Vista - What does everyone think of Advanced SystemCare 3?

I was wondering what everyone thought about....
Advanced SystemCare 3 3.3.0.64?

Is it valuable, or will it just screw up your computer?

Hi Shortmanstuff,

Don't know a lot about as I believe it is for 32 bit only.

If you are looking for an all in one free app. you might try

Glary Utilities | Glarysoft

I have always found it to be excellent.

Hope it helps

Is it safe to check all of the boxes? Should I not do the registry cleaner, because I hear that is bad?

http://www.brighthub.com/computing/s...ews/30034.aspx

Advanced systemcare 3
The program suggests disabling Vista system services, and this can result in Windows not functioning properly.
It performs scans/tasks without User Authorization, Bypasses/disables UAC, and connects (without a way to disable) to the Iobit servers, and displays "news" from this server that is not really news.

It is bundled with Yahoo Toolbar, and disables Antivirus/firewall programs that start with Windows (i.e., startup scans/rootkit scans)- allowing them to run only after it starts. The program is not equiped with anti-spyware scanning settings. The analysis of Advanced SystemCare's security analyzer is not recommended to follow-(due to wrong/imcomplete analysis), and doing so may corrupt Windows, necessatating a reinstall of Windows.

Advanced SystemCare does not live up to its name and could, if used incautiously, cause more problems than it would fix. The automatic tasks that it performs are unacceptable because the program does not request permission from the user. The poor startup performance of the system is another point to note and to the program's suggestion that NOD32, Norton, Nero, and Outpost processes are questionable is another unacceptable aspect of Advanced SystemCare. Users who want this kind of system utlility would be well advised to look elsewhere.

Summary:
Use at your own risk!, This program has the potential to corrupt Windows registry and disable Windows services. The protection/optimizing It alledges to offer is at best subpar, and ineffectual, at worst it is alkin to malware (i.e., Antivirus 2009)

User's experience- [corruption of Games folder, registry, IE8, Norton, difficulty In removing AS3]
http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?p=631020
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=162912
http://forums.iobit.com/showthread.php?t=2545
http://forums.iobit.com/showthread.php?t=2460
http://forums.iobit.com/showthread.php?t=2472
http://forums.iobit.com/showthread.php?t=2322

Quote:
"I purchased the Advanced SystemCare 3 software from Iobit
I use an HP Pavion
I used the registry defragment part of Advanced SystemCare 3
After that, the computer will not boot..."

Thank you. That's what I needed to know.