Not so good after all (Netsonic)

Member Name: Chalkywhite

Product:	Netsonic
Date:	25/01/01 (107 review reads)
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Advantages: Speeds up how web pages are loaded.

Disadvantages: Can crash your system and cause errors

Netsonic appeared on the outside to be a useful program, after all it claimed to speed up my internet connection. That itself is a myth, the physical speed of your connection remains the same. What it is supposed to do is read ahead and load into cache memory linked web pages to the one you are viewing thus making subsequent pages load more quickly.

This is actually achieved by Netsonic and it does work well. It does what it claims in this respect but, and now for the crunch. It is prone to crashing your system, more so in Windows 98 & windows ME. I was plagued with blue screen crashes and Fatal Exception Errors after installing and using Netsonic. After much searching and trouble shooting I was able to isolate Netsonic as the cause. Since its removal I have had no further system crashes.

I am not alone either, in my work I have come into contact with several others who's system crashes have been down to this program. What it actually conflicts with and why is still a mystery to me, but I advise you to stay well clear of this tool.

With it you get another program called GATOR. Steer clear of this too as it seems to feed information about you and your surfing habits back to the company for their commercial gain. See my report on this program.

If you want faster page loading and don't mind system crashes then this is an okay program. Personally I prefer to wait a few seconds longer for loading than risk upsetting my system yet again.

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