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Other => General Topics => Topic started by: happy avast user on November 16, 2010, 03:57:26 PM
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Hi,
Can anyone please advise me on which is the BEST FREE tune up tool to use for cleaning the registry and tune up my PC?
Does Avast have a free tune up tool that I could use?
Thanks in advance everyone.
happy avast user :)
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My advice would be to stay away from registry cleaners. They can do more harm than good. And, if you are unable to boot because of the cleaning and do not have a backup, you can be in real trouble. That said, many people say that IOBit Advanced System Care Free is a good tool.
http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html
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My advice would be to stay away from registry cleaners. They can do more harm than good. And, if you are unable to boot because of the cleaning and do not have a backup, you can be in real trouble. That said, many people say that IOBit Advanced System Care Free is a good tool.
http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html
Nope....IObit is a company you should stay away from...
you can read here what they did to Malwarebytes..
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=29681
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=30989
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=33217
So use CCleaner http://www.piriform.com/
(remeber to untic the toolbar if you don`t want it, or download the slim version)
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Little information on IObit http://blogs.computerworld.com/15026/iobit_accused_of_stealing_from_malwarebytes
I am comfortable with ccleaner. http://www.piriform.com/
ccleaner slim version without toolbar: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds
Select 4th one down.
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Hi,
Just wanted to say thank you all for your replies I really do appreciate it.
Please forgive me for doing a double post, thanks again.
happy avast user :)
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I don't believe in tuneup tools...
I do believe in manual tweaking knowing what you're doing :)
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Add another to the I don't think tune-up utilities are worth the potential hassle and they really don't make much of a difference.
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I don't believe in tuneup tools...
I do believe in manual tweaking knowing what you're doing :)
+1, but I do like those tools which making 'Tweaking' easier and safer with easy to use GUI and Backup tool ;)
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Avoid using any kind of tune up tools because they just crap the system even more. If you have to, use CCleaner only along with Defraggler.
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I am never ever using a tune up tool again.
The last time I used it (one of them, perhaps auslogics), it deleted my office installation file of sorts, causing the word files to appear as blank icons.
Really annoying.
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CCleaner is the safest tune-up tool to use imo.
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CCleaner is the safest tune-up tool to use imo.
Agreed.
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I am never ever using a tune up tool again.
The last time I used it (one of them, perhaps auslogics), it deleted my office installation file of sorts, causing the word files to appear as blank icons.
Really annoying.
I had auslogic's ruin some files of mine also, best and safest is ccleaner and defragler by piriform, these two program's have never faulted :).
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Avoid using any kind of tune up tools because they just crap the system even more. If you have to, use CCleaner only along with Defraggler.
+1 at the strongest and most highest advise this really does crap up the system as hell I say, any kind of tune up tool software doesn't keep you PC healthy what your just doing is feeding your PC with cocaine and heroin while waiting to die before you reformat HD or re-image your last backup clone onto your PC. I only used CCleaner only along with a free Defraggler software.
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many people say that IOBit Advanced System Care Free is a good tool.
Stay away from IOBit and Advanced System Care!!! I can't tell you how many people I have helped fix their system because they put this cr*p on their machine. Once it was removed, everything worked fine.
The best is CCleaner Slim version at http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds (http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds) - 4th option down.
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Advanced SystemCare is actually fairly good... I've been using its pro version for over one year now, and no problem so far.
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Advanced SystemCare is actually fairly good... I've been using its pro version for over one year now, and no problem so far.
Does'nt take away the fact that they are a distrustful company who steal from other company's (MALWAREBYTES) in particular.
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The product might be, but the company has some moral bad form with intellectual property rights.
So for me it wouldn't matter how good a product is (aside from I wouldn't use any tuneup application) if there is any suspicion/history about the company, I wouldn't use their products. There are plenty of other applications without this question about moral/ethical activity.
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Advanced SystemCare is actually fairly good... I've been using its pro version for over one year now, and no problem so far.
Advanced SystemCare is a good tools, assuming that you know what you're doing and what file and registry entry that is safe to delete or not. Most problem coming from it is because most user using the autocare feature (scan and clean/delete).
