AVG Tune Up and Other 'Tune Up' Software

[EKuan]

I've been using AVG Tune Up 2014 for nearly a year, but then I noticed nearly 8 gigabytes of openclick.exe crash files that were being stored away in a folder. I was not happy with this and I decided to delete the program off my system. The question I have is if anyone feels that 'tune up' software is actually advantageous. I'm thinking about simply using CCleaner and being done with the likes of Tune Up Utilities or AVG Tune Up, etc. What is the consensus on these products?

 

[uplink-svk]

I thought that AVG and all of it's products are being world wide recognized and considered as ad/spy/hijack/bloat/malware in general, all of their products. I personally suggest NOT to use any of their products. All I've encountered within past two decade and half with their products were sheer problems.

 

[vrumor]

If you are looking for added performance, no program is going to do that. Most likely all that tune up was doing was turning off un-needed services which you can do yourself. If you want more performance, pay for it. Otherwise id steer clear of any kinda crap software like tune ups or tweaks.

 

[huilun02]

You could try Advanced Systemcare or Glary Utilities (but not both because they do the same thing)

AVG is like the #1 in false positives in my books.

As with any tuning or cleaning product, be sure to make backups before changes (most of them do that for you)

As a second line of protection make regular system restore backups.

 

[EKuan]

Thanks for the opinions. vrumor, I built my own system and poured quite a bit of change into it, so performance has never been an issue. My main goal in this post was to see what others think about these types of software. I'm not sure how much of a difference having AVG Tune Up for the last year has made, but I am happy with having 8 gigabytes of space back after deleting it from my system. I am wondering how advantageous it is to use Advanced Systemcare, Glary Utilities, AVG, CCleaner, etc.?

 

[Outlander_04]

I havent seen any tune up software , or registry cleaners that are worth the effort of installing

For an alternative free AV use AVAST
Its always been better and easier to use than AVG ..............just turn off the tune up module

 

[r0llinlacs]

I don't use any "anti"virus or tune up utilities except for CCleaner. I've never had any problems with it and it cleans quite a bit of junk off the system, including leftover registry entries from uninstalled programs. Also the ability to select custom folders to clean is nice.

 

[Paul NZ]

Theyre rubbish and can crash windows. Only one worth using is ccleaner. But I dont bother with the reg cleaner in it. Whats there stays there

 

[EKuan]

Good information. Looks like I will steer clear of them from now on. Sounds like CCleaner may be beneficial to clean-up unnecessary files, but all the other tweaking and performance utilities are junk. The majority of AVG Tune-up functions are functions Windows already has built in it anyhow. Thanks for the input.

 

[Outlander_04]

ccleaner is OK but it can be overly aggressive . I have seen it remove registry entries that were very much wanted and needed .

There is no reason to run the registry cleaner anyway . . It will not improve performance

 

[uplink-svk]

Outlander_04 - here I must disagree. Mainly on older computers, when I run CCleaner, the startup and boot of the system most of the time dramaticaly change. Of course some defrag. is needed too.

 

[huilun02]

Really it depends on the user, like how well he is able to to clear junk, tweak his system and control what runs and doesn't.

Also how well these tuning and cleaning utilities may appear to help you, may be affected by hardware like RAM quantity and the type of drive you are using.

For example a total PC noob might end up with lots of junk files, unused programs and background applications. But the effects of it may be barely noticeable if he is running a high end system with an SSD and lots of RAM.

On the other hand, a clean freak system builder with say only 4GB of RAM and a mechanical drive, will ensure nothing unnecessary is left installed and running. He will also regularly defrag is drive. As such his system will always be as snappy fast as the first day he ran it, and wouldn't need the services of tuning and cleaning software.

 

[uplink-svk]

huilun02 - we're living in a world of 7 billion people, where about 1,2 billion use computers more or less on/at daily basis, where more than 99% are illiterates what about common sense and mostly common sense at personal computer daily usage. So...that pretty much sums it all up

 

[huilun02]

Long story short, regardless of what it is you are trying to manage (be it a computer, phone, your car or house, your family) the more you know and obsess about it, the lower the likelihood of needing assistance.

 

[uplink-svk]

huilun02 - indeed. But if what You wrote were to be applied at least by some people, we wouldn't be living in a world, like we do, right?

In general, to this day I went through 3k+ clients, and less than 10 of them [not %] did have at least a spark of common sense. Just FYi. And end of my OT

 

[EKuan]

Again, since this was an opinion based question, I got what I asked for. I appreciate the two of you sharing your knowledge, but I'm not sure what your side conversation has to do with the topic. Looks like I got more opinion than I asked for. The best part about having knowledge is the ability to share it, so spread it to all those who lack, what has been termed, "common sense"; then the world would be a better place.