D7/D7II vs. Ultra Virus Killer (UVK) vs. Tweaking.com's Windows Repair (AIO)

[Eagle21]

For malware removal and system repair one of the tools I like to use is Tweaking.com's Windows Repair (AIO).

I have looked at old versions of Ultra Virus Killer (UVK), but did not start to use it.
I have looked at D7 a couple of times. A while back I did not like the interface, and recently when I looked at it again, it was quite expensive.

I've just read the recent article on Ultra Virus Killer
http://www.technibble.com/review-ultra-virus-killer-uvk/
It looks like UVK has improved a lot and now has a lot of useful features.

I know that D7/D7II, Ultra Virus Killer and Tweaking.com's Windows Repair (AIO) are not exactly equivalent, but they do have overlapping features for malware removal and system repair.

I'm interested to know which ones people use and recommend, and why.

 

[LifelineIT]

Money is time, time is money, it costs money to make money, and it costs money to save time. Saved time = saved money. Saved work time becomes MY time, saved money means more fun in MY time.

That said, I use D7 (haven't upgraded to 2, yet.) Not a fan of UVK but I keep it in the toolbox. Same for tweaking.com. I also have a small fleet of my own custom scripts, just like everyone else.

 

[cypress]

Tweaking AIO Repair is in my tool kit and is a staple for me. I don't really use D7 or UVK but I am not using GE Tech Toolkit. I put it together a couple days ago and started using it. It has everything I need and runs right from the flash drive.

 

[gunslinger]

For malware removal and system repair one of the tools I like to use is Tweaking.com's Windows Repair (AIO).

I have looked at old versions of Ultra Virus Killer (UVK), but did not start to use it.
I have looked at D7 a couple of times. A while back I did not like the interface, and recently when I looked at it again, it was quite expensive.

I've just read the recent article on Ultra Virus Killer
http://www.technibble.com/review-ultra-virus-killer-uvk/
It looks like UVK has improved a lot and now has a lot of useful features.

I know that D7/D7II, Ultra Virus Killer and Tweaking.com's Windows Repair (AIO) are not exactly equivalent, but they do have overlapping features for malware removal and system repair.

I'm interested to know which ones people use and recommend, and why.

Tweaking.com's Windows Repair (AIO) is a must have in my tool kits. As for UVK, its come a long way and is about 70-80% where I'd like to see it. I'm playing around with the new version. I was also very put off by the D7 interface. Its a great app no doubt but I'd like to see Nick spend maybe a half hour and give it a decent UI that doesn't look like it came off Windows 95.

 

[jft135]

Tweaking.com's Windows Repair (AIO) is a must have in my tool kits. As for UVK, its come a long way and is about 70-80% where I'd like to see it. I'm playing around with the new version. I was also very put off by the D7 interface. Its a great app no doubt but I'd like to see Nick spend maybe a half hour and give it a decent UI that doesn't look like it came off Windows 95.

That was one of the things that kept me from adopting the original D7. I like D7II's interface much better. I think there are still things that could use tweaking, but overall, I really like it.

 

[Xander]

You can't really compare them. This is like comparing a doctor with an MRI machine with an autobody chassis alignment tool.

D7II is a general purpose but very effective tool. On my flash drives, it is labelled as "Doctor's Bag".

Tweaking's AIO is a just a repair tool. A great one but *just* repair.
UVK (with which I have the least exposure) seems to be *just* an AV tool.

Tweaking's is in my Doctor's Bag.

 

[gunslinger]

You can't really compare them. This is like comparing a doctor with an MRI machine with an autobody chassis alignment tool.

D7II is a general purpose but very effective tool. On my flash drives, it is labelled as "Doctor's Bag".

Tweaking's AIO is a just a repair tool. A great one but *just* repair.
UVK (with which I have the least exposure) seems to be *just* an AV tool.

Tweaking's is in my Doctor's Bag.

I agree with your description of Tweaking's AIO. But UVK can do much more than being used to remove viruses.

 

[mrapoc]

mmmm

UVK does indeed look a good weapon to use. Especially one off pricing! Also the interface is a lot prettier. Shame it won't integrate with PCRT *atm*

 

[JustInTech]

Just purchased UVK and been playing around with it today, seems pretty good to me, loving the scripting options which gives you good flexibility for virus removal and maintenance.

I own D7 also and comparing the two well ???? I guess D7 can do more but for the bulk of the jobs I'll prob use UVK because it seems more intuitive and professional looking.

I guess price is also a factor as at $50 for a lifetime license compared to $299 a year for D7II it's a no brainer.

 

[gunslinger]

Just purchased UVK and been playing around with it today, seems pretty good to me, loving the scripting options which gives you good flexibility for virus removal and maintenance.

I own D7 also and comparing the two well ???? I guess D7 can do more but for the bulk of the jobs I'll prob use UVK because it seems more intuitive and professional looking.

