IObit - IObit.com Malware & TrialPay San Francisco, California

Strange False Irate Temper Tantrum:The complaints posted here, against ASC are BLATANTLY false and unfair. Theare posted by people incapable of understanding basic software development and/or common (harmless) back end marketing techniques.

My response: This should tell you all you need to know about this company that a person defending them would act this way. I am very experienced in the IT field and with marketing. Common techniques do not make them right, or harmless, and I think you mean under-handed, not back-end, because IObit is a dishonest company. This is fairly obvious to anyone who has had IObit Advanced System Care installed on their computer for more than a day. I have had to fix over 30 customers computers in the last 2 years because IObit has installed useless programs, installed the incorrect drivers, and/or hijacked customers browser and changed their homepage to an IObit ad. Also, this product hijacks the browser and installs other iobit programs repeatedly('iobit-driver update', 'iobit-maleware pro', iobit-registry defrag). Yes, these installers and hijackers are still bundled with the new ASC 9 official download and ASC will re-install these programs if you uninstall them.

Original Complaint: “After being ripped off by Iobit”

Response: Really? How were you ripped off? You couldn’t provide us with a specific?

My response to ignorant response: I'm pretty sure all the compaints are the specifics. If any payment was given and this was his outcome, he got ripped off. Even if he didn't pay, it was a ripoff and a waste of time. 

Original Complaint: “I decided to warn the 4 organizations that they say they are affiliated with.  Web pages exist, but there is no real affliation.”

Response: This makes NO SENSE! Who are these “4 organizations” you refer to? You couldn’t provide the name of a single one, to validate your concern? I suggest you educate yourself in online business relationships and marketing techniques.

My response to ignorant response: This makes A LOT of sense. You clearly don't even know the organizations he is referring to but you say it is false anyway. They are called shell companies. They are owned by the same people and they use them as references saying their products are great. Also, their are endorsements on their page from other legit companies they use, but these affiliations are of a business nature only, not an endorsement as it is made to seem. This is basuically lying; lying is not considered a legitimate marketing technique. I suggest you educate yourself on the benefits of leaving Afghanistan, go to a real free country, and you'll see how great it is not to have to put up with dishonest tactics while being free to choose a better product.

Original Complaint: “Those who have permanently damaged computers, as I do, will just have to live and learn.”

Question: I can assure you, if your PC is PERMANENTLY damaged, it is NOT the result of iobits product(s), because there IS NOTHING about iobits product(s) that could possibly damage your PC. Is it possible YOU or someone in YOUR location applied settings too aggressive, resulting in a utility program impacting your OS registry negatively? YES! Can YOU create a scenario that could cause your PC to APPEAR to be damaged? YES? However, do NOT blame the utility YOU used, to cause those issues!

My response to ignorant response: I can assure you, if your PC is PERMANENTLY damaged, it 100% IS the result of iobits products, because there ARE MANY THINGS about iobits products that could damage your PC. This has nothing to do with settings, but if it was simply their useless regisrty defrag tool you are referring to, then yes, you can blame the product because it doesn't come with a warning. Regardless, the "IObit driver" program consistently claims it improves system performance while trying to entice customers to scan for old drivers, but it installs the wrong drivers almost every single time, redering the computer inoperable. This has nothing whatsoever to do with customer error; it is 100% the product causing these problems. Again, i have my own business and I have had to fix over 30 customers computers in the last couple years because of these IObit problems.  YES, you can blame the product because the product is the one and only problem here.

Original complaint: “If anyone else was then blackmailed to remove the malware, they should also post.  We were asked for 300.00 to remove the malware they installed.”

Crazy Question: WHO blackmailed you to remove ANYTHING? You dot know, iobit software provides an uninstall feature, which is EASILY accessible through Microsoft Windows Software/Program management? It’s really easy to find AND easier to use!

My response to ignorant response: The unistall feature is not thorough at all. It doesn't get everything in the registry even though it claims it does. If you installed ASC, then it hijacked your browser and installed a driver update program itself, then changed your drivers to the wrong drivers and you couldn't go on the internet anymore or use your mouse, then you call their company and they try to charge you for an IT guy to fix the problem; wouldn't you call that a RIPOFF or a hostage situation, if not blackmail? I think so. You can't blame people for not being knowledgeable in computers when a product does things other than it claims to.

Aghanistani's One final note:

The original post appears to be a well thought out and professional writing. To me, it appears to be a slanderous attack, by a masked competitor. Although I could be wrong, My suspicion is generated by the absurd claims, which completely ignore some simple facts!

My response: Really?? You're going to accuse the guy of being a competitor?? Well, it seems pretty obvious that you are completely inaccurate and over-zealos in your defense of IObit, which would tell me that you probably have a financial stake in the company.  Employee?? Part Owner?? Shareholder??

My One final note:IObit advanced system care can be a useful product in limited situations, but it usually does more harm than good for the average user. The main interface can be useful if you scan your computer with the defrag option unchecked and let it fix most of the problems. It will not fix all problems though and asks for a purchase to complete the fix, which is fine; if that was it, the "irate defense guy's" response would be warranted, but there is much more to the product than that. People should(if you must) use it the way I just explained and that's it(main interface, scan, fix). I do not recommend it for anything else as the Driver program installs the wrong drivers consistently and the uninstall program is better than a normal install, but it isn't always complete as it claims. The start-up accelerator is useful, and the optimizer is also okay, and so is the app/toolbar cleaner, but again it's doesn't do a complete job.

