Yes it is long. Atrocious too I might add! Just how far will one go to sell their piece of junk??? Enjoy and spread the word! http://spywarewarrior.com/viewtopic.php?t=4122 I never give up! Windows Update

Thanks, blender. Suzi also wrote about her experience with the owner of PrivacyTools2004 in THIS post yesterday. i_XpUser

DO NOT DOWNLOAD that 100% crap ass software and thanks blender for the post. I even joined in over at Spyware Warrior. I do not go there much but been a member since she opened it up. KTTD Though I walk through the valley of Microsoft, I shall fear no OS for skills are with me

Download.com Review of Privacy Tools 2004 This antispyware utility disappointed us on most counts. One of this app's few positives is its intuitive, clearly labeled interface, though we wish it were resizable. In our tests Privacy Tools 2004 took a rather lengthy 10 minutes to perform its quickest type of scan and found only two of five installed pieces of adware. The real-time protection also failed to detect malicious applications while they were being loaded onto our PC. The program lets you back up adware components in case certain programs won't run without them, and you can schedule scans at desired intervals. However, the trial version doesn't remove the adware it finds, making it impossible to evaluate the program's power and otherwise limiting its usefulness. All told, we'd point most users to a more capable and less restrictive adware-removal tool. My host file will not let go to the venders site. My temptation to try that crap, just to see what I don't have has passed.

To top it off, someone found this link where he solicits for people to post reviews at Download.com. http://www.scriptlance.com/projects/1092083358.shtml "Closed (No bidding) Budget: N/A Created: 8/9/2004 at 16:29 EST Bidding Ends: 8/10/2004 at 16:29 EST (less than a day left) Project Creator: ash1ey Rating: (3 reviews) Description: Hello I am looking for someone to write 5 good reviews for my software at download.com - The reviews must be positive reviews and based around the good features of our software. This will require you to have 5 different email address's to register different reviews. Payment will be escrowed via scriptlance and then released on completition of the work. Urgent Job. Thanks" Chosen Programmer: scriptwatch scriptwatch $ 25 1 day(s) 8/9/2004 at 16:42 EST

OMG....does it ever end with Ash1ey??? Reading the post(s) from the link I gave above....any reader with half a brain will see it is enough to turn them off Ash1ey and ANY of his products and any products from his affiliates....even if it is possible for him to create something useful and origional....meaning his own work.. Still shaking my head...lol...I cant believe someone can be proud of that crap. I never give up! Windows Update

Well, he did put some time, and money into it, after all in May he had two "box covers" designed for him ($35). In June he had a website designed for him ($150). And in August he got around to buying a Spybot ripoff data base ($350) and had someone write up positive reviews ($25). Also saw where he paid to have the front-end program written and was expecting to pay $200 per month for definition updates. And I am sure he had other costs. From his point of view, he was going to help people and make some money at the same time. When sells did not go well he tried to sell out to recover his expenses. His claim of not ever damaging anyones computer might just be true. He may not have sold more than a handful of copies. And most of what his program found was changes put in by other spyware blocking programs.