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TotalAV earns a 1.0-star rating from 6 reviews and 91 complaints, indicating that most users are dissatisfied with their cybersecurity software.

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8:29 pm UTC
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TotalAV Unauthorized transaction

A month ago, I requested a refund for an unauthorized transaction of £99 withdrawn from my account.

My emails are completely ignored, and the confirmation code does not come into my inbox to cancel the subscription either. Since I am very disappointed with the customer service, I wish to cancel my account immediately and get a refund. However, TotalAv makes it impossible, so the last option is the report & ask my bank to block them.

Desired outcome: Subscription cancellation & refund.

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TotalAV Support staff need to listen to the customer. It was a simple request that took far too long and an undesired outcome

I am unhappy with the service I received :

• You are now chatting with Support

• I can see you're looking for help with your subscription. I'm just picking up chats while our queue volume is high, but it shouldn't be too long until someone becomes available

Support12:56

• Is there anything else that would be useful to know before I put you through to the Billing Team?

Support12:56

• I wish to cancel my subscription

Customer12:57

• Is there any particular reason for wanting to end your service?

Support12:57

• No, it is within the 14 day cooling off period

Customer12:58

• I'll put you through to someone who is able to look at this for you in more detail

Support12:58

• Please hold for the next available agent

• How long do I have to wait?

Customer13:09

• You are now chatting with Jay Sparks

• Hi Username, you are speaking with Jay Sparks. Please give me one moment to review your account.

Jay Sparks13:12

• Hi Jay Sparks, please can you cancel my subscription. Thank you.

Customer13:13

• I'm surprised to hear you're looking to cancel Username.

Tell me, did you have a pricing concern, a technical issue, or was something wrong with the service?

Jay Sparks13:13

• No, its just my right to do so as stated in your terms and conditions 13.4.5

Customer13:14

• Did you receive my message?

Customer13:15

• "I respect your decision, as a gesture of goodwill how about if I add 3 of our premium addons services (Safe Browsing VPN, Family Protection – 5 extra device license, Total Adblock – removing ads) free for life right away.

How does that sound?"

Jay Sparks13:16



I can confirm that you have access to the following features in the application:

- Advanced Antivirus (Protect your device and personal information from harmful threats)

- Real Time Protection (To be protected, removing the need to run scans every day)

- Firewall (Protect your device from harmful network connections and phishing)

- System Boost (Our cutting-edge tools to boost your system's performance)

- Disk Cleaner (To create a lot of space, and lets you delete any files you do not need as well as clearing the junk data)

-Web Browser Cleaner & Manager

-PC Performance & Optimization Tools

-Stay Safe Online With Web Shield Extension

Jay Sparks13:16

• No thank you. Please just cancel my subscription

Customer13:16



I understand your concern but upon checking your account, I can confirm that your device is fully protected with Antivirus Pro. If you cancel the service your device will no longer protected.

Jay Sparks13:17

• Please just cancel my subscription

Customer13:17

• I'd hate to see you leave due to pricing Username, so what I'll do for you, is extend your initial discount for another term, so you are only paying £2.99

Jay Sparks13:19

• Please just cancel my subscription. I dont wish to ask you again

Customer13:20

• It appears that you have recently made a purchase, and you are still within the 14-day money-back guarantee period. I recommend trying out our services, and if you still have any concerns, feel free to contact us. We would be more than happy to assist you.

Jay Sparks13:20

• Can you advise me how I can make a complaint?

Customer13:21

• Please just cancel my subscription

Customer13:21

• It’s a shame to hear you no longer wish to stay with us.

I have gone ahead and provisioned your cancellation and you will receive an email follow-up within the hour.

Please follow the steps within the link to complete your cancellation.

Jay Sparks13:22

• Thank you. How do I make a complaint?

Customer13:22

• Please take action on cancel link.

Jay Sparks13:23

• I do not understand?

Customer13:23

• Please take action on cancel link to cancel the subscription.

Jay Sparks13:24

• I undersatnd that, but how do I make a complaint?

Customer13:24

• Is there anything else I can help you with today?

Jay Sparks13:25

• Yes, please advise me how I can make a complaint

Customer13:26

• Which complain?

Jay Sparks13:27

• That is my concern. Please can you advise me how to make a complaint

Customer13:28

• I am sorry but I don't know.

Jay Sparks13:30

• Can you give me an email address of your customer services department

Customer13:30

• I can't provide that.

Jay Sparks13:31

• Thank you for contacting TotalAV today, you have been speaking with Jay Sparks.

