SecureSynergy Sucks and you can avoid it
September 7th, 2004 Leave a comment Visited 26 times, 2 so far today
Because they are not enforcing it. It is just for the benefits of the users who do not have any sort of PC Security on their system (if you are a heavy net user, it is comparable to having unsafe sex!). You just need to call the call center and tell them to remove the compulsion from your system’s IP. This will let you use your version of Antivirus. Good enough… But the software in the current form lacks an option to disable auto logout facility… though they promised they will look into it.
What can be the reasons for auto logout facility? Well, first one is perhaps security which does not hold true because if I am logged on and my system is on as well, no one else can use my IP to connect to the network and use my bandwidth… And if my system is off, I cannot any longer be logged in as the software would be off too… and if they have designed it will, it will log me out when it closes. Another one can be perhaps… Wastage of package time for people with limited hours of connectivity. But what about us? The users who are online 24×7! We don’t need Sify to save hours of lost bandwidth, coz I am not paying by the hour… I DO NEED that no-auto-logout option before I find that software any useful…
Also, I would like if the language on the instruction pages can be a bit more comprehensive as they do not mention anything about how to skip installing SecureSynergy while loading the client… This in the end is not very informative to the end users…
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September 8th, 2004 at 11:14 am
Thank you for telling me this, i was amazed yesterday that they force u to take their Security program
Ive been a bad boy a while ago in my life, coding trojan horses and other nasty stuff and i know which AntiVirus is considered good or bad and McAffee, also this piece of sftware does not protect new releases of virus very well
Anyway, i called them with less anger since i read your comments and asked them polite to remove that nasty program so i can get my own AV software back to work :)
The logout facilityis yet still a pain in the butt, i have shared unlimited connection and i wish to be online as long as i wanted; they said they will check into that but i think the first few years this problem will not go away
Sify showed me again that they are nowhere near a good ISP
ps.
There is a permanent icon, on the middle-right of my desktop all the time, its floathing and its on top of EVERYTHING i open (browser,games,etc etc) is this a bug?
Greetz,
Knakkah
September 8th, 2004 at 12:44 am
Thank you for telling me this, i was amazed yesterday that they force u to take their Security program
Ive been a bad boy a while ago in my life, coding trojan horses and other nasty stuff and i know which AntiVirus is considered good or bad and McAffee, also this piece of sftware does not protect new releases of virus very well
Anyway, i called them with less anger since i read your comments and asked them polite to remove that nasty program so i can get my own AV software back to work :)
The logout facilityis yet still a pain in the butt, i have shared unlimited connection and i wish to be online as long as i wanted; they said they will check into that but i think the first few years this problem will not go away
Sify showed me again that they are nowhere near a good ISP
ps.
There is a permanent icon, on the middle-right of my desktop all the time, its floathing and its on top of EVERYTHING i open (browser,games,etc etc) is this a bug?
Greetz,
Knakkah
September 8th, 2004 at 11:25 am
I have not yet installed it. But if they make me see their buttons permanently, I would again go back to them arguing to fix the bullshit. This is not Sify iWay Cyber Cafes. This is my personal computer…
September 8th, 2004 at 12:55 am
I have not yet installed it. But if they make me see their buttons permanently, I would again go back to them arguing to fix the bullshit. This is not Sify iWay Cyber Cafes. This is my personal computer…
September 8th, 2004 at 05:21 pm
hey this appeared on the login page today, cudnt they think of putting it there earlier? now they have put it up but they termed it very stupidly……..
Please note : The SIFY BroadBand client comes with a FREE Licensed Anti Virus Software with auto update features, McAfee [ASaP by SecureSynergy Online in India]. The same will get installed with Sify broadband client. If you have an antivirus software other than SecureSynergy, kindly uninstall the same before installing the Sify Broadband client. However, if you have a valid Licensed AntiVirus Software installed in your system and wish to continue using the same, we request you to kindly call 1 600 33 3330 – Sify Broadband Customer Care.
September 8th, 2004 at 06:51 am
hey this appeared on the login page today, cudnt they think of putting it there earlier? now they have put it up but they termed it very stupidly……..
