Test 2010: S10-19 Plagiarism Detector

Software Profile

S10-19

Product

Plagiarism Detector

Company

SkyLine, Inc.

Web Site

http://www.plagiarism-detector.com

Software Type

Windows Software

Costs

Number of Copies:	PD License Title:	Price
1 computer	Lite	39.99 $
1 computer	Personal	59.99 $
2 computers: 2 PD Pro	Pro	79.99 $
2 computers: 1 PD Pro 1 PD Portable	Portable	119.99 $

Testdatum

02.08.2010

Test Date 2010-08-02

Testoverview

Ranking for all tests:	18
Ranking for tests 10-40:	19
Ranking for tests 31-40:	15
Usability:	23
Professionalism	18
Middle Ranking	18,6
Effectiveness (Grade):	F
Overall Ranking:	21 useless

Plagiarism Detector installs 32 MB of data locally and inserts a button in Microsoft Word for starting the test on the text opened. This system reached second place in the 2008 test with a version that they sent to us on a CD. However, a number of correspondents noted that the download version attempted to install a trojan virus, so we removed it from our test. We find it irritating that they are advertising with our school logo, although we have asked them to remove this. The system crashed numerous times, and overwrites the result report each time it gets called. Word became more and more instable, also crashing on occasion. The company was contacted and updated the system, now it hung instead of crashing. The reports could not be see inside the system, but had to be selected and viewed from the explorer. Since the system did not reach even 50% of the effectiveness point overall, it has been ranked useless.