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SlimCleaner - Free
Clean & optimize your PC with a crowd-sourced approach.
SlimCleaner is the world's first software that lets you clean and optimize Windows systems using a crowd-sourced approach. SlimCleaner uses aggregated-cloud feedback to recommend optimal settings for programs, start-ups and services.
SlimCleaner uses what's called "authoritative ranking" to ensure that the ratings for your programs are accurate and that they reflect what people really think. It works by weighing the ratings of each contributor against their previous levels of accuracy and against the ratings of high-ranking users.
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SlimCleaner combines the industry’s fastest PC cleaning engine with a community of users who provide real-time feedback to improve computer performance. SlimCleaner uses social networking and community-sourced feedback to tell people what’s on their computer, and what they can do about it: it’s like having an army of tech-savvy geeks helping consumers maintain their machines.
Cleaner
The industry’s fastest, most robust engine for analyzing and cleaning unneeded files that slow down a PC. SlimCleaner’s new cleaning engine is fast and powerful, analyzing entire computers in as little as one second.
Optimizer
The world’s first cloud-based optimization engine that allows users to adjust startups and services that impact PC performance, using community-powered feedback.
- “More Info” Dialogs: Dialog boxes that give detailed information about what an item on a PC does and how the community views it, including peer reviews, “what should I do?” and comments from other users.
- Granular Controls: Adjustable filters let users identify unneeded software and startups in seconds.
- Badges: In addition to a personalized Wall, registered users earn badges and rewards based on various factors such as accuracy of their ratings. The Wall contains users’ personal profiles, ratings’ history, comments and trust network – whom they trust and who trusts them.
- SlimWare AV Cloud Access: Lets users scan startup vectors for viruses and view results from multiple antivirus engines.
Uninstaller
The first community-powered uninstaller with access to SlimWare Utilities’ community feedback, reviews and comments. SlimCleaner uses a real-time stream from the cloud to compare against community feedback and make recommendations about which applications to keep or remove.
Software Updater
Lets users check for updates to the software on their PC and install those updates directly from SlimCleaner. SlimCleaner checks and installs updates for tens of thousands of commonly used software programs. Software updates are downloaded from SlimWare Utilities’ cloud, and all updates are scanned for viruses using CloudScan technology, SlimWare Utilities’ proprietary system of scanning files with multiple antivirus engines.
Intelligent Disk Defrag
Allows users to run a personalized defrag based on their specific PC hardware. SlimCleaner will identify a PC’s hardware configuration and allow users to start a defrag based on settings intelligently determined by SlimCleaner based on that individual PC.
Disk Tools
Easy to use disk utilities that allow you to manage, clean, and secure both internal and removable media using state of the art technology. Identify the data clogging up your drives or securely wipe sensitive information using a visually intuitive design.
Disk Analyzer Disk Analyzer provides a visual display of a PC's hard drive so that consumers can analyze the contents and easily identify what's taking up disk space. Disk Analyzer reads the contents of a drive to flag large files that are taking up an extraordinary amount of space, giving consumers the option to remove them. Users have the ability to view files by directory or file type. This feature is especially useful for consumers who use Ultrabooks and solid state drives, which offer less storage space and make it more important to have a clean, efficient drive.
Disk Wiper Disk Wiper is a clean-up tool that overwrites the raw sectors of a drive with random data to securely erase data that users would like to dispose of. In "free space" mode, Drive Wiper overwrites sectors that house unwanted data, left over from deleted files, with random data. This process secures the drive by making previously deleted files unreadable, without harming any files that actually exist. In "entire drive" mode, secondary partitions (NOT the C:\ drive) can be completely wiped of both currently-existing files and previously-deleted files.
Solid-State Drive Optimization:
Allows users to optimize the layout of files on their solid-state drives to speed-up loading programs and opening documents. The intelligent defrag system works with solid state drives by organizing files into logically sequential sectors while minimizing wear on the drive.