Please note : The SIFY BroadBand client comes with a FREE Licensed Anti Virus Software with auto update features, McAfee [ASaP by SecureSynergy Online in India]. The same will get installed with Sify broadband client. If you have an antivirus software other than SecureSynergy, kindly uninstall the same before installing the Sify Broadband client. However, if you have a valid Licensed AntiVirus Software installed in your system and wish to continue using the same, we request you to kindly call 1 600 33 3330 – Sify Broadband Customer Care.
September 8th, 2004 at 05:37 pm
Dude, I had a long telephonic discussion with the customer care representative of chandigarh… gave him a piece of my mind to mention the loophole clearly on the login page…
my next aim is to get a NO LOG OUT option…
also, i heard the login client also puts up a permanently visible buttons to access sify services. i would hate it if it is true as well… looks like i have got more to get clarified…
September 8th, 2004 at 07:07 am
Dude, I had a long telephonic discussion with the customer care representative of chandigarh… gave him a piece of my mind to mention the loophole clearly on the login page…
my next aim is to get a NO LOG OUT option…
also, i heard the login client also puts up a permanently visible buttons to access sify services. i would hate it if it is true as well… looks like i have got more to get clarified…
September 8th, 2004 at 08:33 pm
So.. what to do now?
I called, they asked my IP and they said: ok, u not need that AV of us anymore
So..when i come home..and i want to install the client.. there will be again no option to choose from: yes, i want the security or no… right?
so we need to dig into the system and registry to get it done?>
September 8th, 2004 at 10:03 am
So.. what to do now?
I called, they asked my IP and they said: ok, u not need that AV of us anymore
So..when i come home..and i want to install the client.. there will be again no option to choose from: yes, i want the security or no… right?
so we need to dig into the system and registry to get it done?>
September 8th, 2004 at 08:47 pm
No idea mate. :( I am not installing the software unless I get some decent reviews from you guys. :)
September 8th, 2004 at 10:17 am
No idea mate. :( I am not installing the software unless I get some decent reviews from you guys. :)
September 8th, 2004 at 10:16 pm
ok.. so i came home, and i installed the client again and ,.AMAZINGLY, the AntiVirus did not installed with it
now only that damn automatic-session-expire thing that has to get lost and that icon that comes there sometimes… then sify is back to its old shitty self
September 8th, 2004 at 11:46 am
ok.. so i came home, and i installed the client again and ,.AMAZINGLY, the AntiVirus did not installed with it
now only that damn automatic-session-expire thing that has to get lost and that icon that comes there sometimes… then sify is back to its old shitty self
September 8th, 2004 at 10:21 pm
1. Atleast 1 problem is solved right!
2. Auto Logoff… I will keep bothering them till the time it is fixed.
3. And if they have icons to appear randomly on my desktop, again, they can expect my mails everyday…
September 8th, 2004 at 11:51 am
1. Atleast 1 problem is solved right!
2. Auto Logoff… I will keep bothering them till the time it is fixed.
3. And if they have icons to appear randomly on my desktop, again, they can expect my mails everyday…
September 9th, 2004 at 02:31 am
Somehow the icon thing seems to be not that bad at the moment, still its annoying though,
Now it doesnt floath on my browsers (IE,Opera) but it is still most of the time there, on the right in the middle.. sometimes it does dissapear totally though.
But the most annoyng part is that auto log off. i dont understand this way they put it
Session expired – messages alot, still internet keeps working then, but if internet goes off then there when there is a few seconds of no datatransfer
And i am highly annoyed by that blicking icon (nxt to the clock) of sify
They make themselves really populair with this junk …NOT
September 8th, 2004 at 04:01 pm
Somehow the icon thing seems to be not that bad at the moment, still its annoying though,
Now it doesnt floath on my browsers (IE,Opera) but it is still most of the time there, on the right in the middle.. sometimes it does dissapear totally though.
But the most annoyng part is that auto log off. i dont understand this way they put it
Session expired – messages alot, still internet keeps working then, but if internet goes off then there when there is a few seconds of no datatransfer
And i am highly annoyed by that blicking icon (nxt to the clock) of sify
They make themselves really populair with this junk …NOT
September 9th, 2004 at 02:46 am
Looks like I will install the application to test it myself. So, the software log you out automatically without any reason while surfing? If it does, please complaint to the Sify people… The mail ids are in the forum threads.
