Ascentive social reviews and reports. Join community by posting your own comments or complaints. Ascentive News Update: 01/20/2011 - Ascentive LLC has been named as a defendant in a class action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The lawsuit allege...s that Ascentive "has designed its software to defraud consumers by deceiving them into paying fees to fix fabricated and/or overstated computer problems." "In the simplest terms, Ascentive always claims that a user has PC errors, regardless of whether they exist o[r] not," as alleged by the class. Lead counsel is David Senoff with Caroselli, Beachler, McTiernan & Conboy. 01/04/2011 – The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reports that Ascentive LLC has agreed to refund thousands of Washington consumers under a settlement agreement with the State (The Attorney General's complaint against Ascentive) Washington's State Office of the Attorney General's website reports that as part of the settlement, Ascentive has "agreed to a number of restrictions on its marketing and billing practices." In addition, Ascentive has agreed to:
"provide restitution to consumers who purchased both a backup CD and the company's Extended Download Service but did not use them. The Attorney General's Office estimates that about 5,500 consumers are eligible for refunds of about $17.90 plus tax";
"pay a $20,000 civil penalty, plus $58,000 to reimburse the Attorney General's Office for attorneys' fees and legal costs"
11/23/2010 - Ascentive LLC filed a preliminary injunction motion against PissedConsumer in United Stated District Court, Eastern District of New York contending that it is suffering irreparable injury to its brand and business reputation at the hands of PissedConsumer, as well as loss of revenue. - . PissedConsumer and its attorneys vehemently deny Ascentive's allegations and have opposed Ascentive's preliminary injunction filing, which can be read here. Ascentive LLC, maker of Finallyfast software, is an U.S. company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . The company offers a variety of products and services intended to eliminate spyware, malware and other undesirable programs which may exist on a user's computer. In addition, Ascentive sells a host of optimizing software products , which are intended to maximize the performance of a personal computer . Ascentive offers free trials for almost all of its products. In addition, the company provides software updates and replacements. Ascentive offers customer support as well. The company has reportedly received various awards and accolades from several industry publications.
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Ascentive201 Spring Garden Street19123Philadelphia PAhttp://www.pissedconsumer.com/reviews-by-company/ascentive/ascentive-does-not-allow-order-cancellation-20130502405249.html
I tried to contact Ascentive at their posted customer service email address after they charged for a service we no longer wanted. Their email address does not work, it bounced. Their 800 number gets you on indefinite hold, their cancellation web site added text to my email that would have made me give up claims for payments I wanted to cancel. I will try to get my...
Ascentive201 Spring Garden Street19123Philadelphia PAhttp://www.pissedconsumer.com/reviews-by-company/ascentive/vicki-butts-20130225387904.html
ascentive removed money from my account without my permission,when i asked to close this account with them i was given the runaround. this software has put a virus on my computer,and their employs can't figure out was dissatisfied with this software because it's a "GREAT PRODUCT.'i beg to differ with them on that respect.LIKE *** IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also...
Ascentive201 Spring Garden Street19123Philadelphia PAhttp://www.pissedconsumer.com/reviews-by-company/ascentive/ascentive-20120821340652.html
Bought PC Speedscan Pro, before they would turn it on I got a tech/salesman who that told me they needed access my PC to install, had me download a program so he could access my PC, big mistake, he scand/looked at my PC and told me I had viruses or Trojans, showed me how my PC was being affected/running. Said that I could have a Tech from Ascentive fix my PC on a Service Contract for...
Ascentive201 Spring Garden Street19123Philadelphia PAhttp://www.pissedconsumer.com/reviews-by-company/ascentive/taking-money-out-of-my-account-with-out-permission-rodney-strickland-anerdeen-ms-20120701328589.html
Someone took money out of my bank account with out permission.This has happened before an a message was to be put on my account that I was to be notified and give my permission before any money was taken out of my account.As of this tacken place I do not want any ascentive products of any kind and if you have installed anything on my new computer with out...
Ascentive201 Spring Garden Street19123Philadelphia PAhttp://www.pissedconsumer.com/reviews-by-company/ascentive/deceptive-claims-unsatisfactory-service-20120519319494.html
After a scan provided by Ascentive I I signed up to "remove junk files" _ Charge $29.99. Offer to fix register errors -- another charge of $29./99. Offer to speed up slow computer - another $29.99. Offer to get fix " trojen horse" by "microsoft.tech. support" guaranteed for two years - first of 3 installments with first being $129. I am requesting...
Ascentive201 Spring Garden Street19123Philadelphia PAhttp://www.pissedconsumer.com/reviews-by-company/ascentive/do-not-deal-with-this-company-20120501315821.html
I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY HOME SYSTEM. FOUND THIS COMPANY AND DECIDED TO SEE IF THEY CAN HELP. I FELL INTO THERE TRAP AND BOUGHT A 3 YEAR LIVE SUPPORT. OK I'M ***. KNOW THEY CHARGED ME 4 TIMES FOR A SOFTWARE ONTOP OF THE SUPPORT. I NEVER ORDERED THE SOFTWARE. CALLED AND COMPLAINED AND I CANCELLED ALL SERVICES DUE TO THEM CHARGING MY ACCOUNT WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE. I WAS...
Ascentive201 Spring Garden Street19123Philadelphia PAhttp://www.pissedconsumer.com/reviews-by-company/ascentive/ascentive-pc-speedscan-20120426314776.html
I got carried away with sweet marketing words describing how good was the pc cleaner.I downloaded the trial version & it produced a report saying my pc had 239 items which needed cleaning. I tried to clean but then it wanted $99- as opposed to 40days free trial claim.I did not buy it & now I am stuck with it. The *** thing keeps popping up every now & then which...
Ascentive201 Spring Garden Street19123Philadelphia PAhttp://www.pissedconsumer.com/reviews-by-company/ascentive/ascentive-finallyfast-com-20120319305978.html
ascentive is a remote computer repair company. they are terrible!!! was having a problem accessing e-bay and i had heard on the radio an advertisement for finally fast .com they claim to fix your computer problems over the phone. i called them and a represenitive accessed my computer and was pointing a bunch of spy host and viruses in my computer. i asked if that could be my problem...
Ascentive201 Spring Garden Street19123Philadelphia PAhttp://www.pissedconsumer.com/reviews-by-company/ascentive/don-t-believe-a-word-ascentive-tells-you-20120303301858.html
In November of 2011, I entered into a verbal agreemrnt with Ascentive. Ascentive performed a cleanup of my computer and offered a 24/7 two year coverage program for $129.00 a month for three months. In addition they sent me software that I didn't order for an additional $42.50. This was charged to a credit card. Since the initial verbal order, I have talked to five customer...
Ascentive201 Spring Garden Street19123Philadelphia PAhttp://www.pissedconsumer.com/reviews-by-company/ascentive/ascentive-are-crooks-20120120290616.html
I went to renew my software with Ascentive and they double charged my credit card $29.995 twice! Their customer service is HORRIBLE and you wait on hold FOREVER! Their call center is in some craphole in India and you can barely understand these morons! I too was told that I have errors on my computer and that they wanted to charge me $283.00 for a...