CNET Editors' review
At first, 360Amigo System Speedup Free seemed to be of the more-tease-than-tool school of free system cleaners, and certainly its developers would like you to buy their premium package. But the free tool proved to be a good performer that will help many users keep their PCs running smooth and safe.
As with so many freeware versions of premium system utilities, 360Amigo's interface is stylish and heavy on the graphics and captions that explain what each feature does. The program consists of a system cleaner and a system optimizer, with a number of extra utilities, though some of the advanced tools are only available with the paid software. As with similar software, 360Amigo's System Cleaner scans for junk files and invalid or orphaned registry entries, runs a privacy sweep, defragments your disk drives, and restores your system to a previous state (if necessary). We performed a scan, and 360Amigo displayed its results along with some alarming graphics suggesting our well-maintained system's status was "bad," which free system cleaners are prone to do. We could de-select items for cleaning by unchecking their boxes, and the folder views let us see which files in each category the program was targeting for removal; in fact, 360Amigo's utilities offered more information about the files to be cleaned than many premium tools we've seen. After making our selections, we ran the first cleaner. Here's where many free tools clean a few errors and offer to clean the rest for a price, but 360Amigo powered through all three tools. Next we tried the System Optimizer, which includes an unusually detailed Startup Manager, a NetState tool that identifies all open connections and lets users terminate connections instantly, and a process manager, services manager, and uninstaller. The Tools menu offered an impressive array of extras like a Duplicate File Finder, a full Backup & Restore application, a drivers manager, a file recovery tool, and many others.
After we'd run 360Amigo's scan but before we let it fix the errors it found, we ran similar tools, including a premium package, for comparison. While the results were similar, 360Amigo's scan turned up some files the others didn't. The acid test came after we rebooted: 360Amigo's changes did no harm, and while our system didn't run noticeably better, we had the satisfaction of knowing the junk was gone from our system.
Publisher's Description
From 360Amigo:
If you think your PC is slow, help is at hand. 360Amigo System Speedup is a new PC optimization and error repair utility that dramatically improves the performance of your PC. 360Amigo System Speedup includes a System Cleaner, a System Optimizer, and a wide range of System Tools designed exclusively to boost PC performance. Both beginners and experienced users will enjoy the available features and options and the simple application interface. With the click of a button all common computer errors can be fixed. In a nutshell, 360Amigo System Speedup offers a Registry Cleaner to detect and remove all bad entries from the PC, it optimizes Windows for faster start-up times and stops runaway Processes that may take up all of the processors' cycles.
What's new in this version: Version 1.2.1.7900 updates several languages and fixes general reported issue.
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4.4 starsout of 427 votes
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Current version:
4.1 starsout of 7 votes
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"Really makes a difference!"
Version: 360Amigo System Speedup Free 1.2.1.7900
Pros
Extremely easy to use
Way more options that I've seen elsewhere
Great results!
No spamming, pop-upsCons
None that I have seen
Summary
I recommend it to everyone, especially the not-so-computer savvy. You don't have to be a wiz to figure out how to work this software, but if you do choose to go more in depth, the option is there at the low cost of free.
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"Easy to use, with safeguards"
Version: 360Amigo System Speedup Free 1.2.1.7900
Pros
Helped my windows 7 system
Cons
None so far
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"Best one in the world, except the Wise product"
Version: 360Amigo System Speedup Free 1.2.1.7900
Pros
it did what it said and it is free.
Cons
Wise is better. I have to say!
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"Be careful : is 360amigo trying to cheat its new users?"
Version: 360Amigo System Speedup Free 1.2.1.7900
Pros
None I can see! Why? There seems to be many great tools on 360amigo but you must pay for using them. CNET should be more clear with that! In the end only very few great functions are available for free! This is exactly the opposite of what other excellent freewares such as CCleaner, Kingsoft or Advanced System Care offer... Even the cleaning stuff of 360amigo is problematic : please read why I even put the cleaning tool in the cons...
Cons
Most tools are only accessible if you buy a licence! If 360amigo was convincing I would not mind. But it's not the case at all! Seen the great comments about 360amigo here, I downloaded it yesterday evening and started to test it. I clicked on the "clean your system" button and let 360amigo repair the errors on my laptop. Then I did it again and guess what! 360amigo found again dozens of errors and problems on my laptop! No kidding?! So I clicked on "repair" again. After that I repeated this full task 3 times one after the other. Each time, despite its "cleaning" 360amigo found "new" errors and stuff to clean and repair! Is that reasonnable? Not at all! Shall I understand that 360amigo invent errors and stuff to clean for using it? Is it programmed to lie and cheat users? Does 360amigo really want to be downloaded by acting like that? By cheating newcomers? For my part, I'm not stupid enough to get abused like that. 1 hour later, I uninstalled 360amigo and reused Kingsoft PC Doctor...
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"The best free program that I have found."
Version: 360Amigo System Speedup Free 1.2.1.7900
Pros
It does what the program say's it will do and it does it fast, and efficiently.I have tried other programs and they do not match this program.
Cons
I can not think of any Con's at this time.
Summary
I have tried other programs and they do not match this program,360 is very fast and scans are even quicker than could be imagined. I am really glad that CNet had it listed and the other users reviews had given really high marks so I downloaded the program so hat I could evaluate it to ensure other users were given a honest review.
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"Wow - what a difference"
Version: 360Amigo System Speedup Free 1.2.1.7900
Pros
I thought that I should buy a new Wocomputer, but no - 360 Amigo the the rescue. Easy, simple, and clean. A definite download and buy the pro. The free version is not sufficient.
Cons
Need to buy pro for results.
Summary
Must buy for a PC.
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"Great cleaning utility"
Version: 360Amigo System Speedup Free 1.2.1.7900
Pros
Nice user interface in which we can see almost every process of the computer.Powerful cleaning tool.
Cons
Nothing yet.
Summary
We should appreciate the cleaning tool in 360 amigo .It is the most powerful cleaning utility I have ever used in my computer.
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