As for the blinking icon, well if you are on WIndows XP… You can make it hide using XP feature…
September 8th, 2004 at 04:16 pm
Looks like I will install the application to test it myself. So, the software log you out automatically without any reason while surfing? If it does, please complaint to the Sify people… The mail ids are in the forum threads.
As for the blinking icon, well if you are on WIndows XP… You can make it hide using XP feature…
September 9th, 2004 at 10:42 am
yea… how silly, i forgot.
The logout is highly annoying it happens heree average of 3 times an hour…
:(
September 9th, 2004 at 12:12 am
yea… how silly, i forgot.
The logout is highly annoying it happens heree average of 3 times an hour…
:(
September 28th, 2004 at 09:30 pm
is there anyone who can instruct me on how to install the client without installing the antivirus. i already have norton 2005 and would like to use the same. plz help me. as someone said sify if shitty. its horrible. i CTO actually changed from zeenext to sify and i was forced into this shit
September 28th, 2004 at 11:00 am
is there anyone who can instruct me on how to install the client without installing the antivirus. i already have norton 2005 and would like to use the same. plz help me. as someone said sify if shitty. its horrible. i CTO actually changed from zeenext to sify and i was forced into this shit
September 28th, 2004 at 09:31 pm
my email id is v a i v a s @ r e d i f f m a i l . c o m
September 28th, 2004 at 11:01 am
my email id is v a i v a s @ r e d i f f m a i l . c o m
December 21st, 2004 at 12:45 pm
the antivirus software provided by sify is just a nonsense .i had to format my system because of some trojan detected in 2002. the s/w couldnt provide a solution to it.Do not make it neccesary to load that stupid thing on to my system
December 22nd, 2004 at 12:15 am
the antivirus software provided by sify is just a nonsense .i had to format my system because of some trojan detected in 2002. the s/w couldnt provide a solution to it.Do not make it neccesary to load that stupid thing on to my system
January 20th, 2005 at 09:33 pm
Hey Fools who have posted on this site. Someone giving you an anti-vurs for free, why the hell you criticise them. Atleast they are providing something free. Its to safe guard you PC and not theirs. Take it or get lost. Go to someother ISP and don't waste and spoil some other person's mood. GOT IT. U ASSHOLES ARE REALLY TO BE KICKED TO SOME REMOTE ISLAND WITH AND INJECTED WITH AIDS VIRUS. THEN U WUD KNOW WHAT AN ANTI-VIRUS IS. SIFY—-AM WITH YOU. THANKS FOR THE ANTI-VIRUS. IT KEEPS MY PC CLEAN…..KEEP GOING AHEAD SIFY AM THERE WITH YOU
January 21st, 2005 at 09:03 am
Hey Fools who have posted on this site. Someone giving you an anti-vurs for free, why the hell you criticise them. Atleast they are providing something free. Its to safe guard you PC and not theirs. Take it or get lost. Go to someother ISP and don’t waste and spoil some other person’s mood. GOT IT. U ASSHOLES ARE REALLY TO BE KICKED TO SOME REMOTE ISLAND WITH AND INJECTED WITH AIDS VIRUS. THEN U WUD KNOW WHAT AN ANTI-VIRUS IS. SIFY—-AM WITH YOU. THANKS FOR THE ANTI-VIRUS. IT KEEPS MY PC CLEAN…..KEEP GOING AHEAD SIFY AM THERE WITH YOU
January 21st, 2005 at 03:37 am
thank you for your delightful comments. anyone sane enough would know what condition you are passing through.
January 21st, 2005 at 03:07 pm
thank you for your delightful comments. anyone sane enough would know what condition you are passing through.
February 14th, 2005 at 08:25 am
For all u idiots not wanting an anti-Virus for ur systems… Kiss ur PC goodbye. Any Norton user will tell you what a shitty software it really is. Full of bugs, viruses attacking norton itself its pathetic. Sify's AntiVirus is actually the ebst in the mkt today. i dont have to worry about updating it as everything in it is automatic. And before your unprotected systems cause network chocking of the Broadband , i advice u to use sify's antivirus.
