Bits from Bill Pytlovany: Legitimate Software Still Sneaking on Crapware

February 20, 2012 by in Bill Pytlovany

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By Bill Pytlovany

I’m very lucky to have what might be considered a cult following for WinPatrol. It’s essential since we don’t advertise and depend on word of mouth to let people know they should download WinPatrol and upgrade to WinPatrol PLUS. The few people who upgrade to PLUS allow us to continue giving away a free version.

One of the positive elements of our software is that we’ve never included 3rd party crap software like toolbars in our setup program. I consider this an insult to our users and while I could make a lot of money it’s just wrong. Many of you have read about my constant battle with Ask.com(IAC) who thinks WinPatrol should include a custom version of their search toolbar.

Read: Would you like Toolbar with your Software Order?

I continue to get requests from companies who say they want to do business with me.

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This post is excerpted with Bill’s permission from his blog

Bill Pytlovany

About Bill Pytlovany

BillP Studios founder and industry insider Bill Pytlovany was at one time best known for his leading role in creating the software behind the service now called, AOL. These days Bill is better for helping to increase the performance and security of hundreds of thousand of computers - through his award winning product - Win Patrol.

One Response to Bits from Bill Pytlovany: Legitimate Software Still Sneaking on Crapware

  1. Glen Jacobson says:

    Is your software up to date? Does your software check to see if a users PC has SSD drives in it. Win 7 does so that it doesn’t run defrag which may damage an SSD just like standard hard drive diag’s can. In other words I’m afraid to run any of your test’s on my new PC which have SSD’s. Now that I have an AT&T 4G connection it is really fast! Yes, I have Intel’s “toolbox” so that I can run SSD tests. So, are you safe to use??? Thanks for all your previous help!


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