Thoughts on Mozilla/Firefox-supported program called 'CleanCache'?

Anyone here maybe use and/or care to comment on the product called
CleanCache (now up to version 3.2, I believe:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4122.html)? It looks very efficient
and wide-ranging in its capabilities, but that's a reason why I'm asking
about it. Could it, for example, 'clean out' stuff that you might
actually want to retain? I think I heard good things about the program
some time ago, but I haven't yet installed it.

Thanks - Ken

Ken

Ken on 15/05/2006 wrote:

>Anyone here maybe use and/or care to comment on the product called
>CleanCache (now up to version 3.2, I believe:
>http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4122.html)? It looks very efficient and
>wide-ranging in its capabilities, but that's a reason why I'm asking about
>it. Could it, for example, 'clean out' stuff that you might actually want
>to retain? I think I heard good things about the program some time ago,
>but I haven't yet installed it.
>
>Thanks - Ken

I cannot see any info there that indicates it can clean FF cache, it seems
to be orientated toward IE and Windows XP. SpyBot S&D can do everything
that this program can do and much more except for emptying the recycle bin
and deleting the Temp files, but then, Windows clean up tool does that
effectively. SpyBot is also good for clearing cookies, it marks tracking
cookie spy-ware in red so you can immediately see what's essential to
clean and lists IE and FF cookies allowing you to protect what you don't
want deleted. I would go with SpyBot as it is fully configurable and you
can fine tune it to exclude specific products and registry MRUs so that
they are not included in a search and specific history you don't want to
delete is saved.

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Canopus wrote:

> Ken on 15/05/2006 wrote:
>
>
>>Anyone here maybe use and/or care to comment on the product called
>>CleanCache (now up to version 3.2, I believe:
>>http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4122.html)? It looks very efficient and
>>wide-ranging in its capabilities, but that's a reason why I'm asking about
>>it. Could it, for example, 'clean out' stuff that you might actually want
>>to retain? I think I heard good things about the program some time ago,
>>but I haven't yet installed it.
>>
>>Thanks - Ken
>
>
> I cannot see any info there that indicates it can clean FF cache, it seems
> to be orientated toward IE and Windows XP. SpyBot S&D can do everything
> that this program can do and much more except for emptying the recycle bin
> and deleting the Temp files, but then, Windows clean up tool does that
> effectively. SpyBot is also good for clearing cookies, it marks tracking
> cookie spy-ware in red so you can immediately see what's essential to
> clean and lists IE and FF cookies allowing you to protect what you don't
> want deleted. I would go with SpyBot as it is fully configurable and you
> can fine tune it to exclude specific products and registry MRUs so that
> they are not included in a search and specific history you don't want to
> delete is saved.
>
not only that, but the web address for the authors have vanished

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gwtc wrote:
> Canopus wrote:
>
>> Ken on 15/05/2006 wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Anyone here maybe use and/or care to comment on the product called
>>> CleanCache (now up to version 3.2, I believe:
>>> http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4122.html)? It looks very
>>> efficient and wide-ranging in its capabilities, but that's a reason
>>> why I'm asking about it. Could it, for example, 'clean out' stuff
>>> that you might actually want to retain? I think I heard good things
>>> about the program some time ago, but I haven't yet installed it.
>>>
>>> Thanks - Ken
>>
>>
>>
>> I cannot see any info there that indicates it can clean FF cache, it
>> seems to be orientated toward IE and Windows XP. SpyBot S&D can do
>> everything that this program can do and much more except for emptying
>> the recycle bin and deleting the Temp files, but then, Windows clean
>> up tool does that effectively. SpyBot is also good for clearing
>> cookies, it marks tracking cookie spy-ware in red so you can
>> immediately see what's essential to clean and lists IE and FF cookies
>> allowing you to protect what you don't want deleted. I would go with
>> SpyBot as it is fully configurable and you can fine tune it to exclude
>> specific products and registry MRUs so that they are not included in a
>> search and specific history you don't want to delete is saved.
>>
> not only that, but the web address for the authors have vanished
>
Thanks, guys. The web address is still cached by Google. There, the
author spells out all of the Mozilla/Firefox refinements.

But I think you've turned me off CleanCache 3! (There are other
products that safely clean up a little bit more than Windows's own
cleanup tool does. For example, there's something called Ashampoo
WinOptimiser Platinum 3, which I'm trialing at the moment - the trial
came on a DVD from a computers magazine.) For some reason, I find the
latest SpyBot off-putting.

- Ken

- Ken