Jay Sparks13:31

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TotalAV Stop trying to pull my money to a cancelled and expired account. 10 attempts to pull unauthorized funds.

Hello,

I N writing your organization again referencing Total Av. I cancelled your subscription back in 2022. It is expired and remove from my system. Why have you made 10 attempts to pull fund from my account. Your attempt to pull fund from my account is UNAUTHORIZED. I can’t speak with a real person as your only wanting to work through your app. Looks like I will have to file complaints with BBB and the FCC WARNING others of your fraudulent attempts to pull money for a service I cancelled. It is very frustrating to formerly subscribe to a company once trusted to realize that you are cyber bullying and thief’s. Fix the issue.

Angela Hill

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TotalAV Total AV "customer service"

I tried Total AV and when I decided to cancel after my trial they negotiated about 3 times to try and make me stay with them.Eaxh and every time I woke up in the morning I had to turn on the Webshield and connect the VPN. But then every month when my monthly charge went through my protection was shut off! I had to activate one every device I have! It wouldn't allow me to add my tablet though it claimed I could add up to 5 devices. I canceled last month and they still charged me this month! I had to cancel again! This is a nightmare!

I hate the crooks behind this app!

GO AWAY!

Desired outcome: I WANT MY ACCOUNT CANCELED AND MY FEE RETURNED !!!

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TotalAV Total Adblock AV cancel subscription and get refund

This is Rose Mckinley, customer number [protected]. On June 12 I purchased Total Adblock AV. I want to cancel subscription and get refund

1.99 and 40.00 Please.

It caused flickering and jumping around on my

iphone 14 Pro and the ads were just blocked out

black, leaving the article I was reading and it was spaced far apart. I have dyslexia and motion

sickness and the way it moved , It was hard for me to get around the house for little while.I use Park

Community Credit Union. My email is

[protected]@gmail.com Thank You

Desired outcome: As above

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6:01 am UTC
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TotalAV Anti virus.

TotalAV have taken 3 amounts of money out of my PAYPAL account.

I have not signed up with AV and have not given permission for this money to be taken out of my PAYPAL account.

these amounts as follows:

25.06.23 £47.19

25.06.23 £47.19

25.06.23 £28.80

Could this money please be returned. I do not want Total AV service.

Thank you.

Gillian Hayward.

Desired outcome: Please refund £123.18.

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3:26 am UTC
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TotalAV Billing for service I am not getting.

I stopped your service 6 or 7 months ago. You continued billing me, so I called and spoke with a person about the problem. They said they would take care of the problem. Here we are three months later, and I am still being billed for a service that I am not using. Each month you have billed me $ 9.95 + .10 for trans fee. My account was under [protected]@yahoo.com phone number [protected], my address is 2032 fountain valley way, North Las Vegas, Nevada. 89031. Please stop billing me for this service. So far you have taken $60.80 plus .60 in transfer fees. I had you erase my download and have canceled your service via my PC.

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2:10 pm UTC
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TotalAV Unduly cashed payment paypal, id transaction 47n27590m6037760d

Hi Sarah!

1) I had no subscription to PayPal your products.

2) I blocked Total AV for PayPal after money was wrongfully collected from my account from Total AV in the amount of 118,80 Euros without any order.

3) I'm sure you know what I'm writing about because you responded very quickly to my blocking on PayPal.

4) I used to buy short-term products from you in completely different amounts, e.g. 16.80 EUR, etc., but I have never placed an order above 20 EUR, because I simply cannot afford it financially.

5) I PayPal also asked my bank to investigate the unduly cashed payment to the Total AV account, because with this unauthorized direct debit, you deprived me of half of my monthly income and put me at financial risk in terms of my living payments, you put me in debt because I had the money you unduly collected from me ready for contributions to insurance companies for statutory health and social insurance.

6) I ask you to immediately refund the unduly cashed payment of 118,80 Euros, because I do not want your product, I cannot afford it and I did not order it.

7) My account number is: SK98 [protected], amount 118,80 Eur.

Please check with your Total AV business, there is no order or allowed to direct debit your products. I hope you will have the decency to return that money to me and not risk the reputation of your company, which has so far acted decently and fairly. That something like this would happen to me from your company Total AV, I would never have expected that, I am very disappointed.

Thank you for your time reading these lines and for your understanding.

Sincerely,

Eva Gašpáreková

(eva.[protected]@gmail.com)

Desired outcome: Please, return of payment 118,80 Eur to my account - IBAN CODE: SK98 [protected], BIC: GIBASKBX. Thank you!

