CCleaner Review – One of the Best Free Programs on the Planet
If your computer runs a Microsoft Operating System, there’s one free program you should not be without.
CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a free system optimization tool that removes unused and temporary files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space.
One of my favorite past-times is fixing other peoples computers and I’m always amazed when I run CCleaner on a PC and see just how much junk Windows collects. I’ve seen over 3GBs of junk removed by CCleaner. The result was simply a faster, cleaner computer.
You’ve probably noticed that your computer was much faster when it was brand new, but over time it has slowed down. Just to give you an idea how much junk gets collected, I ran CCleaner to insure my PC was clean. See the screenshot below:
Then I opened Internet Explorer and browsed to three popular websites. First, I checked my email, then a news site, and finally my local weather. I didn’t click any links on those sites I simply went to their home-pages. As you can see from the screenshot below, visiting those three websites in about 15 seconds Windows managed to collect 2.25MBs of junk..
Just to give you an idea how much 2.25MB is, an MP3 music file is usually about twice that size. And if I can pick that up in 15 seconds of surfing, just think how much junk is on your PC if you’ve never run CCleaner..
So how often should you run CCleaner? I’d recommend at least every week or two.
CCleaner deletes files, including your cookies. So if you save websites usernames and/or passwords be sure to go into Options > Cookies and move any cookies you’d like to keep over to the “Cookies to Keep” side before running CCleaner the first time.
I won’t mention any names but, there are companies out there that will charge you for software that does exactly the same thing CCleaner does.
CCleaner is the fastest and easiest way to clean up your PC. And, since it’s free, it’s a no-brainer. Download CCleaner today.
Happy Computing!
-Bert
