Ya, I dl'd 2 also the Internet Optimizer and the HDD control.  It seemed to report lot's of fragmentation on my HD but other progs don't show that.  Also tried to use a standard install of all their junk toolbars their junk websearch and junk homepage.  Reminds me of gimmick software.

Automatically installed a free trial of their Win Optimizer prog.  I already have one so I de-installed that.

But.. it is free and it is their full versions so thx Leo!

Ashampoo AV has the Avira engine.

But I would sick with the bigger guys when it comes to security.

I downloaded and installed a couple of them.

One thing, be sure to choose custom install and uncheck the tool bar and other BS.

Would surprise me. If Ashampoo says they're full trials, they usually are. Did you follow the instructions carefully ? You should get a full version anyway. I've been using Ashampoo products for some 10 years now. I get almost daily E-mails, but I rarely fall for their requests to buy this or that. Sometimes you can even decide yourself what you want to pay for a product.

Quality-wise the products are usually average except for their uninstaller. Usually if they offer you a free product they're previous versions, as is prob with this HDD control version since there's a new version. The HDD control only checks internal disks and does not seem to recognize the external one's. They promised/claimed that their new version of the HDD Control would recognize more hard disks. Not true, it still doesn't recognize any externals.

Yes. I did all that. right after registering I was told you now have the ten day test app for evaluation. And that's for the HDD. I didn't bother with the other ones.