One difference between ACleaner and CCleaner is that it is slightly more complicated to select the items that should be cleaned. CCleaner displays them in the main interface right away while they have to be selected in the settings in the ACleaner interface.

The items that can be cleaned are divided into categories like Windows, browsers or applications which are divided into further categories like MS Office or system in the Windows category or Internet Explorer, Opera, Google Chrome or Firefox in the browsers category.

Items like cookies, temporary Internet files or recent documents can be selected individually or all at once by right-clicking in the interface of each category.

ACleaner provides additional options to clean Registry settings next to cleaning files in the Windows operating system. This is actually an easier process as it takes one click to scan the Registry for issues and leftovers.

There are options to deselect specific items that are excluded from future scans. Custom items and locations can be added to ACleaner just like they can be added to CCleaner. This is interesting for users who want to clear data that is not included by the default categories like portable software files.

Another interesting option is the ignore list that can be used to protect items so that they are never cleaned during cleanups.

The scheduler can be used to enable automatic cleanups in intervals that range from every 15 minutes to every eight hours.

ACleaner has all the options needed to cleanup the Windows operating system regularly and effectively. The software program can be downloaded from the developer’s website.

Advanced System Care divides the computer maintenance process in three different categories that are named Maintain Windows, Diagnose System and Utilities.

Maintain Windows includes a spyware checker, Registry cleanup tool, privacy sweeper and junk file cleaner. This category comes closest to the popular CCleaner application. The program will automatically scan the system for problems upon startup. Findings are displayed in red indicating problems and Megabytes that can be saved if the repair button is pressed.

It is furthermore possible to click on a function to take a closer look at the problems and files that have been found during the scan. This makes it possible to remove entries from the repair. Advanced System Care will also remind the the user if System Restore is disabled.

A click on the repair button will initiate a backup before the problems are fixed on the computer system.

The diagnose system window offers system optimization, security defense, disk defragment and security analyzer functions. A scan will display detected problems offering the same functionality as the maintain windows menu to view them in detail, remove some and repair them.

The system optimization menu scans for problems in various categories including network connections, Windows services or troubleshooting. Not all recommendations should be accepted right away as the optimizer might suggest corrections for enhancements made by the user. A simple example would be the suggestion to change the time it takes to show the start menu from 1 to the recommended value of 200.

Users should take a look at all the settings before they press the repair button.

The same can be said for the security defense scan in the same category and the suggestions made by the security analyzer. This does mean that it takes additional time before the remaining problems can be repaired but it is important to avoid complications and other problems.

The utilities category offers quick access to tools offered by the Windows operating system and Iobit including an Internet and Game Booster, Registry defragmentation or a startup manager.

Advanced System Care Free is an interesting program that provides access to many computer maintenance scans that can improve a systems reliability, security and stability. It is recommended to check the scan results thoroughly before proceeding with the repair.

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These files can be deleted manually as well but this usually puts the effort and time solely on the user. A third possibility would be to run Atomic Cleaner which comes with a mode to clean game leftovers from a computer system.

Atomic Cleaner looks like the usual system cleaners. It can not only clean game leftovers but provides access to a temporary files and Internet cleaner as well. It offers four buttons to start the three different cleanups and one that will initiate a full system cleanup.

The user can initiate to clean the system immediately by selecting any of the four main buttons or take a look in the advanced menu. The advanced menu provides options to scan the system without removing the data immediately. Atomic Cleaner displays a table after the scan that displays the space that the user could free if he would delete the temporary data on the computer system.

The advanced menu contains the option to add additional locations that should be cleaned up regularly. This is an interesting option for users who run applications that use their own temporary folders to create files on a computer system. The only option that is missing completely is one to perform Registry cleanups.