I guess price is also a factor as at $50 for a lifetime license compared to $299 a year for D7II it's a no brainer.

Agreed. Again, I think D7 is a awesome tool but considering the price and the UI I'd go with UVK. Drop D7 to a one time fee and give it a decent UI and I'd go with D7.

 

[clayb226]

I use the GE Tech Toolkit, and love it. The download is rather large, but it has tons of apps in it. The best thing about it, is that it is free. I also used to use D7, the free version, but like many, can not justify the cost, as I only do a few side jobs now, since I moved into a full time IT position.

 

[stevenamills]

This is helpful to me. I don't get around here much, anymore, especially since my surprise bypass last November. My business took a serious hit (it's just me and the Cairn) and I suspicion some customers went hunting for a more "stable" technician - can't say I blame them.

Right now, just hoping to cover overhead and that's not easy, but that's my problem.

Anyway, since D7 is no longer being updated, I've been looking for alternatives that I can afford. I need to spend some time with UVK (It's been a long time) and the GE-Tech program looks exciting. I see Ketarin scripts and that's always a plus.

My main virus tools have become ADWCleaner, JRT, Roguekiller and Combo Fix. For a boot disk, I use Bitdefender, as it cleans most and it seems to damage the OS less often than others - at least that is my opinion. Using these and the tweaking.com tools, I turn out a clean machine that I am proud to return to the customer.

Hey, it felt good to get back on the forum.

PS Just a thought for younger business owners. I wouldn't go crazy, but you need to consider what happens when they won't let you go back to the office and whisk you away to the bypass shop in an ambulance.

 

[FoolishTech]

Anyway, since D7 is no longer being updated, I've been looking for alternatives that I can afford.

d7 is being updated with bug fixes as necessary. Let me ask you, what else does it need? Does it not do the same job it did for you yesterday, and the day before that, etc.? I guess I'm just not understanding why the need to rush out and seek alternatives if you've already paid for a solution that works for you. I can understand if you don't want to switch to d7II, so stick with d7..

If however you want to leave d7 because d7II has more features, then it is only logical to consider d7II. What I would like to ask is why the tool isn't affordable for you. I understand it isn't cheap, but I have to say I don't feel the price point for what you get is beyond most anyone's means considering how quickly it will pay for itself..

 

[acesdeals]

in the past i have used yumi and sardu to create boot disks which had all the tools

i have just gotten some of the tools recommended and for starting out in the windows repair business these are great

as we start to generate income i will look into something that is more automated similar to the geek squad disk

d7 looks cool but for now the price is not affordable, as we gain more clients i feel it will be a worthy purchase

 

[frederick]

We had something similar to d7/d7II when we started, a nice little gui we put together, ran scripts and programs. It was nice. But we got tired of keeping it updated. d7II has replaced that, and it's getting used constantly. I've looked at other solutions, but I think d7II really brings it all together. In the last month, it's paid for itself a few times over. I can add apps to it, I can remove apps, I can customize...its nice.

We've had a few complaints here and there, but no one can ever remember what they are.

 

[Krynn72]

D7II is priced out of my budget, but I got UVK and love it. It does everything I want an automation tool to do. D7II by comparison is probably a little too much tool for me, I dont think I'd use half of it.


I encountered a bug with UVK, and mentioned it on the support Forums, and after some back and forth troubleshooting, Fred had it fixed the same day he was able to replicate my issue. Was very impressed.

 

[Charger440]

I've been waiting to say this....

d7 is being updated with bug fixes as necessary. Let me ask you, what else does it need? Does it not do the same job it did for you yesterday, and the day before that, etc.? I guess I'm just not understanding why the need to rush out and seek alternatives if you've already paid for a solution that works for you. I can understand if you don't want to switch to d7II, so stick with d7..

If however you want to leave d7 because d7II has more features, then it is only logical to consider d7II. What I would like to ask is why the tool isn't affordable for you. I understand it isn't cheap, but I have to say I don't feel the price point for what you get is beyond most anyone's means considering how quickly it will pay for itself..

Oh! I been waiting for this! I was and still am a license holder of d7 but not d7ii. I have used d7ii and for a very short time I was a license holder for d7ii. That ended with Nick telling me I was too stupid to use his tools. I found d7 to be handy, this is true BUT d7ii is nothing more than bug fixes for d7 with an exponentially higher price.

One interesting thing Nick points out is, "Does it not do the same job it did for you yesterday, and the day before that, etc.?" You know this a very good question. Now let me ask this, If it does the same job today as it did yesterday, then WHY is it worth exponentially more today than it was yesterday?

As for UVK. UVK still in the works and it is literally getting better by the day. With UVKs native scripting abilities, it is infinitely more powerful than d7/ii. It is true that UVk may not do as much as much as d7/ii but then again, how many apps do you need that put the control panel in the menu?

