"Notifier" in updates

[Curmudgeon]

After the MS forced update fiasco a year ago, where they slid a "notifier" bit into WGA, when I see "notifier", I am more than wary.
I did my normal updates, but un-checked that item until I know what it is.
Any help?
Thanks.

[Shanks]

Call me cynical but i feel that same way Curmudgeon. Anyone from PCTools like to shed some light on this part of the latest update?

[Paulas]

I really don't know the answer - but I suspect it is a notice notifying us that SD Version 5 is available for upgrade.

Given the current state of SD5, I am not sure why they would want to promote its existence until it is really ready for release is beyond me.

[Support]

Curmudgeon,

I have esculated this issue to our technical support team. They are currently looking into this.

[FlyDown]

The notifier let me feel uncomfortable,please sweep it in next update!!

[yogi]

Curmudgeon,

I have esculated this issue to our technical support team. They are currently looking into this.

Can I just say that I downloaded this "Notifier" thinking it was part of version 4 of Spyware Doctor.

It does indeed ask you to upgrade to v5 'Now' or 'Later'.

However, the next time I logged into my computer the notifier informed me my subscription expires tomorrow and I had to upgrade! Yet I have more than 200 days left on my subscription.

I have read all the horror stories on the 'Version 5.0' forum page, so I am holding back until the bugs are fixed. So if I have problems with version 4 of Spyware Doctor tomorrow due to this notifier I will be furious.

[davstar]

Can I just say that I downloaded this "Notifier" thinking it was part of version 4 of Spyware Doctor.

It does indeed ask you to upgrade to v5 'Now' or 'Later'.

However, the next time I logged into my computer the notifier informed me my subscription expires tomorrow and I had to upgrade! Yet I have more than 200 days left on my subscription.

I have read all the horror stories on the 'Version 5.0' forum page, so I am holding back until the bugs are fixed. So if I have problems with version 4 of Spyware Doctor tomorrow due to this notifier I will be furious.

I also have avoided updating from version 4.0 (with which I am very pleased) to version 5.0 after reading all the problems in the forum, but this "notifier" program slipped through this morning. So now I have to click this at every computer startup and hope that it doesn't give problems with the subscription. This is a worrying state of affairs.
:(

[AChen]

Hi All,

Sorry for all the problems. We have removed the notifier from SDv4. To remove this notice, run a Smart Update on SDv4.

[zoofbar]

thank god.. finally some action.

Can PCtools give any updates when a "better" version of SD5 will be released.. and will this forum be notified.


better means something that doesnt make a system perform like a slug

[AChen]

When these issues are resolved with SDv5, I will let everyone know. At the moment we have no time frame so I am unable to comment on this.

Apologies for the inconvenience.

[zoofbar]

Thanks Achen 8)

[sloop]

so how do we get back to sd4?

[Support]

Hi sloop,

You can download Spyware Doctor 4 here:

http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/version4/

Cheers,

PC Tools Support Team