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Summary: Never Again
Review: I have used TurboTax for the last 6 or 7 years and have never had a problem with it. I bought TurboTax 2002 before I heard about the SAFECAST/C-DILLA feature. Now, I have no intention of installing the software. I have already purchased TaxCut and will use that instead.
There are other ways to keep users from installing the software on multiple computers. The use of C-DILLA was innecessary. If TurboTax keeps this up I will not buy it again.
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Summary: Beware, Activation, Single Install, No Reinstalls, Malware
Review: I bought Turbotax for six years, never again! Turbo Tax 2002 allows one install on one computer, NO reinstalls, plus it installs malware. You must online register. You can't use on both home and office computer to do your taxes. You can't reinstall in a couple of years if you are audited. C-Dilla MALWARE is installed to control your cd burner. I am not convinced the C-Dilla is ever uninstalled. There was no notice on the box when I bought this item that these horrible things would happen.
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Summary: Horrible, includes malware and activation
Review: I have bought this product for 6 years, never again. The new version can only be installed once, requires online activation, can only be installed on ONE computer. I can't work on my taxes both at home and at work. If I uninstall and am later audited, I can't reinstall in a couple of years. Worst of all, it installs c-dilla, a malware program which monitors and controls my cd writer. I am not convinces c-dilla is ever uninstalled. This information was never presented on the box when I bought the product.
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Summary: Bad new policies
Review: With only activation I would have rated it a 3, but the surreptitious installation of C-Dilla (a hidden-i.e you're not informed of its installation, PERMENTANT - it doesn't get removed when TT is uninstalled - program) dropped it to a 1. No Tubro Tax this year. Going to use one of the competitions. If all tax programs go this route I will have to revert to the pen and paper method. I do not trust any program that installs extra, unknown code that have nothing to do with the base function of the product.
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Summary: Spyware and bullying install tactics
Review: I purposely keep my PCs away from the internet. You can get viruses even if you have a good virus protection package. I don't want my tax information to be hacked.This package has spyware ...
in it and also requires an intrusive internet installation step. Boo and hiss. This is the last time I buy Turbotax (I've had it since 1999)
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Summary: Product Activation Woes
Review: This software is the latest in attempts at product activation, which does not take into account the needs of the consumer. It's been widely reported that certain kinds of disk maintenance software can fool the product activation into thinking it's been installed on a new computer. This would also preclude doing what I do, which is install on my main computer and my laptop computer, and having both programs point to the same data files on the main computer. (I use an 802.11b network in my house.) Another problem is that, say you uninstall the software after the tax season and want to keep the files. Guess what happens? Your tax files get deleted, because they are stored in a "special area".
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Summary: When will they learn
Review: I have used Turbo Tax for the past 5 years but no more. Companies like this are setting some dangerous presidents trying to sneak in overly intrusive software locking schemes. Hopefully Intuit will see the error and resolve this next year. If a product has intrusive locks like this I encourage you not to give them your business.
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Summary: I'd stay clear of this one...
Review: If you think, you may ever want to reopen or review your return, then I'd stay clear of this one..... If you ever want to reaccess your records later, you'll have to beg intuit to allow you to reuse software you already paid for... If they are too busy, or not willing to take your call (probably for a per minute fee if they do) you won't be able to access your own records.... I've used Turbotax for several years now and know how important it can be to get to my records...
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Summary: Overpriced junk made even worse this year!
Review: This software, which is already overpriced junk ... historically, now leads the pack for the 2003 award for Most Obnoxious Software with the addition of "mother-may-I" copy protection (can't use it without Intuit's express permission on a single machine) and installation of admitted spyware ("C-Dilla" aka, "SafeCast") that stays even when TurboTax is uninstalled! ...
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Summary: TurboTax?? never again
Review: After the hassle I had last year with Intuit and the "free" state version I will not buy another product from them. I made many, many, phone calls (my dime, my time), e-mails with the worst support/help I have yet to encounter--and in the tech industry that is not a compliment as very few in this industry are even remotely proficient at it. The run around was that I needed to contact a different dep't, person, etc. Then of course they wanted more money. I, for one, had enough of Intuit last year.
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