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Television Fanatic

1.5

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Television Fanatic Reviews Summary

Television Fanatic has a rating of 1.5 stars from 77 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Television Fanatic ranks 315th among TV Shows sites.

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Canada
1 review
53 helpful votes
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Most of the complaints are much ado about (next to) nothing. Reviewers claiming this program wrecks their computer must have other issues. Here's what I did: 1) I first ran an anti-malware tool (Malwarebytes) to eliminate both malware and non-malware (Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP). 2) I then installed Television Fanatic. (I got no warning from Norton so there were no security issues.) 3) After successfully installing Television Fanatic, I ran Malwarebytes again. Malwarebytes found and removed roughly 20 PUPs, all non-malware. Not only that, but I found Malwarebytes had completely removed the Television Fanatic program as well. So, what else? Does it slow the browser? Probably, but I didn't notice any difference. Do you get unwanted advertising? Also probably, but where exactly can you get something for nothing? Will I shop around for a program that gives me today's game live? Yes, but we already knew Television Fanatic doesn't do that. Let's keep perspective.

Date of experience: October 10, 2014
Utah
1 review
38 helpful votes
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Itching to watch a tv episode without having to upgrade on cable for just one show. I've learned to do research bfo pressing RUN... You should RUN. Toward researching first! Be wise!

Date of experience: October 6, 2014
Washington
1 review
94 helpful votes
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I'm glad I visit Site Jabber to read reviews on Television Fanatic. I figured something was fishy when it said toolbar. I remember few years ago on my computer I tried to download something and end up being a toolbar. Let me tell you it destroyed my computer! My computer never been the same since. I had a technician tried to fix it and said it would be best to buy another computer. When I thought about Television Fanatic and remember that colorful toolbar, I said I will never do that again! STAY AWAY, IT A SCAM!

Date of experience: September 17, 2014
Washington
1 review
56 helpful votes
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As other did here I am so glad I found this web page. I was at download and when it said run I canceled to find out about this. Thank you for your reviews im out of here hula plus for me

Date of experience: September 1, 2014
Georgia
4 reviews
51 helpful votes
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Thanks For The Warning! All we consumers need is more ad-ware, like we need more junk in our mailboxes. I knew when a "Free!" invitation appeared in my Promo folder of my E-mail from Tiger Direct, that it couldn't be up to any good at all. I'm bookmarking this SiteJabber so I can check in & get the low-down on the next so-called "Free!" scam. Thanks again.

Date of experience: August 26, 2014
New Hampshire
5 reviews
60 helpful votes
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I am glad I came here to read the reviews about this program. I knew with this program I would of been dealing with some kind of adware. Most all your programs of this type will have some sorts of adware included, but it was all the other things that were listed on this site that really made me decide absolutely no to this. I want to say thank you to the people who rate this for others to make a decision on crap like this.

Date of experience: August 25, 2014
Pennsylvania
4 reviews
48 helpful votes
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Thank you all for the warning; I did not download this offer.

Date of experience: August 17, 2014
Florida
1 review
34 helpful votes
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Thanks for all the help. I was suspicious when I saw I was going to get a tool bar. I had windows XP til the security ran out, now I have w 8.1. It seems it's as hard to get rid of this thing as other programs were in XP, Since I had so many issues with tool bars, I didn't want to junk up this machine,

Date of experience: August 14, 2014
Kentucky
1 review
60 helpful votes
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YUCK!
August 11, 2014

YUCK! I just spent 2 HOURS with H/P Smartfriend (they're awesome by the way), getting this malware off my computer. I wish I would've read the reviews about this stupid site first. Do not go on this! It's bad, bad, and evil.

