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Why does Iobit have such a bad reputation?
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<blockquote data-quote="roger_m" data-source="post: 747914" data-attributes="member: 31436"><p>IObit is definitely not a trustworthy company. But, they do make some good software, aside from Malware Fighter.</p><p></p><p>IObit Uninstaller is very good. It does a good job of finding leftovers, has a batch uninstall mode, where it can uninstall and scan for leftovers from multiple programs in one go. Also, it can scan for leftovers after a reboot, which is something that Revo and other alternatives can't do.</p><p></p><p>Advanced SystemCare is safe to use and is a well designed program. For example, it scans for unneeded startup programs and the programs it wants to stop running at startup are for most part, programs that actually have little need to be run at startup (e.g. Steam client). You can right click on anything you want to keep and ignore, so it does not get selected in future scans. I've seen other software do this in the past and they have taken a much more aggressive approach, which meant that quite often they wanted to disable startup entries, that I wanted to keep.</p><p></p><p>However, although it is safe to use and works well, just like any cleanup/optimisation software, it may not make make your computer run much faster - if at all. The paid Pro version, is regularly available as a giveaway, so you use all its features for free.</p><p></p><p>The licenses for ASC Pro recently expired on some of my computers, after which they revert to the free version. The free versions of ASC reported a ridiculous amount of optimisations that could be made if I upgraded to the Pro version. This was just a made up figure, in order to encourage me to upgrade.</p><p></p><p>Wise Disk Cleaner and HDCleaner can clean more junk than ASC.</p><p></p><p>Driver Booster is an okay program. It works well and rarely installs incompatible drivers, but really needs a much bigger database of drivers.</p><p></p><p>One good thing I can say about IObit, is that they do listen to feedback from their customers. I reported issues with false positives in the registry cleaner and startup optimisation modules in ASC and they fixed then. I suggested they add the ability to scan for leftovers after a reboot to IObit Uninstaller and they added it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roger_m, post: 747914, member: 31436"] IObit is definitely not a trustworthy company. But, they do make some good software, aside from Malware Fighter. IObit Uninstaller is very good. It does a good job of finding leftovers, has a batch uninstall mode, where it can uninstall and scan for leftovers from multiple programs in one go. Also, it can scan for leftovers after a reboot, which is something that Revo and other alternatives can't do. Advanced SystemCare is safe to use and is a well designed program. For example, it scans for unneeded startup programs and the programs it wants to stop running at startup are for most part, programs that actually have little need to be run at startup (e.g. Steam client). You can right click on anything you want to keep and ignore, so it does not get selected in future scans. I've seen other software do this in the past and they have taken a much more aggressive approach, which meant that quite often they wanted to disable startup entries, that I wanted to keep. However, although it is safe to use and works well, just like any cleanup/optimisation software, it may not make make your computer run much faster - if at all. The paid Pro version, is regularly available as a giveaway, so you use all its features for free. The licenses for ASC Pro recently expired on some of my computers, after which they revert to the free version. The free versions of ASC reported a ridiculous amount of optimisations that could be made if I upgraded to the Pro version. This was just a made up figure, in order to encourage me to upgrade. Wise Disk Cleaner and HDCleaner can clean more junk than ASC. Driver Booster is an okay program. It works well and rarely installs incompatible drivers, but really needs a much bigger database of drivers. One good thing I can say about IObit, is that they do listen to feedback from their customers. I reported issues with false positives in the registry cleaner and startup optimisation modules in ASC and they fixed then. I suggested they add the ability to scan for leftovers after a reboot to IObit Uninstaller and they added it. [/QUOTE]
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