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9:57 am UTC
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TotalAV Total AV Review: False Promises and Disappointing Coverage

So, I got this email from Total AV offering me a special deal for January. They said I could protect my computer and two other devices for only $14.95! I was pretty excited about it, so I clicked on the link and paid the money.

But when I got everything set up, I realized that I only had coverage for one computer and one mobile device. What the heck? That's not what they promised me!

Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed with Total AV. I don't think they're worth the money at all. If they can't even deliver on their promises, how can I trust them to protect my devices? I would definitely recommend staying away from this company.

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TotalAV TotalAV Review: Deceitful Advertising and Half-Truths

So, I recently tried out TotalAV and I have to say, I was a bit disappointed. At first, I was excited because they advertised that everything was totally free. However, after downloading the app, I quickly realized that this was only a half-truth.

You see, the anti-virus and firewall were disabled and I couldn't use them until I paid for them. I found this to be very deceitful and shady. I mean, if they're going to advertise that everything is free, then it should actually be free.

Now, I will say that once I did pay for the anti-virus and firewall, the program did a great job at protecting my computer. However, I still can't get over the fact that they advertised something as free when it really wasn't.

Overall, I would say that TotalAV is a half-sham. It may be a good program, but the advertising is very misleading. If you're going to use it, just be aware that you'll have to pay for certain features.

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TotalAV Total AV Review: Not Worth the Money or Time

I bought Total AV and even got some extra services from them. But then my wife's computer went kaput and wouldn't start up. It was just stuck in this loop of trying to repair itself. I spent a whole month trying to figure out what was going on, and finally realized that Total AV was the culprit. Turns out it doesn't play nice with Bit Defender, which is already built into my Netgear Router. So I had to delete Total AV, and now it's too late to get my money back. What a bummer! I wouldn't recommend wasting your time or money on this one.

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TotalAV TotalAV Review: Scam Alert! Don't Trust Them with Your Bank Details

I wouldn't recommend TotalAV to anyone. They kept sending me reminders that my subscription had expired, but I didn't want to renew it for another year. However, they went ahead and charged my account without my permission. This is unacceptable and I feel like I've been scammed. I'm planning to contact my bank to block them and report them for fraud.

Another issue I had with TotalAV is that it's impossible to access your account. Every time I tried to log in, I got stuck in a purchase loop. It's frustrating because I wanted to cancel my subscription, but I couldn't even access my account to do so. To make matters worse, they don't answer emails and their phone lines are always busy.

I strongly advise against giving TotalAV your bank details. They don't respect their customers' wishes and they make it difficult to cancel your subscription. It's not worth the hassle and the risk of getting scammed.

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TotalAV TotalAV Review: A Complete Waste of Money and Time - Stay Away!

TotalAV is a complete waste of money. I made the mistake of purchasing a year subscription for three devices and it turned out to be the worst decision I've ever made. I didn't know how they control reviews online, but I wish I had read them before buying. The website charged me 9.99 a month when I bought a year for 36 for 3 devices. What a rip-off!

To make matters worse, the software didn't work as advertised. They wanted me to install other software too, which was a complete hassle. I tried to cancel my subscription, but I couldn't talk to anyone. I contacted my credit card company and stopped payment. I refuse to give any more money to these crooks.

It's bad enough when people pretend their names are Peter and Penny, but when they NEVER answer a call, that's just unacceptable. I'm done with TotalAV and I suggest you stay away too. Don't waste your time or money on this garbage. Save yourself the headache and find a better antivirus software. TotalAV is not worth it.

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TotalAV TotalAV Review: Effective Security System with Hidden Costs

TotalAV is a security system that does its job without making a fuss. It's efficient and effective, but the cost of activating the full system can be a bit of a shock. When you purchase the AV system, it seems like you're getting all the modules, but it turns out that you have to pay extra to use them. This can be frustrating for customers who feel like they've been misled.

Despite this issue, TotalAV is a good program that provides solid security. People are willing to pay for quality protection, but they need to be able to trust the company they're buying from. It's important for TotalAV to be transparent about the true cost of their product from the beginning. If they don't, customers may feel scammed and lose faith in the company.

Overall, TotalAV is a good choice for those looking for reliable security. Just be aware that the full system comes at a cost and make sure you know what you're getting into before making a purchase.

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TotalAV TotalAV Review: Disappointing Customer Service and Compatibility Issues

I recently gave TotalAV a try, but unfortunately, it didn't work well with my preferred malware protection, Malwarebytes. I decided to request a refund after only a few hours of use. However, the process of canceling my subscription was not as smooth as I had hoped. I was passed from one agent to another, each trying to convince me to stay with TotalAV, despite my repeated requests for cancellation. It was frustrating to have my requests ignored time and time again. Eventually, they did cancel my subscription, but the experience left a bad taste in my mouth.

