Overall, whether it's for a buddy or yourself, CCleaner is certainly a must-have system utility for all PC users. I always get a thanks afterwards, but the thanks should go to the guys at Piriform for such a lightweight, simple, yet powerful program that lives up to the task. If ever I have a buddy who complains above a slow start up or even just a sluggish experience on their PC, I always download CCleaner and run it for them. One note about drive scrubbing, the more passes you select, the longer it will take to complete the task. Drive scrubbing can also be limited to free space on the system.

There are different levels of wiping the drive and even a 1-pass will get the job done if you're not hiding something too important. A 'Gutmann' 35-pass wipe of the hard drive will really get in deep and remove traces of files which once existed. You can choose to do a 1-pass 'scrubbing' or more. It removes all data from a selected hard drive. Not only can it remove references to unused libraries (DLLs), but it also removes references to non-existent programs and fonts, it cleans up installer issues, activex issues and more.Īnother wicked tool is the hard drive wiping tool. Much more important in our opinion than cleaning up Internet files is its powerful registry cleaner. it goes without saying.ĬCleaner will empty your recycling bin, backup the registry before 'cleaning' it and overall speed up your Windows experience. The latest version of CCleaner also runs faster than previous versions, though older systems still obviously run much slower than a PC with more resources. By doing that, it also cleans up your tracks.ĬCleaner has also recently added support for an array of different programs likely to be running on your system like Audacity, Silverlight, BitTorrent, Google Chrome, CuteFTP and TONS more.

It cleans up temporary internet files, history, cookies and other junk left behind by hours of web surfing. Simply the best free registry cleaner, CCleaner supports both Windows 32-bit and Windows 64-bit. A must-have Swiss army knife, freeware system utility.

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