SSD Optimization means logically defragging the hard drive, so that to Windows, files are stored in logically sequential sectors. This process gets rid of the overhead Windows incurs when files are stored in non-logically-sequential sectors, and makes it easier and faster for the machine to load programs and open documents. Improvements in solid-state drive write cycles and endurance makes SSD optimization a good way to enhance solid state performance.
Duplicate Finder
Provides users with a quick, automated way to find and eliminate unnecessary duplicate files that can clutter and slow down a hard drive. The duplicate file finder wipes out extra or unneeded copies of files -- including text files, videos, music files, etc. -- that can take up space. The feature includes settings to allow for different levels of analysis.
The duplicate finder feature includes the company’s new “IntelliMatch Scan” engine, which uses SlimWare Utilities' IntelliMatch technology to identify all duplicates. The engine works similar to a high-end anti-virus to read the various parameters of each file and accurately identify all duplicates across an unlimited amount of drives.
Hijack Log
Scan for startup items, toolbars, BHOs, ActiveX controls, browser plug-ins and other third-party or malicious items that can “hijack” or modify a system. Get direct access to SlimWare’s cloud of antivirus scanners, or alternatively, VirusTotal, using the VirusTotal public API.
Windows Tools
Conveniently organizes system tools and settings in one easy interface. See all the windows tools such as device manager, performance monitor, security settings, restore settings, system Information and much more.
Additional Features and Benefits:
100% Portable: Make USB copies of SlimCleaner onto flash drives directly from the application. SlimCleaner retains its cloud data in a proprietary database format, which gives users offline access to many of SlimCleaner’s commonly used features.About SlimWare Utilities
SlimWare Utilities automates the solutions to the world’s computer problems. We provide cloud-based, community-sourced software that cleans, optimizes, and improves PCs. Founded on the premise that crowd-sourcing will revolutionize personal computing, SlimWare Utilities uses the cloud and the mechanics of social networking to provide customized information about what’s on a consumer’s computer, and what to do about, with the feedback and collective intelligence of users from around the globe: Community-Powered EvolutionWare. www.slimwareutilities.com, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.Copyright 2013 Slimware Utilities Corporation. All rights reserved. Information in this document is subject to change without prior notice.
How does SlimCleaner use the "Cloud" and What is "Community-Sourced" software?
To get the latest profiles on all the new software, SlimCleaner uses an online data cloud. This cloud is community-sourced, which means that it evaluates programs based on hundreds of ratings, some by tech professionals and others by users who've used the programs and want to tell others about them. When SlimCleaner assesses your PC, it actively streams data to the cloud, telling it exactly what sort of programs are installed. The cloud then streams back an optimization plan, customized to that computer.
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Why should I trust Cloud-Based Optimizations?
SlimCleaner uses what's called "authoritative ranking" to ensure that the ratings for your programs are accurate and that they reflect what people really think. It works by weighing the ratings of each contributor against their previous levels of accuracy and against the ratings of high-ranking users. The high-ranking users make up a specialized team of tech experts that evaluates the latest software. As an extra level of precaution, we also monitor incoming ratings and automatically detect whenever someone labels a program in a way that's outside the mean. This lets us look into the program more carefully, taking care to guarantee the best evaluations.
Why do you keep SlimCleaner free?
We approach the ever-evolving computing world with a fundamental idea, that the people who use computers know what they want. By offering our applications for free, we can contribute to an active and vital network of problem solving where everybody can have an opinion and a voice. We will eventually market an all-in-one suite that combines the features of SlimCleaner with other essential computer functions. But SlimCleaner will remain completely free to the computing community!
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Release: December 12, 2012
File Size: 718KB
License Type: Free
Price: Free
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
Notes:
- A few fixes to client-server communication
Version History of SlimCleaner
Version 4.0.25845 (December 12, 2012)
- A few fixes to client-server communication
Version 4.0.24980 (November 6, 2012)
- The disk wiper now warns the user of the complete lost of data when fully wiping a disk.
- The disk wiper now warns the user that all applications should be closed when performing a free-space wipe.
- Upon cancelling a full disk wipe, the disk wiper will warn the user that some data is now lost.