Date of experience: August 10, 2014
Oregon
1 review
42 helpful votes
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I down loaded their worthless program to try to watch some retro 80's sitcom TV. What a joke.! I could not access any of the programs that I wanted to watch with my family. The ineffectual tool bar was not working at all. I followed the installation instructions exactly. It was supposed to work. Thanks for nothing TV Fanatic. I should have visited this site before I tried to down load any thing from T. V. Fanatic. I would have not wasted my time. Fraudulent advertisement on line should be considered to be illegal too. Stay away from T. V. Fanatic. Unhappy in Oregon. :P :(

Date of experience: August 8, 2014
Oregon
1 review
23 helpful votes
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I was about to download thank god I didn't i'll just stick to Megashare.info! Seriously search a movie then just watch it or a tv show really that's where I watch my Pretty Little Liars every ep every season C:

Date of experience: July 8, 2014
Oregon
1 review
39 helpful votes
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Its amazing that people write "good reviews" about MALWARE... the day that you get infected by something hideous that you cant remove, you might regret the fake positives you post. Im super techi, so there is no way Id install anything like this without serious research. It makes me sad for the average users that idiots get PAID to give good reviews on something destructive. You should be ashamed of yourselves!. To everyone else, GOOD JOB FOR REVIEWING THINGS FIRST! And if you didn't, its ok, it only takes once to learn the hard way, some of us.(including me). Well that's the way we roll. ALWAYS ALWAYS research before you install :) (PS Malware idiots... you SUCK!)

Date of experience: June 8, 2014
Maryland
6 reviews
30 helpful votes
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I saw the link on the PBS website, and figured it would be safe. Glad I read the reviews first. Thanks, PBS. Was the fund drive so bad that you expose viewers to malware to make a buck?

Date of experience: May 28, 2014
North Carolina
1 review
27 helpful votes
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It seemed too good to be true. I always read the fine print. At the bottom it says ", ® + © 2014 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. All rights reserved. An IAC Company.
Any third party products, brands or trademarks listed above are the sole property of their respective owner.
No affiliation or endorsement is intended or implied."
I have never heard of Mindspark Interactive Network. Made me think, what is interactive about it? Then is said " IAC Company" I was thinking, never heard of that either-Then I saw the "Any third party products"... wait a second, 3rd party products, that let me know right there, this was a bad site full of fraud and it would probably damage my computer- Then I googled it, and guess what popped up first. This baby! Always look at the reviews before you download anything! You will save yourself a headache! When something seems too good to be true, chances are, it is. This site is one of those sites that mislead you into believing you will get something free, yeah... A free virus that attacks your hard-drive- Stay away from this product- Save your computers. Seriously.

Date of experience: May 9, 2014
Australia
1 review
18 helpful votes
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Just a note of thanks for the people who provided information on this site and the risk of a virus. I saw a link to this site attached to space.com. Please I checked this site before going any further. Thanks once again :)

Date of experience: May 7, 2014
Wisconsin
2 reviews
22 helpful votes
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Date of experience: April 15, 2014
Illinois
1 review
21 helpful votes
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Thanks to all who warned against downloading this. I thought it was legit because it displays the CBS logo. I decided to google it before downloading, and came across these reviews. Thank you all so much for being honest and not jumping on the "make a buck" bandwagon.

Date of experience: April 7, 2014
Virginia
1 review
21 helpful votes
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For those of you wondering why there are positive reviews and what is to gain, it's very simple, they are paying people through crowdsourcing sites to write positive reviews. I ran across it on the Microworkers site. I figured it was better to warn people about it than gain a whopping 20 cents and possibly convince people to infect their computer with viruses and malware.

Date of experience: January 25, 2014
Hawaii
1 review
13 helpful votes
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You get good review and bad. Gotta ask yourself. What is to gain by people posting negative review NONE. Now the positive review. Either they received virus and want you to do the same or they are just too embarrassed to admit and you know what they say... misery loves company... BEWARE!

Date of experience: October 25, 2013
Georgia
1 review
20 helpful votes
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I need to join the others who say that they were warned away from this site by malware watchers. Mozilla Firefox prevented me from installing it.

Date of experience: August 12, 2013