As for the authors of the softwares. This is an important issue as well. The author of UVK (Yes I know his name) is on the forums very regularly interacting with his customers and people that have not even purchased his product. If you follow his regular betas you find that most of them have at least one request from people in the forums. On the other side of that coin after publicly asking Nick what was so different about d7ii that he could justify charging three times the price of d7 yearly. He responded to me publicly telling me I was too stupid to use his product. All because I ask how he justified such I high hike in price. As I stated before I did wind up buying d7ii and with in about 5 hours I asked for my money back after being hands on with it I found it to be worse than d7 not better.

In conclusion, I don't know much about Tweakings AIO but on UVK and d7/ii it's simple. If you want tool that is by nature infinitely limitless and it is getting better and better everyday largly on the requests of it's users then get UVK. If you want a tool that has been largely the same except being charged a monthly/yearly subscription for an upgrade that is really just stuff that should have been done with the original d7. Also, if you want to buy a product from a person that could cuss you or belittle you at any given time (he does not mind doing it in public either) if you do not agree with what he thinks you should want then I would choose d7ii.

One last note I would like to make....

"What I would like to ask is why the tool isn't affordable for you. I understand it isn't cheap, but I have to say I don't feel the price point for what you get is beyond most anyone's means considering how quickly it will pay for itself."

If almost all of "your" app wasn't based on the work of others it might actually be worth what you are trying to get people to pay for it. For the most part it is just a collection of tools that other people have created. Are you passing your inflated price to those hard working people? Or, are you just getting mad at us for not wanting to pay you for their hard work?

Jim Walker

 

[FoolishTech]

Oh! I been waiting for this! I was and still am a license holder of d7 but not d7ii. I have used d7ii and for a very short time I was a license holder for d7ii. That ended with Nick telling me I was too stupid to use his tools. I found d7 to be handy, this is true BUT d7ii is nothing more than bug fixes for d7 with an exponentially higher price.

One interesting thing Nick points out is, "Does it not do the same job it did for you yesterday, and the day before that, etc.?" You know this a very good question. Now let me ask this, If it does the same job today as it did yesterday, then WHY is it worth exponentially more today than it was yesterday?

As for UVK. UVK still in the works and it is literally getting better by the day. With UVKs native scripting abilities, it is infinitely more powerful than d7/ii. It is true that UVk may not do as much as much as d7/ii but then again, how many apps do you need that put the control panel in the menu?

As for the authors of the softwares. This is an important issue as well. The author of UVK (Yes I know his name) is on the forums very regularly interacting with his customers and people that have not even purchased his product. If you follow his regular betas you find that most of them have at least one request from people in the forums. On the other side of that coin after publicly asking Nick what was so different about d7ii that he could justify charging three times the price of d7 yearly. He responded to me publicly telling me I was too stupid to use his product. All because I ask how he justified such I high hike in price. As I stated before I did wind up buying d7ii and with in about 5 hours I asked for my money back after being hands on with it I found it to be worse than d7 not better.

In conclusion, I don't know much about Tweakings AIO but on UVK and d7/ii it's simple. If you want tool that is by nature infinitely limitless and it is getting better and better everyday largly on the requests of it's users then get UVK. If you want a tool that has been largely the same except being charged a monthly/yearly subscription for an upgrade that is really just stuff that should have been done with the original d7. Also, if you want to buy a product from a person that could cuss you or belittle you at any given time (he does not mind doing it in public either) if you do not agree with what he thinks you should want then I would choose d7ii.

One last note I would like to make....

If almost all of "your" app wasn't based on the work of others it might actually be worth what you are trying to get people to pay for it. For the most part it is just a collection of tools that other people have created. Are you passing your inflated price to those hard working people? Or, are you just getting mad at us for not wanting to pay you for their hard work?

Jim Walker

Wow, Jim, I never said you were too stupid for anything.

If anyone doesn't know here by now, I had to fire Jim as a customer, because of his attitude and behavior towards me (essentially because he didn't get a free upgrade to d7II.) I refunded his money, cancelled his account, and requested that he not come back. It was that simple.

Being so offended that I won't take his abusive emails with a grin on my face and I won't let him use my product, now he goes around stalking me on the internet, stalking threads I've been in, stalking download sites and posting negative reviews, whatever he can do to slander my name and talk about my hard work over the last several years like it is nothing, ignoring 90% of what d7II is used for.

 

[Xander]

That ended with Nick telling me I was too stupid to use his tools. I found d7 to be handy, this is true BUT d7ii is nothing more than bug fixes for d7 with an exponentially higher price.

If you believe that d7II is just a bug-fixed d7 then, well, I'm not sure I have the little words to explain why you would be wrong.

And as for Nick being abusive? ROFLCOPTER! That is hilarious. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one writing you off as a petty troll.

 

[Paul Rodgers]

Maybe Nick is entitled to charge what he feels is reasonable for his product and if that bothers you then maybe you shouldn't use it.