If this is how TotalAV handles a simple cancellation request, I can only imagine how they would handle a more serious issue. It's disappointing to see a company not prioritize their customers' needs and requests. I would advise others to avoid TotalAV and look for a more reliable and customer-focused antivirus software.

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TotalAV TotalAV Review: Overpriced and Unethical - Beware of Hidden Fees and Poor Customer Service

This company, TotalAV, is a real rip-off. They got me hooked in the first year with a discount, but then they tripled their price. I decided to cancel the service at the end of the year and found a much better service that cost me only a fraction of what TotalAV was charging. Unfortunately, even though I canceled my subscription, TotalAV still charged me. I have tried calling and emailing them ten times already, but they just ignore my requests for a refund of the $149 fee that I did not authorize. Instead, they keep sending me spam emails with sales pitches because they don't want to give me my money back. You should be very careful with this company. Their services are not that great, and they are way too expensive. Plus, they will keep charging you even if you don't want their service anymore.

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TotalAV TotalAV Review: Frustrating Experience and Ineffective Service

I recently had an experience with TotalAV that left me feeling frustrated and disappointed. I had been using their service for a few months, but on July 27th, I decided that it was no longer necessary for me to continue using it. I sent them multiple emails requesting that they cancel my subscription, but all I received in response were auto-generated emails that didn't seem to address my concerns.

Despite my repeated requests, TotalAV continued to bill me for their service. They had my PayPal information on file, and even after I won a dispute with PayPal and reported them, they still didn't cancel my subscription. To make matters worse, they even charged my debit card as a backup payment method after I had already won the dispute.

Overall, I would not recommend TotalAV to anyone. Not only did they fail to cancel my subscription when I requested it, but their service was also ineffective at protecting my iPhone. In my opinion, it's simply not worth the hassle and frustration to deal with this company.

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TotalAV TotalAV Review: Legit Antivirus and VPN or Scam Company with Identical VPN Clients?

TotalAV is a company that offers antivirus software and VPN services. However, there have been some concerns raised about the legitimacy of the company. Some people have accused TotalAV of being a scammer company that is behind several identical VPN clients.

These VPN clients include UltraVpn, SafeVPN, and PrivacyWeb. Each of these clients has a different brand name, but they are essentially the same product. This has led some people to question the motives of TotalAV and whether they are a trustworthy company.

One review of SafeVPN on TechRadar highlighted some of the concerns that people have about TotalAV. The review noted that the company's website was not very informative and that it was difficult to find information about the VPN service. The review also noted that the company's pricing was not very competitive compared to other VPN providers.

Another interesting fact about TotalAV is that in order to apply for their affiliate program, you must promote the programs using negative search terms. This means that affiliates must get their search results to come up on Google or Bing when a person searches for negative information about TotalAV. If the search results come up using positive search terms, the affiliate gets nothing.

Overall, there are some concerns about TotalAV and their various VPN clients. While the company does offer antivirus software and VPN services, it is important to do your research before signing up for any of their products. Make sure to read reviews and compare prices with other providers to ensure that you are getting the best deal possible.

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TotalAV Compensation for the cost of factory resetting my laptop and iPhone

I was under Total AV on 3/28/2023 when my identity was stolen. I want compensation for the cost of having to factory reset both my mac book air and iPhone since both were invaded.

On 3/28/23, I purchased a dog supplement from Honest Paws. I had called the company to ask questions and the woman answering said she could take my order. Because it was referred from veterinarians.org, the price was only $1.30 so I gave her my debit card # connected to my checking account. 5 hours later someone in SC (I live in NC) used my info to withdraw $800. My bank reimbursed me 8 days later. I later learned from Veridian Credit Union in Iowa that on 3/28/23, an attempt was made to apply online for a loan. Veridian shut them down and sent me a letter and paid for IDX services. After that, if I called any 800 or 888 #, someone would answer and just breathe. I started getting calls from China, The UK and Netherlands.

Desired outcome: Compensation for the cost of factory resetting my laptop and iPhone including the hiring of someone to do it, the costs of external drives to remove my data.

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TotalAV Removal from my computer by reliable source

I purchased in error, cancelled subscription. Tried to uninstall on my computer. Cannot find it as an app but still controlling my log ins for my accounts. Will not allow me to find password or anything. I am not very happy. Any help will be appreciated. Took payment from Goggle account. Looking for a way to get it totally gone.

Barbara Gnegy Doucette

[protected]@aol.com

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