Today's Sunday question takes the latest version of the well-known system tool CCleaner from the British software manufacturer Piriform from the Avast group of companies as an opportunity and questions this and other popular system optimizers. But according to the opinion of the editors, it is only marginally asked here: What do you think of the tools?
Table of contents
- 1 System optimizer or snake oil?
- Do you use tools like CCleaner?
- Useful and comfortable or dangerous?
- Which system optimizer does the community use?
- Have there ever been major problems?
- Take part is expressly desired
- The last twenty Sunday questions
Since the release of version 6.0.9727 on May 15 of this year, CCleaner, which is always in the top ranks in the ComputerBase download charts, has offered a so-called “Performance Optimizer” in the two paid versions “Professional” and “Professional Plus”. , which the software developers attest up to 72 percent faster loading times and improved overall performance.
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At a price of 29.95 euros, the CCleaner Professional offers a system optimizer…
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…which is on both old and new systems!The new CCleaner 6.01.982 can now also delete traces of apps and services installed via the Microsoft Store such as Netflix, WhatsApp, Amazon Music, iTunes, Spotify or iTunes.
System optimizer or snake oil?
But is that necessary at all and, above all, does it really improve the performance of the system? What do you think of such tools in general?
Are you using tools like CCleaner?
Are CCleaner and AVG PC TuneUp as well as the various tools and registry cleaners real system optimizers or just bad and ultimately even dangerous snake oil?
Do you use tools like CCleaner or AVG PC TuneUp?
- Yes, I use one or more system optimizers.
- No, I trust the on-board resources of the operating system.
- Abstention (show result)
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Useful and comfortable or dangerous?
Those who use system optimizers, tweaks and tuning tools usually do so for a very specific reason. Those who avoid such applications certainly have their own reasons for doing so. But how do you see it? Which statement about CCleaner, AVG PC TuneUp and other system optimizers and registry cleaners is more correct?
System optimizers like CCleaner, AVG PC TuneUp & Co. are…
- …extremely useful and very convenient.
- …very careless and sometimes really dangerous.
- …rather less useful, but not a big problem now.
- Abstain (show result)
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Which system optimizers does the community use?
The most popular and widespread system optimizers are the CCleaner, AVG PC TuneUp – formerly TuneUp Utilities or TuneUp -, the Glary Utilities, which is also available in a paid Pro version, the Wise Disk Cleaner and the Ashampoo WinOptimizer as well as tools for the Optimization of the Windows registry database such as the Wise Registry Cleaner.
Which system and registry optimizer do you primarily use?
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Have there ever been major problems?
Be honest, have you ever had a shattered operating system or a broken registry through the use of one of the system tools mentioned? Was it even necessary to reinstall afterwards? The editors are looking forward to corresponding statements in the comments on this Sunday question.
Has a system tool ever optimized your system in a broken way?
- Yes
- No
- Abstention (show result)
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Participation is expressly desired
The editors would appreciate well-founded and detailed reasons for your decisions in the comments on the current Sunday question. If you have completely different favorites in one of the genres, please write it in the comments.
Readers who have not yet participated in the last Sunday Questions are welcome to do so. Exciting discussions are still going on in the ComputerBase forum, especially on the last surveys.
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