[SeniorTech] Don't use "SlimCleaner"
- From: "Jerry Taylor" <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 12:47:38 -0500
Will Slimcleaner Optimize Your PC?
There has been a lot of buzz about Slimcleaner, a free system cleaning and
optimization suite developed by Slimware Utilities. Slimcleaner has received
"editor's choice" awards, five stars, and other high honors from a number of
well-respected computer publications. But I really don't understand why.
Here's my take on this free download...
What is SlimCleaner?
If nothing else, Slimcleaner is confusing. It's time-consuming. I have no
idea what it does to my system, but it definitely hasn't speeded things up
in the least. And users are complaining that flaws in the software are not
being addressed. Some users are reporting that after using SlimCleaner, they
have problems with Firefox,
<http://askbobrankin.com/will_slimcleaner_optimize_your_pc.html?awt_l=GT.6N&;
awt_m=Ij9RKgwyT8P6SL#> Google Chrome and Thunderbird.
I guess the reviewers' excitement is ignited by Slimcleaner's use of "the
cloud" and "crowd-sourcing." You see, everyone who uses Slimcleaner has the
option to tell you what should or should not be on your computer. Users'
recommendations about specific programs found on their computers are
uploaded to a database that is used to rate the programs as unnecessary,
optional, or "good," meaning you should keep it.
It makes no difference whether the user doing the rating knows what he's
talking about. For example, Slimcleaner tells me that I should keep Windows
Live Essentials because, "it is a suite of productivity applications that
simplifies everyday tasks." Never mind that I have never found any use for
Windows Live Essentials!
If you do a Google search for "Slimcleaner problems" you'll get plenty of
problem reports submitted on Slimware Utitilities' support forum. The usual
response from the company is the equivalent of "thanks for telling us, we're
working on it." I guess that's all you can expect of a program that's been
in existence for less than a year.
My advice? Forget about using SlimCleaner.
Jerry Taylor
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