I've tried Advanced SystemCare out of curiosity that this application listed as the most downloaded in diagnostic software section.
@ happy avast user
Ashampoo WinOptimizer is a good tool (I've got it free from promotion, but it's not a free tool), again assuming that you know what you're doing.
CCleaner is a good Windows cleaning tool. I always use this for an easy way to clean junk file.
Microsoft Sysinternals is a good handy tools to have. It contains many small useful application. I always use this myself for tweaking and monitoring.
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@ DarkMasters
You have much to learn :'(
Please read what DavidR and SafeSurf had to say:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=66269.msg559123#msg559123
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=66269.msg559046#msg559046
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@ DarkMasters
You have much to learn :'(
Please read what DavidR and SafeSurf had to say:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=66269.msg559123#msg559123
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=66269.msg559046#msg559046
I know about IObit Security 360 which have a bad history for being caught using Malwarebytes Anti-Malware definition database. I know that at the time of MBAM forum members spreading the word in many forum and sites. I'm saying Advanced SystemCare being good is simply because I have try it and it's good. I do agree with many who said that the IObit and all it's child company products are not to be trusted since they stealing intellectual property right of others.
I'm commenting about Advanced SystemCare for anyone who want to use the product. I, myself didn't use the product because I know the company history and didn't like it. I merely trying it. My personal choice is what I'm referring to happy avast user in my comment above.
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I'm commenting about Advanced SystemCare for anyone who want to use the product. I, myself didn't use the product because I know the company history and didn't like it. I merely trying it.
I can comment on Advanced SystemCare (ASC) because not only did I try it years ago, but now I am fixing many user's problems who have it on their system and it has caused numerous problems. I do NOT recommend it, and if anything I suggest uninstalling it. It conflicts with other security software and it is bloated (heavy on your system), not to mention it leaves remnants behind upon uninstallation unless you go into Safe Mode to remove them.
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I sent link to this topic to Auslogics and their response:
Hello Omid,
Thank you for your e-mail.
It is the Internet – lots of people, lots of opinions. Some people like BoostSpeed, some don’t. There are lots of people that do not trust system optimizing tools at all – maybe they had a negative usage experience from one of the tools in the past and now they blame all of such tools.
The amount of positive feedback is much greater, this is the thing that matters.
Good luck!
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Best regards,
Gennady,
Auslogics Software Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia
http://www.auslogics.com
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I don't understand why you guys are refering to CCleaner as a tune up program. It's not, it's a clean up tool, that's all it is. A tune up program usually includes some form of temp file cleaning(like CCleaner), allows you to change core windows system settings, change program icons, windows themes, cleaning and defragging of registry etc. etc.
Don't mix apples and oranges.
That said i agree that these tune up programs usually do more harm than good. At least when used by inexperienced users. I understand Omid's view though, being an experienced user he knows exactly with what he can play with. I used to use TuneUp Utilities myself but the only real function of the program that was actually usefull for me(i do my tweaking the manual way so i never let it change any windows settings) was the Turbo mode it has(disables Win Updates, Aero, postpones scheduled tasks etc.) since it was usefull for single player gaming. But that's about it, the rest of the programs functions i did not use(aside from testing them). Though to be fair the defrag in there wasn't really that bad and the program does explain in a very understandable way of what each individual tweak actually does. Still wouldn't recommend to the novice though. The potential for disaster is too great.
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I don't understand why you guys are refering to CCleaner as a tune up program. It's not, it's a clean up tool, that's all it is. A tune up program usually includes some form of temp file cleaning(like CCleaner), allows you to change core windows system settings, change program icons, windows themes, cleaning and defragging of registry etc. etc.
Don't mix apples and oranges.
That said i agree that these tune up programs usually do more harm than good. At least when used by inexperienced users. I understand Omid's view though, being an experienced user he knows exactly with what he can play with. I used to use TuneUp Utilities myself but the only real function of the program that was actually usefull for me(i do my tweaking the manual way so i never let it change any windows settings) was the Turbo mode it has(disables Win Updates, Aero, postpones scheduled tasks etc.) since it was usefull for single player gaming. But that's about it, the rest of the programs functions i did not use(aside from testing them). Though to be fair the defrag in there wasn't really that bad and the program does explain in a very understandable way of what each individual tweak actually does. Still wouldn't recommend to the novice though. The potential for disaster is too great.
