Television Fanatic

My dad must have gotten this virus since he can barely send e-mail. Took about two hours to remove. Had to search through registry and C drive and use at least 3 different virus scanners to make sure it was gone. We should start a lynch mob to go get these guys. Scammers and hackers should die.

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 :(

Cannot rate it, was warned away by Malwarebytes. Trying to get some info on it and wound up here. Looked like a worthy place so I joined. If anyone wonders why I hate hijackers so much, I have been invaded by about: blank and cannot get rid of the damn thing.

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.

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.

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,

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:

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!

I worked for IAC (parent company) and can tell you that marketers there are paid to plant reviews here. Easy to tell, they're all the more than one star reviews.

It's a browser hijacker. It's an ask.com trojan. The EULA says they collect your personal data and give it to "other IAC companies". Look that up in wiki. Would you want ANY of those people having your name, address, phone, etc?

I can't thank you all enough for giving me the heads up on this HORRIBLE nightmare of a "free" good time download. WOW! Television fanatic isn't even worthy of 1 star! It's a good thing my AVG told me to get out before it was too late!

I have 2 friends who downloaded this and both regretted it. Malware/virus combination is what it appears to be. If you want a real option, that is legal Hardware that allows you to view ALL streaming content and is serviced and updated by a real company, you have to pay for it. Duh. But only one time. No monthly bills after that. And importantly, never download unknown software on your computer. On FB there's a page named kill my tv bill. Good info on how to cut the cord with cable and satellite tv.

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.

I clicked a download to download ez video editor. Somehow it took me to a webpage to down load television fanatic Thankfully I remembered the name from Site Jabber. Your sight is now on my favorite list. A lot of these 'free' downloads are down right deceitful and border on criminal. Television Fanatic is one of them.

Consumers are calling television fanatic a virus. These charges are coming from consumers at various websites. How come television fanatic doesn't come out and rebuke these charges vigorously? They don't because they are true. That's my conclusion.

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.

It says it is free but it is not free. Then it said to give credit card info even though it is free. I gave two different CC's and it turned down both. Crazy! I have great credit and used one earlier today.

Before I was asked if I wanted it the $#*!ed useless toolbar was downloaded on my laptop and went past all security to do it. Now I can't find the software anywhere on my computer to get rid of it because it downloaded under a different random name they don't tell you and uninstall programs doesn't have it in there! DON"T even click the link for this website! I am complaining to the BBB about this hack they did.

I have Chrome OS (Chromebase) and I cannot get this horrible malware off my browser! Every time I open up a new tab, this damn thing appears instead of the pure Google search page that is supposed to open up. Some one needs to destroy these damn people!

Stay away from this SCAM! They will rob you blind! Why don't people take like 30 seconds before you install anything that is and find out the reputation of the product? Stay away from these scamming websites, it's easy to do your research on 3rd party websites with a good reputation. It took me less than 30 seconds to do my research with confidence. Also stay away from sponsored Ads from google searches. They are the first websites at the top usually two to four URL's, and one or two at the bottom that has an (Ad) in front of the website URL. There are scams on many sites, not just trashy website URL's.

I hope this helps someone!

It scares me downloading unknown software onto my computer. Tv is already available online without downloading anything. I don't understand how people get suckered into these things. On this site it says that it connects you to stuff from hulu and youtube. So why not just go to hulu and youtube? Why download something that might not be safe onto your computer?

This site LOOKS like tvfanatic.com but it is NOT that same site. Tvfanatic is a good site

WARNING!

First, I typed in any site that I could watch t. V. on for free and found televisionfanatic.com. Then, just to make sure it was safe, I checked the reviews and found that it had a virus. DO NOT DOWNLOAD!

This the best review site I've been to. I was happy I did not download the televisionfanatic.com Instead I purchased a ROKU and signed up with HULU Plus and Netflix. I was able to cut my cable from $135 to under $20 with my elected subscriptions and there are still hundreds of FREE channels covering about any subject imaginable. I can access almost all my channels on my PC, laptop, tablet and smart phone and feel safe doing so. Thanks again Jabber for saving me time and money.

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