http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/yes-that-pc-cleanup-app-you-saw-on-cable-tv-at-3am-is-a-scam/
though I wish they'd have mentioned us over here at Ccleaner land as being safe, free and trusted
I used to see those commercials.
0 remorse for anyone who paid for it.
Seems the comment section is all over CCleaner though
Quite a few positive mentions of CCleaner in the comments.
Nice reading and a word of warning for many people. Thank you Nergal.
There's at least two of those scareware cleaners on TV. Anyone thinking of using them would be better off blocking those sites via the HOSTS file.
A lot of people I talk to just dispense with the whole notion of a PC and go with a tablet device. Practical. A lot less maintenance too. And everyone can use it without taking lengthy courses on how to do basic operations.
@Keatah: Relevant article with the opposite position: http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/the-pc-isnt-ready-to-die-its-ready-for-a-rebirth/
I don't recognize a lot of these analysts and consultants. They don't know what they're talking about. They talk about what they want to see happen.
But he is correct on one point. How things are done on the PC will need to change and better integrate with portable devices.
Stay on topic please, plenty of other space to start a topic on pc dead or not
Stay on topic please, plenty of other space to start a topic on pc dead or not
And you don't want to go there..
There's at least two of those scareware cleaners on TV.
Do they really advertise "malware" on TV there?
It's not so much malware as it is scareware.
You can remove it, but it tries to scare you into paying for it by flagging each of your cookies as an "issue" that needs to be "fixed"
If CCleaner employed the same phrasing, I'd have 20561 "issues" detected, and that's while my browsers are running and cant be cleaned
Do they really advertise "malware" on TV there?
I shall uncensored myself and just call it what it is, it's shitware! And yes it's all over TV, especially late at night.
It's not so much malware as it is scareware.
You can remove it, but it tries to scare you into paying for it by flagging each of your cookies as an "issue" that needs to be "fixed"
If CCleaner employed the same phrasing, I'd have 20561 "issues" detected, and that's while my browsers are running and cant be cleaned
and in order to removes these issues (which the ads state could be "viruses, malware and registry errors that could be slowing down your computer" ) you must provide a ransom of 33.95; not to toot our horn (really I'm not paid for this I actually feel this way about ccleaner) but all we have to do, as personal users, is download and clean for free, and it's much more reasonable and doesn't call anything things it isnt.
And the cleaner is probably more thorough (esp. with winapp2.ini) !
And the cleaner is probably more thorough (esp. with winapp2.ini) !
So many other cleaners (not just the money hungry scareware variety) just copy CCleaner anyways, or take what they want from the winapp2.ini file, while at the same time verging on being completely dangerous to use.
Abelssoft Wash & Go is literally ccleaner +winapp2.ini for $40, getting OT though.
I wonder how many people My Clean PC tricked. My favorite commercial of their's featured an iMac running Windows XP with Windows 98-styled errors popping up.
Not only do they advertise them, but I've seen them in Windows8Store as featured apps (as desktop apps). If they're still there I'll screen cap.
Makes me think that there are many, many folks out there who want their computer to "just work", with little or no involvement from them. A one click fix.
Some can't learn how to tinker with their computer, some don't have time, some just won't.
@ winapp
". . .an iMac running Windows XP with Windows 98-styled errors popping up."
Actually, thats sort of how mine acts these days.