Is WiseCleaner safe ?

[Deals]

YES

Their products look great. I just hesitate when they get name, address, telephone,passwords,identity info,interests,SS#,driver's license,contacts, IP,web beacons,message links,a/v content,registry key info,income level,web logs,tailored ads, etc. There is some opt out provision but no control over third parties and what they do...Safety or annoyance may be an issue?

 

[Moose]

Are you talking about herdProtect detections of 9 to 12 items? Wise Care 365?

 

[Deals]

Are you talking about herdProtect detections of 9 to 12 items? Wise Care 365?

Free Wise products such as Wisecleaner...

 

[Moose]

Just making sure! Thanks!

 

[roger_m]

Just like CCleaner, Wise Registry Cleaner can cause problems in very rare instances if you clean empty software keys. Sometimes these empty keys are needed, and if deleted then whenever you open Windows Explorer or certain software, Windows Installer will repeatedly try to install the software needing that empty key. It will try to reinstall the software and fail (because the temporary files used when installing the software have long since been deleted), and then will try again several more times until finally giving up until next temp you open Windows Explorer. Bear in mind, such cases are very rare, but I have seen them happen a number of times.

However, you can disable the check for empty software keys. All the other registry sections are safe to scan, unlike 99% of registry cleaners which will give at least occasional false positives.

 

[Synesiz]

While WiseCleaner itself is safe, please pay very close attention during the install process. It comes bundled with optional software such as SpyHunter which is not a great program. Please see this discussion for reference: spyhunter vs malwarebytes vs iobit - Anti-Virus, Anti-Malware, and Privacy Software