Is DriveCleaner safe to use or is it a virus?
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My advise to you is to stay away from "DriveCleaner".  Any software that is not well known, or sometimes even well known names have embedded trojans in their program or the wizard used to guide you through the installation.  \n\nHere is an excellent free program that will clean your system an I use in two computers.  (Plus recommend by the experts).\n\nhttp://www.ccleaner.com   This program comes in almost all languages, is 100% clean, comes with defaults or you can set your own defaults to clean what you want from your system.  \n\nAlso when you open the program you will always see "check for new updates", if you left click on this, with your mouse you will be directed to their home webpage and the page will either say "your version is current", or there is a "new version for download"\n\nIf there is a new version just download as the new version will also remove the old version an install the new.\n\nI use this program in two computer for many years.  You can trust this program.  \n\nClinical Psychiatrist, France
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there is a software but not virus, that remain your system at default at all time, the name is deep freeze, and is not very popular but good for computers in public places, to remove unwanted save files and all such, but no virus can do such except the virus was in the pc from day one, you cn check the macafe onlnie for such syptom
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try Eraser : http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/\n\nSimply formatting your drive won't completely delete your files. Any UNDELETE programs out there can restore your files. \n\nWhat is Eraser? \n \nEraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.
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If upon visiting the website, some drive by spyware is installed on your system, you could be compromised. If you worried then use a firewall.
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If you are asking if it is a virus then no it is not.  However, it seems that it CAN but may not cause issues on Windows 98FE, 98SE and ME.  Which operating system are you using?
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Really for real use C-Cleaner it is safe and sane. \nhttp://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp\nIt is way easier than manually doing everything.
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There are a few free registry cleaners.  Unfortunately, they aren't on par with commercial registry cleaners.  Fred Langa, of Informationweek, has a great review article on both free and commerical registry cleaners \n\n"Langa Letter: Testing 10 Windows 'Registry Cleaning' Software Packs: \nFred Langa tries to make sense of wildly disparate claims, and rates the best free and commercial products."\n\n(http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171203805)\n\nAs for myself, I have tried several registry cleaners, both freeware and commercial.  The best "for pay" registry cleaner I have come across is TuneUp Utilties 2006.  It's accurate and efficient.  Personally, I think it outshines Iolo's System Mechanic and Norton's SystemWorks.  It has a 30 day trial period if you want to try it.  The download link is http://www.tune-up.com/\n\nAs for free registry cleaners, I would recommend CCleaner.  You can select which portion of the registry you want to scan for errors.  CCleaner will create a registry backup before cleaning anything.  It doesn't do a deep scan but it is free.  Fred Langa recommends EasyCleaner but I've used it and found CCleaner found more errors and gave me more control over what to scan and fix.  You can download both programs at BetaNews.com (www.betanews.com), just enter the program name in to the search box and search for all downloads.
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no such thing really.\n antivirus&#92; spyware cleaner\n clean out temp files,disc cleanup,empty prefecth folder,\ndefrag. <important\ni use http://www.tune-up.com  its good little proggy\n mainly cleans temp stuff,registry.
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whatever you do do-not format your hard-drive at the first hint of trouble\npeople who advise this have no idea of how it sounds to those who actually know about viruses.\nit is the equivalent of re-spraying an entire vehicle to get rid of 1 scratch only to have it scratched again the next-day!\nget AVG or spyware doctor and pay for a legitimate copy.
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delete and make sure you run a virus protecion software
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If you have a bad hard drive and the system cannot write data to it, then you will get this message. I have no idea if it's legitimate or a virus.\n\nListen closely to the computer's hard drive, you can sometimes hear it clicking repeatedly or whining.\n\nBefore you go on the Internet right click your hard drive under Windows Explorer and find the tool that checks the drive for errors, it'll soon tell you.\n\nIf the drive is good, invest in some good anti-virus software.
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download 2 pieces of software.  Ad-aware and Spybot Search and Destroy.  Run them both, if both come up clean run a defragmentation of your drive by right clicking on the drive in my computer going to properties and then tools defragment.  Hopefully that should fix it.  If you aren't running any antivirus software try grisoft AVG Antivirus.
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Never. Try AntiVirus. Or if you certainly want to remove it fine. Never format hard drive without having full knowledge on this. No then call an assistant from the company of your computer model. Yes if u are sure then restart your computer and keep pressing F8. And choose Run in Command Prompt (or Prompt or other). Then open the C dive by typing C: then type format /s (remember to put /s otherwise your hard disk is then a total waste). I would strongly recommend a technician. G LUCK
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First Scan you pc with any good antivirus software. Lator on your antivirus software give you tha path where the viruses. go there place follow by path and deleat these files. Your system will be clean. and if you having more problem then mail me and chat me at mohit_shrivastava_2@yahoo.com
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I use "CleanUp!" (see link below), you will not believe how easy it is and it is FREE. It also has a "demo mode" that you can run without deleting any files so you can learn how to determine what is safe to delete but in auto mode it NEVER created a single problem for me. Shaj is not completely wrong BUT if you use recognized and proven software it makes your life easier, actually YOU can do more harm trying to do it yourself if you don't know what to delete and what to keep. I'm in the software business, you would not believe the damage I have seen caused by users who don't know what they are doing.
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online and free :(very cool)\nhttp://safety.live.com/site/en-US/center/howsafe.htm\nhttp://safety.live.com/site/en-US/center/cleanup.htm\nbut don't forget that it needs internet explorer.\n\nyou don't need to go to registry.changing registry without knowlwdge may cause your windows not to work.\nbut if you want you can go to start-run-regedit
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Try this, its free.\nCCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!\nhttp://ccleaner.com