Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This product is a gimmick, and it is unnecessary, because there are several anti-virus and anti-malware programs available for free all over the internet that are also updated for free. The Fix-me-stick, you have to pay after one year to keep it up to date. Which seems like a contradiction, given that Malwarebytes, Adware cleaner, CCleaner, Windows Defender, Microsoft Essentials, McAffee, Symantic, and Norton, and a host of others all keep my system clean. The malicious software removal tool, which is constantly updated with new definitions, is available from Microsoft, for free. Following the operations in these programs, I have not had a single virus on my computer since 1998. Seriously. I think it was Bonzi Buddy, but I had it summarily removed--all without the Fix-me-stick. This product is a gimmick that targets the gullible, the uniformed, the computer illiterate. The owners are hoping you don't have a clue what you're doing, so they lie to you. They tell you your system is running slow because of viruses. Viruses don't bother with "slowing down your system," they do more evil things like rearrange your registry, delete registry entries, even delete files from your hard disk, among other things. If your system is running slow, it's because you have too many programs running in the background that have not been unchecked from the msconfig file which should have only essential programs running during startup; the other can be run manually when you need them, so of course your system is going to be running slow when all your computer's resources are being gobbled up by unnecessary threads, handles and operations that you really don't need. So the Fix-me-stick people tell you it's a virus, and not an overburdened startup list that's the problem, hoping you'll buy their product. Don't buy into the lies. Run a sweep with the free programs I mentioned earlier. Not a single virus in 18 years with free programs, the way I've done it, with free update definitions. Of course, there's nothing stopping you from wasting your money on this product, that is, if you like to waste money and allow the program on the USB direct access to your rootkits, which operates outside the protection of your antivirus and antimalware software, so why would they do that? Operate outside of the safety net you already have? No way. I know better. I hope you do, too. Ask yourself: what did people do before this product was introduced? How did they survive without it? By using some or all of the free tools I mentioned. This is a Johnny-come-lately snake oil that needs to be instantly dismissed, in lieu of all the solicited (disingenuous) 5-star reviews. As for me, personally, I would never, ever, put any product into my USB drive that has direct access to my rootkits and operates outside the safety of my operating system. No way, I don't care what the product can do. Whose to say this FMS isn't planting some kind of token in your registry so that if you try to uninstall it, it keeps coming back, or reminds you to put it back. Uh uh. No way. Not even going to take the chance, and you shouldn't, either, because now you know. --- (In case you're wondering about my credentials, I've been servicing hardware and software on computers since MS-DOS 1.0, CP/M, Atari DOS, and others. I used to teach computer software and programming classes back in the 1980's, and I haven't fallen out of touch with how computers and software work since. I've written three published books using MS Word. I have absolutely no motivation whatsoever to lie; I just hate to see (1) people being made a fool of, and (2) people being taken advantage of, among other injustices. Best wishes to you, my friend).