Is applian.com Safe?

Scammed. They disable your software remotely and ask you for more money One of the many customers that got their product disabled remotely. One day I was using it, the next day it said that the registration code was expired. I got an absolutely absurd reply from support that basically told me to pay again. Needless to say, I not only won't be upgrading or ever using their products again but I've switched to Cinch and won't be looking back. Will be considering also a class-action lawsuit.

This is another example of a "bait and switch" scam being perpetrated on the Internet. For years, Replay Media Catcher was widely known as a free, safe and reliable piece of software. Now, all their "free" trials are encumbered with a variety of adware and in one case, even trojans. You are obliged to pay if you want what used to be available for free, and I cannot comment if the paid version is advert-, trojan- and spyware-free as I am not stupid enough to part with my money. Nowadays, you are better off seeking alternative software via a site such as *****

Despite my explicitly telling the installer not to it went ahead and installed considerable junkware and potential malware and spyware. Killed my Firefox session and left it in a state that was time consuming to repair. Considerable system recovery time required because of it. God only knows whether or not I've rid myself of all its tentacles.

Very bad news. Will hijack everything and spread viruses like wildfire via everyone of your email accounts. Norton 360 says it's safe, but it's a sneaky little creep. So far, Malwarebytes while having it quarantined, a toolbar that came along with a download is still visible.

this piece of junk CRASHED my computer and gave me blue screen of death.Simply put I hate you and anyone who is associated with you, burn in heck you piece of shit.. To make a program that does this type of actions is horrible and is what is wrong with the world today. DO NOT USE IT DOWNLOAD YOU WILL HAVE A COMPUTER CRASH AND MANY BUGS TO DEAL WITH.i brought mine back to life under an hour( and i know about computer) imagine someone that does not.

The 'Freecorder' application is spyware. Read the EULA. It as much as says the program is spyware. During installation of 'Freecorder' if you decide to click to read the terms/EULA you will be redirected to a website called 'ZugoSearch' which has a terrible WOT rating. Here's a link to the EULA for 'Freecorder' on 'ZugoSearch'. ***** Beware.

After my web page changed by itself as soon as I downloaded one of their music capture software I put two and two together and figured out that it was probably this company. It took me four hours to battle it and the system restore feature was erased so that I couldn't use it. It turned my antivirus program off and had to be erased from about four other places until I turned the computer off, stuck an antivirus recovery cd in D drive. I don't ever want to use any of their products again.

Installing Freecorder toolbar also installs PriceGong which appears to be rootkit that's very difficult to remove. I found a warning about this and tested myself using Sandboxie. I wrote to Applian, they said "We do have that in the program". Then went on to say Applian is not responsible for what gets installed since I, the end user, perform the actual install. Although I appreciate their honesty I don't like their way of doing business. Deleted, and deleted Fast Video Downloader. Never going back. Here's the letter I sent to Applian's customer support, followed by their response: "I found a warning about FreeCorder, that it installs spyware called PriceGong (see: http://www.geek.com/articles/g…..20070821/). I used a program to monitor the installation, which also lets me roll back all changes to my computer. Sure enough, a PriceGong folder was added. Further research shows this is a rootkit that is very difficult to remove. Whether your software added this, or Conduit added it, I don't care. I am removing Fast Video Download from Firefox, and it appears the system rollback has removed Freecorder. I will warn everyone I know and make sure to post on several forums and download sites. VERY BAD. If I'm mistaken, please let me know ASAP. Otherwise, please stay out of my computer and my life." "Department: General Non-Technical Inquiries Created: 09 February 2011 07:48 Status: Close Time Spent: 0m PriceGong? From Cheryl ======== Staff Subject: Re: PriceGong? Hi We do have that in the program. If you don't want it then do uninstall. We don't install any programs on your computer-you do that. Thanks. Regards, Cheryl ======="