The conversation turned to ccleaner because where suggesting that it is safer to keep your system clean and running fast rather than installing dodgy and useless tuneup tool's, and technicly a cleanup of your system is like a tuneup.
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Everybody here talk only about open source applications. What about TuneUp Utilities and System Mechanic? (I am NOT promoting these programs, only for your opinions)
http://www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-utilities/
http://iolo.com/system-mechanic/standard/?utm_content=homebanner#New-Features
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For cleaning the registry I use on both 32b and 64b XP and W7
iObit Toolbox - Its free and has 20 useful tools
iObit and Malwarebytes settled their differences amicably about a month after the stink hit the internet. There was never a lawsuit or anything like that. Malwarebytes issed a statement saying it was no longer an issue after the iObit Security360 signature database was reduced in size significantly.
Even if we assume that iObit was using Malwarebytes signatures to my knowledge it was never publicly stated how iObit came by the signatures.
It could have been new iObit employee who had left Malwarebytes took the signature database with him/her out of spite. It could be that this person was part of the design team for iObit Security360.
Then once this issue became public iObit management like everyone else found out what happened. iObit management could then have immediately terminated that employee and removed the signatures from their iObit Security360 databsse.
The points are
1. The whole issue lasted only a month
2. No lawsuit ever came out of it
3. To my knowledge it never became public how iObit obtained those signatures.
It would not be the first time :) that a tech person has left one company and taken stuff with them to their new company. I know that this happens for a fact having worked for decades in the high-tech industry in California USA
I also use Wise Disk and Registry Clearners. Both are free and to my knowledge the free versions have to restrictions.
Both the Registry Cleaner in iObit's Toolbox and Wise Registry cleaner make a backup of your registry before cleaning it.
If you want to be super paranoid you can always use Windows to make a backup of your Registry before cleaning it.
I do have Windows make a daily backup of the Registry on each of my computers. This would fall more under the heading of prudent rather than paranoid. :) :)
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The conversation turned to ccleaner because where suggesting that it is safer to keep your system clean and running fast rather than installing dodgy and useless tuneup tool's, and technicly a cleanup of your system is like a tuneup.
Maybe i should've quoted...
CCleaner is the safest tune-up tool to use imo.
Agreed.
It's not a tune up tool it's a cleaning tool. It's not tuning anything, it's deleting junk(temp files). The correct term for CCleaner would be system cleaning tool.
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The conversation turned to ccleaner because where suggesting that it is safer to keep your system clean and running fast rather than installing dodgy and useless tuneup tool's, and technicly a cleanup of your system is like a tuneup.
+1 ;)
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The conversation turned to ccleaner because where suggesting that it is safer to keep your system clean and running fast rather than installing dodgy and useless tuneup tool's, and technicly a cleanup of your system is like a tuneup.
Maybe i should've quoted...
CCleaner is the safest tune-up tool to use imo.
Agreed.
It's not a tune up tool it's a cleaning tool. It's not tuning anything, it's deleting junk(temp files). The correct term for CCleaner would be system cleaning tool.
It does a bit more than just deleting junk files, you can also use it to uninstall programs, modify your startup's,cleanup restore points, cleanup the registry and there is now a drive wiper included to. Best little tool around i think's :)
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Yeah i love it aswell, it's one of my essential programs to have. But it's still not a tune up tool no matter how hard you try to convince me. I did not make up the term, this is how the program is categorized, a system cleaning tool. PerfectSpeed, TuneUp Utilities, System Mechanic etc. etc. those are tune up tools. CCleaner is a system cleaning tool. Google system cleaning tool and surprise surprise, guess which link is the first ? Now google tune up util aswell while you are at it....
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You seem to get to caught up in the minor logistic's of it all, if someone refered to ccleaner as a tuneup tool "big deal" we know what they mean anyway, it all started when ccleaner was mentioned as being a safer tool to run than a full tuneup utility as these can damage your system's and that's all that mattered.
You need to google holiday's "take one" and get of everyone's back ;D