Comments on: PC Matic’s PC Pitstop Review

By: DT

DT — Sat, 12 May 2012 16:10:40 +0000

Your “review” says nothing about whether the errors reported by PC Matic were a valid cause for concern.

I’ve seen a ton of programs that claim to help you clean up your PC. Usually, they suffer from one of two problems:

1 – Crying wolf about things that aren’t that serious (like the red dot in your screenshot for the modem drivers)

2 – Advising someone to fix things that might break an unbroken computer (e.g., registry fixes that may do more harm than good)

If you’re going to “review” a program, then REVIEW it. Don’t tell us what the program claims to do; test whether its claims are valid, whether what it reports to you makes good sense, and what happens if you just go ahead and blindly tell such a program to fix all the problems it reports. I remember a client that did that with one of the top-recommended programs on the market several years back, from a major vendor with a yellow circle as its logo (guess the rest). Two hours and one reboot later, I had to reload his PC from scratch.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:01:51 +0000

How can anyone be so dumb to buy this crap ?

GET A MAC !!!

By: EEK SEZ

EEK SEZ — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:49:03 +0000

I’d be very careful downloading/buying this type of software that claims to repair/speed up your machine. One time I purchased something like this and it ruined my computer. The best is to find yourself a person that knows how to repair computers and have them take a look at your computer if it’s slow (and I’m not talking about the Geek Squad at BB… run as fast as you can from them!!) I’m talking about a qualified computer repair person.

Their commercials are enough to make me never want to use their services. I cringe every time I see the one with the annoying wife talking down to her husband like she’s a computer genius.

Sometimes messing around with your computer and the registries can really wreak havoc on your machine. Take it to someone that knows computers. I have two repair shops where I live and in most cases they’ll have your machine ready and checked within just a few hours.

By: Steve Sybesma

Steve Sybesma — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:25:00 +0000

I did some research on the specifics of this product and it has been around for almost 13 years. I’ve known about PC Pitstop long ago which is the original product. Apparently, the same people have owned it all along.

So, it’s the marketing strategy this company has taken from the beginning that to me indicates what the genuine worth of this product and its reputation have turned out to be. It doesn’t have the following in the tech community that other well-known products have, and it doesn’t seem to deserve it. It has tried to purchase that reputation.

I would say that this is not a spectacular performer, but basically an average-quality product that you are paying full price for.

When any company toots its own horn a lot more loudly than anyone outside of it does, it just means they have a very high opinion of themselves that is not necessarily warranted. No shortage of that, these days.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:14:26 +0000

Write to them and they will stop debiting your account, I did they replied and I’m keeping their reply. They do not have the right to debit your account without your permission.