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  • liquidlives
    liquidlives Posts: 239 Forumite
    I hadn't received any surveys for over 6 months so I emailed them to ask why and it turned out that accessing Lightspeed from abroad meant my account was blocked from having surveys sent to it! They said they'll unblock it now but I'm surprised they didn't notify me of this in the first place.
  • buxtonrabbitgreen
    buxtonrabbitgreen Posts: 2,856 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    No one has mentioned it so it may just be coincidence, but since I loaded the software my computer seems to be taking longer to start up. Is it just me?
    Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination:beer:

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  • crystal9
    crystal9 Posts: 3,813 Forumite
    Xmas Saver!
    buxtonrabbitgreen wrote: »
    No one has mentioned it so it may just be coincidence, but since I loaded the software my computer seems to be taking longer to start up. Is it just me?
    i refused this 1 as when i downloaded a thing from value op i ended up getting adware/spyware and my pc went really slow so didn't fancy it happening again
    have now given up smoking since feb 13th 2014 loving the money I'm saving
  • lannyloo
    lannyloo Posts: 922 Forumite
    buxtonrabbitgreen wrote: »
    No one has mentioned it so it may just be coincidence, but since I loaded the software my computer seems to be taking longer to start up. Is it just me?


    No problems here after installing it
  • AprilLady
    AprilLady Posts: 949 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    buxtonrabbitgreen wrote: »
    No one has mentioned it so it may just be coincidence, but since I loaded the software my computer seems to be taking longer to start up. Is it just me?

    It seems to take much longer for both Internet Explorer and Firefox to open up on my computer now - and that's only really happened since I installed the software. Hmm... Maybe I'll keep it for a month or so and get some points then uninstall it! :confused:
  • Fiver29
    Fiver29 Posts: 18,620 Forumite
    buxtonrabbitgreen wrote: »
    No one has mentioned it so it may just be coincidence, but since I loaded the software my computer seems to be taking longer to start up. Is it just me?
    No problems here.
    Moving onto a better place...Ciao :wave:
  • Nod_Nolan
    Nod_Nolan Posts: 25 Forumite
    buxtonrabbitgreen wrote: »
    No one has mentioned it so it may just be coincidence, but since I loaded the software my computer seems to be taking longer to start up. Is it just me?

    It's not just you no...

    I saw my mother-in-law had downloaded this bit of software and removed it instantly.

    it needed to reboot to fully remove the software, which means it affect the start-up of the computer (the registry).

    IMO installing this kind of software is very risky. it inserts another stage between you and your browser. Everything you do is scanned including if you use online webmail or banking. How do you know for sure that they completly disregard everything except for the ads? What scanning methods do they use and could they mistakenly capture images or text by accident?

    If you've noticed any difference in the speed of your browsing, or the times your browser crashes IT WILL BE THIS SPYWARE.

    is it worth risking it for a couple of extra points?
  • SHARON3
    SHARON3 Posts: 4 Newbie
    I also got asked to download this software........ deleted the email and DIDN'T download.....very ,very risky!!!!!!!!!!NOT WORTH THE POINTS!
  • Fiver29
    Fiver29 Posts: 18,620 Forumite
    SHARON3 wrote: »
    I also got asked to download this software........ deleted the email and DIDN'T download.....very ,very risky!!!!!!!!!!NOT WORTH THE POINTS!
    How do you know it's risky?
    Moving onto a better place...Ciao :wave:
  • Nod_Nolan
    Nod_Nolan Posts: 25 Forumite
    edited 8 July 2009 at 3:33PM
    Fiver29 wrote: »
    How do you know it's risky?

    would you let someone open all of your post, to see what kind of mail you are getting...

    it's a very similar thing but online.

    the privacy statement is a whole two sentences. NOT ENOUGH FOR THE INFORMATION THEY ARE RECEIVING.
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