February 14th, 2005 at 02:25 pm
For all u idiots not wanting an anti-Virus for ur systems… Kiss ur PC goodbye. Any Norton user will tell you what a shitty software it really is. Full of bugs, viruses attacking norton itself its pathetic. Sify’s AntiVirus is actually the ebst in the mkt today. i dont have to worry about updating it as everything in it is automatic. And before your unprotected systems cause network chocking of the Broadband , i advice u to use sify’s antivirus.
February 14th, 2005 at 11:30 am
Katherine. Your IP address recorded here was: 203.124.134.146
and guess what, you work for securesynergy!
February 14th, 2005 at 05:30 pm
Katherine. Your IP address recorded here was: 203.124.134.146
and guess what, you work for securesynergy!
February 14th, 2005 at 03:01 pm
Too bad … why don't you both (Katherine & Nidheesh) quit SecureSynergy and get a life?
Giving a free antivirus is not bad, but imposing it upon users is crazy.
February 14th, 2005 at 09:01 pm
Too bad … why don’t you both (Katherine & Nidheesh) quit SecureSynergy and get a life?
Giving a free antivirus is not bad, but imposing it upon users is crazy.
May 21st, 2005 at 08:37 pm
hey …why not send these comments to norton . i think they can conjure up a nice defamation case again securesynergy . we even haf proof . lol .
May 21st, 2005 at 10:07 am
hey …why not send these comments to norton . i think they can conjure up a nice defamation case again securesynergy . we even haf proof . lol .
August 14th, 2005 at 06:09 am
First of all would like to inform you that sify broadband client is it a big virus. I have to loose all my data in that regard. My PC get restart every time I used by anti virus. Nortan 2005 is pathetic.
Can anyone tell me the solution how to keep my pc safe from sify? Please let me know or i would have to remove the sify connection
August 13th, 2005 at 07:39 pm
First of all would like to inform you that sify broadband client is it a big virus. I have to loose all my data in that regard. My PC get restart every time I used by anti virus. Nortan 2005 is pathetic.
Can anyone tell me the solution how to keep my pc safe from sify? Please let me know or i would have to remove the sify connection
August 27th, 2005 at 08:40 pm
Hey can any one tell me a software which will me to handle my cafe with just entering the name when the customer uses the net from my cafe at the time of login and i can restrict him from using the system files and other things. And when he logouts the serched pages must be atomatically deleted. if so please mail me at the address
August 27th, 2005 at 10:10 am
Hey can any one tell me a software which will me to handle my cafe with just entering the name when the customer uses the net from my cafe at the time of login and i can restrict him from using the system files and other things. And when he logouts the serched pages must be atomatically deleted. if so please mail me at the address
September 4th, 2005 at 09:30 pm
hey guys!!cmon’ dont’ fight.pl hear my version–im from hyderabad and i had trouble installing sify broadband for the first time.(it installed mcafee too).i formatted my system n voila!!it dint’ prompt for any AV s/w.so,i now have freedom to install my own delight—KASPERSKY antivirus.(guys,its a good piece of prog. which detects wat norton doesnt’),and yo,i dont’ work for KASPERSKY!!have a gr8 time all of u!!
September 4th, 2005 at 11:00 am
hey guys!!cmon' dont' fight.pl hear my version–im from hyderabad and i had trouble installing sify broadband for the first time.(it installed mcafee too).i formatted my system n voila!!it dint' prompt for any AV s/w.so,i now have freedom to install my own delight—KASPERSKY antivirus.(guys,its a good piece of prog. which detects wat norton doesnt'),and yo,i dont' work for KASPERSKY!!have a gr8 time all of u!!
January 21st, 2006 at 02:57 am
Is there anyway i can access the internet thru sify without using their dialer??? you know… like a Network Coonections thing??? please help!!!
January 21st, 2006 at 02:27 pm
Is there anyway i can access the internet thru sify without using their dialer??? you know… like a Network Coonections thing??? please help!!!