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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.
- Freeware
Win (All)
Versatile - indispensable 
MediaMonkey version 3.0.2.1334
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I have been using this program for a couple of years and am still learning new tricks with it. It is great for creating and managing playlists. The feature that removes duplicate entries is very welcome! I also like the tagging options, including the way it handles Album Art. The help file is clear and easy to understand. My only wish is that more plugins were available: for instance crossfading and sound enhancer, both of which I would definitely use. Thanks to the developers for a splendid piece of software: it is clear from the way they designed the Monkey that they love music as much as software.
Review date: Jun 30, 2008
- Freeware
- 2000/XP/2003/Vista
No problems
Beneton Movie GIF version 1.1.2
- Interface: 4
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Simple enough to use. When starting the program, all menu items are greyed out. Once the first frame is added, the menu options become available. Then it is just a matter of adding the frames, arranging them in the order required, adding effects if you wish - and build your animation! The program requires that your desktop resolution be set to a minimum 1024 x 768 pixels. If it is not already set at that, the program will ask permission to set those settings, then on program close, it returns your desktop to your previous settings. Considerate, well-mannered program! During installation you are presented with the option to install the Third Party application 'Crawler' toolbar. It is easy enough to decline this 'offer' for a clean install. A perfectly adequate GIF animator. Thanks to the developer.
Review date: Jun 15, 2008
- Freeware
- Win (All)
Very good, but ...
a-squared Free version 3.1.0.20
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I had been using Asquared for about three years with great satisfaction. But the latest version freezes my machine while the scan process is underway. Will await a newer version to see if the problem has been resolved. Thanks to Emsisoft for a great program that has helped me out of malware problems in the past.
Review date: Mar 22, 2008
- Freeware
- Win (All)
More work needed
EMCO Malware Destroyer version 4.0
- Interface: 2
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 4
- Overall:
Thanks to EMCO for adding their product to the arsenal against malware. I found it scans the registry quickly, less so the file system. The interface seems clunky and confusing, with windows opening on windows. More work here would give the product a more professional appearance. There are some cryptic options, for example under 'Tools', there is a menu option: 'Total Removal Info in Database'. Presumably that refers to the definition database? Not sure why one would wish to "totally remove" that info, unless it was, say, corrupted? This is not an option I have seen on any similar program, and not sure what its purpose would be. The scanning progress notifier needs more work to show just what it is scanning at any given time. Needs a notifier to indicate when it has finished scanning also.
Review date: Mar 22, 2008
- Freeware
- 2000/XP/Vista
I like it!
Spyware Terminator version 2.1.1.314
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Very professional-looking program that runs smoothly and reliably. It detected the remnants of a Trojan and prompted a restart. As soon as the computer had restarted, Spyware Terminator resumed from where it had left off and removed the last traces of the Trojan. Have had no problems whatsoever with Spyware Terminator.
Review date: Mar 17, 2008
- Freeware
- 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista
Friendly but somewhat crippled
Clickster version 1.61
- Interface: 3
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 4
- Overall:
A very friendly program. The author has recorded a short vocal welcome, which you can hear on the inbuilt player. He has also included some bio info and a pic of his local area. Nice touch! Clickster is efficient at searching for MP3s, though it takes awhile for results to start showing. It has a useful feature which lets you browse the directory on which you found an mp3, to see what else you might like to save. Found the interface confusing when a download is running and another search initiated. The progress of the downloading file cannot be checked because the part of the screen showing its progress is covered over by the search results of the second search. The program pops up frequent "server congested" messages, requiring a wait of a couple minutes before being able to resume. Updating to Pro apparently stops these, leading me to see them as another annoying nag. In addition there is a daily download limit on the freeware version. Promising project to watch.
Review date: Jan 10, 2008
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