The Cleaner 2.4

• License:

  Free to try; $15.50 to buy

• Editor's Rating:

  3.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  4.5 stars (out of 11 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  46,059

• Operating Systems:

  Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, 16MB RAM

• Limitations:

  5-day trial

• Date Added:

  September 23, 2002

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version The Cleaner 2.4 The Cleaner 2.5

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Publisher's description of The Cleaner

From The Cleaner:

The Cleaner is a privacy and clean-up utility that eliminates all these tracks from your computer. Cleaning up the history of your activities requires tedious hours of manually removing each history file or entry. If privacy and disk space are to be maintained, this process must be performed every time you use your computer. The Cleaner makes protecting your privacy and improving system performance a breeze. The Cleaner automatically cleans your browser's cache, cookies, history, and recent document list. It can run in the background to clean up your tracks when you are done browsing the Internet or any other time you choose. Everyone from computer beginners to expert users agree: The Cleaner is an essential tool for protecting your privacy and improving your computer's performance.

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Editor's review of The Cleaner

• 3.0 stars

• "The Cleaner"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: The Cleaner 2.4

This basic privacy-protection application performs its few jobs well enough, but it's far from a comprehensive solution. The Cleaner simply wipes away Web-surfing traces and deletes user history from a few Windows system areas, such as the Run menu and the Recycle Bin. Unfortunately, the app only works with Internet Explorer, neglecting support for popular alternative browsers. This program offers a tool for managing cookies, but unlike some of the better privacy programs on the scene, The Cleaner can't erase your tracks from third-party apps such as the Microsoft Office Suite, IM clients, or P2P programs. Needless to say, you also won't find a file shredder for permanently destroying data. A utility this simple really should be totally free, but you'll only be able to use this program 10 times before the demo expires. Inexperienced Internet Explorer users might appreciate The Cleaner's no-nonsense approach, but anyone wishing a to keep an extremely tight lid on their computer habits will need to keep searching.

User reviews

• Average user rating: 4.6 stars out of 11 votes
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• 5 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: The Cleaner 2.4

  "Works Well, Easy to Use"

  on January 27, 2005

  Summary: Installed quickly and easily, does it's job well and it's very easy to use. I recommend this download, especially to people who aren't very computer literate, like me. :)

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• 5 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: The Cleaner 2.4

  "usefull"

  on June 8, 2003

  Summary: best useful program easy and fast update.Easy use.Easy install.What do you want more

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• 5 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: The Cleaner 2.4

  "Best of the Bunch"

  on December 11, 2002

  Summary: There are a lot of these tools around, and after having tried them all, I opted for this one. Easy to use, does what you want and cheap too.

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• 1 stars

  Version: The Cleaner 2.4

  "Another one of these???"

  on December 3, 2002

  Summary: same as Internet Cleaner but with more options...does things that you can do with out this program. It does clean out the internet explorer drop down menu of recently visited sites

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• 5 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: The Cleaner 2.4

  "Excellent Tool"

  on November 20, 2002

  Summary: The Cleaner is an ideal tool for getting rid of unwanted files. I bought a single licence, then 8 more for the rest of my company. Can't recommend it enough.

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