Friday, January 3, 2014

Beware of "Housewife101" house cleaning tips

Today, I searched for a housecleaning list -- cleaning is always a challenge for me. On my website at http://singleparentwisdom.com/ I include a house cleaning task list to help you assign chores with other family members so everyone can keep track of who is to do what by when. Always looking to improve myself, this morning I decided to do a simple search for a different housecleaning checklist -- just to see what is available.

  • First, I had to do a lot of messing around to install a program called Zip Opener to get to the cleaning list which turned out to be a computer cleaning program called RegCleanPro (registry cleaner). Already have one. Don't need it. Doesn't help with my house. X
  • Next Mysearchdial appeared. A flashing red and yellow box wants to do a Windows Scan. It states it is a sponsored ad. Annoying. Already have plenty of protection on my system, thank you. X
  • In the background, I find RegCleanPro is scanning my system. Stop! Claims it is a Microsoft Partner. Don't care. Don't need it. X
  • BEST PICKS window opens FREE TO DOWNLOAD with many more apps available. Not what I want today. X 
  • Mobogenie "No. 1 Android Portal" with quite a variety of apps to select. No thanks. X
  • Need to accept the Terms to continue. Read a little, but apparently not enough. 
  • WOW! Several apps appear on my desktop: MySearchDial, RegCleanPro, FREE Games, Mobogenie, Advanced System Protector, Open It! and MyPC Backup -- remove, remove, remove. X
  •  Jump Flip 1.0.0 wants to install. NO!
  • Now I have to open my Control Panel to uninstall all these programs: Advanced System Protector takes me to their website and another request to keep it. HASSLE! Again, uninstall Jump Flip, Mobogenie, Mysearchdial, Open It!, RegCleanPro, Zip Opener Packages, and Update for Zip Opener.
  • That took way too much time. Where do I send the bill for my time used to clean up this mess? 
  • Warning: No free lunch! That's not a good enough excuse. Beware of this free offer. No closer to my goal of locating a housecleaning list.
  • I tried to return to my steps to find the website so I can warn you, but instead found Housewife101 leads to porn sites.XXX Really not what I want. What a wasted morning!
  • Be careful of free information. Keep an eye on your computer and mobile devices. Don't let others take over or install unwanted applications on your system.
So far, the housecleaning chore list on my website is the best I've found -- with no hidden programs attached. Makes me wary to continue my search.
Have you found a good one?

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