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To: w0z who wrote (4311)	6/5/2015 3:00:48 PM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 4345

Thanks for the list but I've wasted so much time over the years with this or that "free" program crashing my computers or taking up resources and/or time to fix things or learn new things as they "pivot" to new business models to try and make money... that I'm happy to pay $50 a year to protect our 3 PCs and two Galaxy S5s... and have it work fairly well and not have ads or other "issues" to deal with. My time and frustration saved is worth it. Plus I use the Norton password manager that seems an added benefit. PS REPLY: Yes, I've noticed MANY of my "no dividend" growth stocks have moved up very significantly lately such that my explore portfolio with only 2/3rds in stocks is beating the S&P500 which usually happens the first year of "something big" which I've speculated may be related to dumb money in bonds looking for better alternatives when they rush the doors. for example, during the recent decline for those stocks, I bought AGEN at $2.50 and now it is $8.89 FNSR at $15.00 and now it is 22.68 NNVC at $1.60 and now it is $2.08 UTEK at $17.50 and now it is $19.80 (always been a laggard!) What is cool is some of the "value dividend stocks" I took profits in, such as AMAT at $25 and selling the last of my "Explore Portfolio" HPQ at $36, are still well below the profit taking points... seems a major rotation is in gear! booyah!

To: w0z who wrote (4311)	6/6/2015 12:28:05 AM
From: Raptech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4345

I used Iolo System Mechanic for about a year and didn't renew as I though it to be mostly redundant to computer maintenance that i could do on my own. While not expensive to license my computers actually didn't run any better or worse after I stopped using it. According to comments made on other review sites users allege that System Mechanic doesn’t fix their computer problems and sometimes causes new problems on your PC. Customers allege that when they contact System Mechanic they are told they must spend $100+ for tech support services in order to fix the problems System Mechanic failed to fix. Basically the reviews on System Mechanic are mediocre.