Tuneup Utilities

Shadowjk

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Hello Guys,

I have been looking around on the Web recently and have found this Program called Tuneup Utilities 2010

I am Just wondering if it is any good? Does anyone use it? Please post What you think


Many Thanks,
Josh
 

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It looks like a program that people who want a 1 stop click and go type program.

You can get most of theses applications for free else where.
 

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Looks like one of those slightly dodgy programs, which, like registry cleaners, often cause more harm than good. Not something I would use. Just back to the same old tips and tricks would be best.

Defrag
Remove unnecessary startups
etc etc.

If you follow all the normal guidelines, you will be fine. I certainly would not go near it, but of course it is your choice.

Richard
 

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I actually downloaded it and ran just the scan part to see what it detected. It found 3 "problems", 2 of which I wasn't actually aware existed (but should have been) concerning shared access rights. To go further, I'd have to fill out a section concerning how I use the computer and all sorts of information and I'm not in the mood and further, I don't intend to actually let it do a tune-up or modification of any sort. I have not run the program to do the "tune-up" or any parts of it (let alone the one-click option where you have no control) even to fix these problems (though I will fix them myself now that I'm aware of them) - and I have no intention of doing so since I simply do not trust it to cause no harm. It's not even a matter of thinking it may somehow help - I'm much more concerned that it will cause some type of problem that may be difficult or complicated to resolve (pretty much what Richard said). It was probably unwise to even download the trial, but it seemed interesting so I did it just to check it out - at least it doesn't seem like the download and scan alone are dangerous and I didn't get the impression it was a total scam to infect me (and hope I'm right, but I'll be running some full scans after it is uninstalled just to be sure).

After typing this post I intend to remove it using Revo just to be extra sure I get everything.

I hope this helps.

Good luck!

P.S. Revo found LOTS of stuff that the regular uninstall program didn't get both in the registry and in the files - so if you do decide to try it and then uninstall, do so with Revo in Advanced mode. Considering the changes I saw it made in the registry (just the ones that weren't removed with the uninstall program!) I'm now certainly glad I didn't let it do its thing. As Richard surmised, it seems to incorporate "registry cleaning" in the mix (and it seemed like a whole lot more involving quite a few other installed programs that didn't seem to be related but had changes made to them which would have done who knows what). Who knows what changes it might have made if I had let it do its thing - I shudder to think about it and am glad it is gone and now I'm going to run every malware and spyware and AV program I have in full scan mode. If I had just downloaded it I would System Restore as well, but I actually did it 15 days ago (I can't remember how I learned of it - it was probably in some post) and never got around to testing it before this post and don't really want to go through the hassle of re-installing everything done since then (since I did download and install quite a few programs after running through our listing of free Vista software (plus IE9 beta) and who knows how many updates of various sorts plus whatever configuration changes I made and I honestly can't remember if I did or what they were). I'll trust the programs to work and then run Hijack This to see if I see anything suspicious. Still it was a free trial and did alert me to two network issues I hadn't noticed - but it was spooky how much Revo had to remove and how much even what I saw affected let alone what else was there before the uninstall program was run). I really should know better than this - anyway, let's hope nothing that can't be cleaned up is found (preferably nothing) and everything is back as it was. I have to remember to also check task scheduler for update or other scheduled tasks and msconfig for any startup entries.
 
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^Thats why you need VM machine..... If it gets bugger, you just hit delete:)
 

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  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Yeah I decided to Install it to test it out and I was really shocked at the Amount of Ram and CPU Power it used about 100MB :shock: Plus to me it was a Load of rubbish for a Pro but for a Newbie to a Computer who wants to speed it up then it isn't bad, But it does slow down your computer

Josh
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10GHz
    Motherboard
    Foxconn H67MP-S/-V/H67MP
    Memory
    8.0GB DDR3 @ 665MHz (2GBx4)
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD HD Radeon 6870
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    SMB1930NW (1440x900@60Hz)
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    977GB Seagate ST31000524AS ATA Device (SATA) + 250GB WD iSCSI attached Drive
    Case
    Novatech Night
    Keyboard
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
    Mouse
    Dell HID-compliant mouse
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