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Re: What's your modus operandi?
de The Six Million Dollar Man 05/23/2006 01:55
* Susan Bugher
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> I'm not sure which sites *test* apps or what they test for (I know
> Softpedia tests for Malware). . . be nice if we could spell out who
> tests what. . . maybe link to a page with that info if there is one. . .
>
NoNags and Snapfiles both test their software, and assign easy to
understand ratings. John Hood also tests the software on his pages, but
has a much more limited variety.
> PLEASE NOTE: the Pricelessware List is a *recommendation* - the ACF list
> most emphatically is NOT - some of those programs have only been
> *mentioned* in ACF - and opinion may be divided on those that have been
> discussed. Google the newsgroup archives to see what was posted. When
> there is a consensus that an app is bad it may "earn" ;) a NR (not
> recommended) notation on the ACF pages - NR is pretty much reserved for
> the worst of the worst).
Thank you for that clarification. I did ofcourse mean to say that I
trust the results of the annual Pricelessware selection that appears on
the PricelesswareHome page.
> Is it really free? Are there any strings attached?
> Is it safe (not Malware/Spyware etc.)?
> Is it good/useful?
> Will installing it harm my computer?
>
> ISTM it would be nice if we could tell them how/where to find the
> answers. . .
>
> Susan