Also, about the "uninstallpromote.exe" anyone can look it up themselves and see that this is a "malicious adware", so i do not know why the guy defends it as "common marketing".  if you told him you didnt appreciate a companies spam, he would reply with - shut up you know nothing about computers, spam is a common back end marketing technique. it's strange; it seems only something a person would say if they are benefitting from it.

BEWARE – The complaints posted here, against ASC are BLATANTLY false and unfair. They are posted by people incapable of understanding basic software development and/or common (harmless) back end marketing techniques.

I am a paying customer of iobit products, specifically ASC. With 22+ years’ experience on computers and 20 years’ experience accessing the internet. Having dealt with PC illiterate people as a tutor and repairing their systems, from user induced damage; to their OS, software and system devices, I am uniquely qualified to recognize them AND their absurd claims. The greatest proportion of PC users can best be described as unqualified to judge any software company, let alone any software product.

For the first 15 years of my PC use, I had amassed a HUGE library of software. A good portion of that library was accumulated as downloadable content from my personal BBS. Over the course of time, I acquired many distinctly different software utilities, necessary for accessing and modifying system settings, performing system maintenance and tweaking system performance. Most PC users have NO IDEA what is involved in managing their PC properly and maintaining its performance, they are easy pickings for supposed PC tech repair people.

I am a paying customer of Products like iobit’s Advanced SystemCare, for the simple reason that THEY provide the ability to do in a few clicks within a single user friendly interface, what I used to spend HOURS doing with MANY separate software utilities. ASC is NOT the only multi-function system management utility I have used over the years, but it is the LAST one I have felt the need to use regularly AND PAY FOR!

Now I would like to address an individual’s posted complaint on this site, because it is a typical example of the type of PC illiterate person I referred to previously!

Complaint: “After being ripped off by Iobit”

Response: Really? How were you ripped off? You couldn’t provide us with a specific?

Complaint: “I decided to warn the 4 organizations that they say they are affiliated with.  Web pages exist, but there is no real affliation.”

Response: This makes NO SENSE! Who are these “4 organizations” you refer to? You couldn’t provide the name of a single one, to validate your concern? I suggest you educate yourself in online business relationships and marketing techniques.

Complaint: “Contact pages don't work.  No information and the web pages were all created in 2014.”

Response: Very interesting claim, except for the fact that it is blatantly false! I have contacted them several times, in the past, and they have always been friendly and proactive in email responses.

Complaint: “I believe that this is one huge scam.  I am reporting to the FBI.  I suggest anyone ripped off by Iobit also report to the FBI and maybe they can shut them down.”

Response: Your comment is typical of the PC illiterate, to blame everything and everyone else for your own self-induced problems and lack of basic skill!

Question: How did that FBI thing work out for you? I’m still purchasing iobit product from a legitimate business and haven’t experienced any FBI or any other government agency related interruption to my relationship with them.

Complaint: “Those who have permanently damaged computers, as I do, will just have to live and learn.”

Question: I can assure you, if your PC is PERMANENTLY damaged, it is NOT the result of iobits product(s), because there IS NOTHING about iobits product(s) that could possibly damage your PC. Is it possible YOU or someone in YOUR location applied settings too aggressive, resulting in a utility program impacting your OS registry negatively? YES! Can YOU create a scenario that could cause your PC to APPEAR to be damaged? YES? However, do NOT blame the utility YOU used, to cause those issues!

Complaint: “If anyone else was then blackmailed to remove the malware, they should also post.  We were asked for 300.00 to remove the malware they installed.”

Question: WHO blackmailed you to remove ANYTHING? You dot know, iobit software provides an uninstall feature, which is EASILY accessible through Microsoft Windows Software/Program management? It’s really easy to find AND easier to use!

One final note:

The original post appears to be a well thought out and professional writing. To me, it appears to be a slanderous attack, by a masked competitor. Although I could be wrong, My suspicion is generated by the absurd claims, which completely ignore some simple facts!

1. Many well-known safe programs and program modules are FALESLY identified as suspect, by Anti-Malware programs!

2. Many well-known safe programs utilize a web browser trigger, upon removal, asking for feedback OR promoting an alternative option for the PC illiterate.

3. The author throws in the word “Trojan-horse” into the mix, in an effort to cement his claim that iobit has some ill intent. However, if we really want to be as irresponsible and slanderous as this author, we could apply the term “Trojan-horse” to most software suites that require hidden software modules to function and interact with multiple programs and resource web sites!

4. The author makes ridiculous and unsubstantiated claims about negatively impacting system performance from ASC. I can PERSONALLY attest to the fact that ASC not only IMPROVES Microsoft system performance, it provides ADVANCED PC users easy access to many aspects of system management, which otherwise requires deep knowledge of the OS setting options.

After being ripped off by Iobit,   I decided to warn the 4 organizations that they say they are affiliated with.  Web pages exist, but there is no real affliation.  Contact pages don't work.  No information and the web pages were all created in 2014.  I believe that this is one huge scam.  I am reporting to the FBI.  I suggest anyone ripped off by Iobit also report to the FBI and maybe they can shut them down.  Those who have permanently damaged computers, as I do, will just have to live and learn.  If anyone else was then blackmailed to remove the malware, they should also post.  We were asked for 300.00 to remove the malware they installed. 

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