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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7/NT
- Date added: December 28, 2009
- Total Downloads: 32,027,442
- Downloads last week: 250,998
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 6844 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Jason Parker on December 17, 2008
This utility offers a one-stop-shop for cleaning and maintaining your computer for better overall system performance. The interface is very simple, featuring only a few buttons, which makes it easy to get down to cleaning immediately (in fact, it automatically runs on start-up) and doesn't confuse you with multiple steps.
The Maintain Windows section focuses on four areas of maintenance: spyware removal, Registry cleaning, a privacy sweep, and deletion of junk files. The Diagnose System button provides system optimization tools, detects spyware, defragments your disk, and scans for hijacked Windows settings. In our tests the scan and clean for each of these areas took less than 10 minutes to complete. In many of these scans, it is difficult to tell what exactly is being accomplished by some of the tools, but we were able to test against other trusted apps, which confirmed Advanced SystemCare's efficacy in those areas.
Under the utilities section you are given several tools, which are similar to plug-ins, for other areas of optimization and diagnostic tests. Overall, Advanced SystemCare Free is a good way to maintain your system's speed and clear out junk files, but you'll need to remember to run it regularly because scheduling of scans is only available in the paid Pro version.
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Publisher's description
From IObit :Slow down, freeze, crash, and security threats are over. Advanced SystemCare Free is a comprehensive PC care utility that takes a one-click approach to help protect, repair, and optimize your computer. It provides an all-in-one and super convenient solution for PC maintenance and protection. All work will be done with one click and one minute. Advanced SystemCare Free provides essential and practical formula for Windows: removing spyware and adware, preventing security threats, privacy protection, fixing registry errors, temporary files cleanup, startup cleanup, repairing Windows, speeding up system and one-click mechanism.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.4.2 is a bug fixing release.
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- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 6844 votes
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Version: Advanced SystemCare Free 3.4.2
Pros: It does what it says, and now (3.4.2) does it more quickly and smoothly.
Cons: Haven't found any negatives
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Advanced SystemCare Free 3.4.2
Pros: Easy to use.
Cons: It caused some problems with my computer. Got unwanted e-mail from manufacture.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Advanced SystemCare Free 3.4.2
"Very useful, regularly run with beneficial results."
Pros: Simple basic cleaner.
Cons: More eplanation for some functions needed
Summary: Easy to use for basic needs. Probably more description of some functions would help the uninitiated.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Advanced SystemCare Free 3.4.2
Pros: It's simple to use, self updates, scans are quick, and doesn't seem to slow my computer at all.
Cons: The malware scanner is a little suspect. After three straight scan with no errors, after several scans finding some I got suspicious. So I uninstalled and then downloaded and reinstalled. First scan found errors and cleared them.
Summary: I'm NO GEEK by any stretch of the imagination. This product has helped me avoid major problems by catching and correcting problems for me. It's on all my PC's.
I recommend this product to anyone who is a user of my level or under. It's easy... read more >> -
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Advanced SystemCare Free 3.4.2
"Fix great part of my problems with this tool."
Pros: Easy to use, time saving product, with great recovery options, and great exclude management.
Cons: Nothing yet.
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