Microsoft accreditation citing ‘being careful online is important’ While I wait, I run a virus scan with AVAST, and to my surprise get a ‘clean’ result.

I dig a little deeper and hit the online chat button and ask for some proof of Microsoft Gold certification and the reply I get is a copy and paste from the website. I notice immediately that Slim Cleaner has also installed ‘Driver Update’ This happened without warning me or asking if Driver Update should be installed. Avast security, Google Chrome, & VLC media player. Being a new install, there’s not much for it to check so I decide to install a few more programs to see how it responds.

On the surface, Slim Cleaner plus actually does look the goods. I close that down so I can look at the ‘Microsoft Gold Certified Partner’ application in all its glory. com used to be a great resource.) 3.5 Million downloads of the install file… yikes… it’d better be good.Īfter watching an Ad for Microsoft Forza 7, the download begins, the installer installs the program very quickly and I’m taken straight to a SlimWare utilities page offering more ‘free’ software. Straight away, we were taken away from the Slim Cleaner website and landed on download. With no other software loaded, we immediately went to the Slim Cleaner website and clicked install Slim Cleaner Plus.

So we again, Installed a fresh version of Windows. Slim Cleaner promises to extend your laptop battery & improve speed by removing junk from your computer. Slim Cleaner Plus is software that normally requires the user to install it on their computer. Yesterday, we sacrificed a fresh Windows install to explicitly PC Keeper Test Results.

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