- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $29.95 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/NT
- Date added: September 24, 2007
- Total Downloads: 2,519,022
- Downloads last week: 4,290
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 161 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This program offers a fast and simple way to protect your privacy by erasing Web browsing and application history. Upon launch, the program automatically scans your PC for supported applications, including such commonplace ones as Adobe Acrobat and RealPlayer.
Clicking the Wash Now button literally leaves your browser's cache, cookies, the history, and the temporary files list as clear as the day Windows was first installed. If you want more control, you can specify exactly what components to clean via the Wash Setup icon. Webroot Window Washer doesn't display detailed information about specific files, but it does give you a list of basic statistics. You can protect the program with a password and schedule cleaning sessions at regular intervals.
The ability to wipe free disk space according to secure algorithms is a bonus, but it would be nice if the program also could shred files and folders. In the final analysis, Webroot Window Washer has very few flaws, making it a fine pick for anyone concerned with privacy issues.
Publisher's description
From Webroot Software :Window Washer washes away your online and offline computer activities, giving you more privacy and increasing your PC's performance. It cleans areas such as the cache, cookies, file history, and Registry items. Window Washer offers customizable features that let you control what gets washed and what stays. This program also gives you the ability to schedule washes of your system when it's most convenient for you.
Version 6.5 is now Windows Vista compatible, it can be set to clean your computer on a regular schedule, and it securely removes files using government standards.
What's new in this version:
Version 6.5 is now Windows Vista compatible, it can be set to clean your computer on a regular schedule, and it securely removes files using government standards.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 161 votes
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Version: Webroot Window Washer 6.5
Pros: Easy to use, worked very well on Vista.
Cons: No official Windows 7 release .. Come on Webroot !
Summary: After using this happily for 2 years on Vista I shall not be using it again until Webroot wake up and release this officially for Windows 7.
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Version: Webroot Window Washer 6.5
Pros: NONE, IT'S A PIECE OF CRAP SOFTWARE
Cons: YOU DONT GET ALL THE SETTINGS YOU DID IN WINDOWS XP, DOESNT WORK WITH THE NEW MSN LIVE MESSENGER, IT HANGS WHEN WASHING.
Summary: WEBROOTS REFUSES TO UPGRADE WINDOW WASHER TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS 7 64 BIT, WHICH ALMOST ALL NEW COMPUTERS COME LOADED WITH. USE R-WIPE & CLEAN IT IS COMPATIBLE WIHT BOTH WINDOWS 7 32 & 64 BIT, PLUS IT IS FREE HERE IN CNET DOWNLOADS, A... read more >>
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Version: Webroot Window Washer 6.5
Pros: Works Ok for me on Windows 7
Cons: None that I know of
Summary: Used it for the last 5 years
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Version: Webroot Window Washer 6.5
"very easy to use, works well"
Pros: I like the ease to use
Cons: Haven't found any yet
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Version: Webroot Window Washer 6.5
"Ease of use is very good to for non-technical users"
Pros: Eazy to use
Cons: Non so far
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