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Software Reviews

by PeteJust

The reviews and opinions below are posted by SnapFiles visitors. They do not necessarily reflect our opinion, and are solely based on the experience of individual users.

avast! Home Edition
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Hard to believe there is no charge!  qright

avast! Home Edition version 4.6.691
  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

I have been testing several free solutions (same more than once) and every time I ended wit Avast. If you get rid of the awful skins you get a nice simple interface. Installation and configuration are quite easy and they update very regular. One minor thing: scanning a whole disk needs quite a lot of time compared to others. I think you never should rely on one anti virus product and therefore I combine it with free scans now and then. It does the job very well and in my opinion its the best free choice at this moment.

    Review date: Nov 13, 2005

Backup4all
  • Free Trial ($29.95)
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista

qleft  Its worth every penny!  qright

Backup4all version 2.3.4 build 760
  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 4
  • Overall: 4

I am using Backy4All for about two years now, and I never had any serious problem with it. I have seen and tested others and I wasted a lot of time. But this software surprised me. It has a nice interface, and most of the features make sense (no unnecessary gadgets) and really are working. Its quite effective and not very difficult to configure backups: filters works as it should, before and after actions are handy, Backup logs are detailed enough and most important, you can rely on you backups. Whenever I needed support I first of all got an answer, second it was to the point, and third the response came within an reasonable time.

    Review date: Nov 13, 2005

Poppy
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

qleft  Small tools can be great!  qright

Poppy version 5.5.0
  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

Nice little tool, just what I was looking for. Does what it says, no more, no less. Easy to install, configure and use. No glitter and glamour, but very effective.

    Review date: Nov 11, 2005

Demo Builder

Demo Builder

Create interactive Flash movies and tutorials to show how applications and systems work.

Folder Lock

Folder Lock

Create a password protected folder to store all your sensitive files and documents.

IDEAL Remote

IDEAL Remote

Take control remotely of your Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista workstations.