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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox Pop Up<\/p><\/div>\n
When I clicked on the warning message the Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox came up with a system health warning message about enhanced backup and restore.<\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Enhanced Backup and Restore Message<\/p><\/div>\n
Following through with anther click the ThinkVantage Toolbox warned that my system had not been backed up in over 30 days. Looking at this pieced of software that interrupted my work and productivity, I thought what would a typical user do? I red the warming message in red and all the other information that looked too technical for an average user and I clicked both buttons available. I clicked the Purchase Backup Drive button and this launched my web browser to a page at anrdoezrs.net which my spyware system blocked accordingly.<\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Purchase Backup Drive<\/p><\/div>\n
From my user experience, it is evident that Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox is used to up sale users on products and services that they may most likely not need though an affiliate program. To me this software is no better than those fake anti-virus software programs that infect your computer and pop up have you think that your computer is infected with a virus that they can remove if they get your credit card number. This is software that spoofs a utility only to up sale you on products that most users don’t need.<\/p>\n
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