Version 4.0.24141 (October 2, 2012)
- GUI Updates and New Color Scheme: SlimCleaner 4.0 has numerous GUI framework updates as well as a new Black Color Scheme.
- Intelligent Defrag: Allows users to run a personalized defrag based on their specific PC hardware. SlimCleaner will identify a PC’s hardware configuration and allow users to start a defrag based on settings intelligently determined by SlimCleaner based on the PC’s hardware.
- Software Updater: Lets users check for updates to the software on their PC and install those updates directly from SlimCleaner. SlimCleaner checks and installs updates for tens of thousands of commonly used software programs. Software updates are downloaded from SlimWare Utilities’ cloud, and all updates have been scanned for viruses using CloudScan technology, SlimWare Utilities’ proprietary system of scanning files with multiple antivirus engines.
- Solid-State Drive Optimization: The intelligent defrag system works with solid state drives by organizing files into logically sequential sectors while minimizing wear on the drive.
- Duplicate Finder: Provides users with a quick and automated way to find and eliminate duplicate files that can clutter and slow down their hard drive. The duplicate file finder wipes out extra or unneeded copies of files -- including text files, videos, music files, etc. -- that can take up space. The feature includes settings to allow for different levels of analysis. The duplicate finder feature includes our new “IntelliMatch Scan” engine, which uses SlimWare Utilities' IntelliMatch technology to identify all duplicates. The engine works similar to a high-end anti-virus to read the various parameters of each file to accurately identify all duplicates across an unlimited amount of drives.
Version 3.0.21617 (June 19, 2012)
- FIXED: UI issues in the Login dialog
- FIXED: The create account and Facebook login dialogs are not compatible with the AtlGr key on international keyboards.
Version 3.0.20442 (May 1, 2012)
- FIX: Minor bug fixes
Version 3.0.20345 (Apr. 27, 2012)
- FIX: Temporarily disable cleaning for browser section if that browser is running
- FIX: Improved cleaner section settings
- NEW: Added option to scheduler for task type (clean or scan)
- Changed default behavior of scheduled task to clean instead of scan
Version 3.0.20176 (Apr. 20, 2012)
- NEW: The large cloud sync databases are now downloaded in the background.
- NEW: The Cleaner now has an option to shred the file it deletes for more security.
- FIX: The Disk Utilities window can now be maximized by double-clicking its title bar.
- FIX: The Select/Unselect All menu options work in all the Hijack Log sections now.
- FIX: Clicking Clean in the Cleaner after using the Analyze from the right-click menu will now only clean the analyzed section.
- FIX: Clicking Abort in the Cleaner during the Registry scanning or cleaning will now stop the it.
- FIX: The Registry section in the Cleaner now restores correctly when click Restore Defaults.
- Made a file shredder a little bit faster.
- The UI flow in the Cleaner has been changed to be less confusing.
Version 3.0.20085 (Apr. 17, 2012)
- New Disk Utilities including revamp Shredder, and new Disk Wiper and Disk Analyzer tools.
- Added an option to install and uninstall the SlimCleaner context menus in Windows Explorer.
- Users can now login with their Facebook account.
- Fixed some minor bugs
Version 2.0.18282 (Feb. 1, 2012)
- Fixed some minor bugs in the installation package.
- Optimized cloud communications.
Version 2.0.17996 (Jan. 20, 2012)
- Fixed an issue that prevented Google Chrome from closing when cleaning.
Version 2.0.17798 (Jan. 12, 2012)
- Fixed minor drawing issue with some dialog backgrounds.
Version 2.0.17780 (Jan. 11, 2012)
- Minor bug fixes with CloudSync communications.
Version 2.0.17128 (Dec. 15, 2011)
- Smaller installer.
- Fixed issues with Chrome extension settings in the Cleaner.
- Improvements to the more info dialog.
Version 1.9.17058 (Dec. 12, 2011)
- Fixed issues in cloud communications code.
Version 1.9.16962 (Dec. 8, 2011)
- Fixed some graphical display issues.
Version 1.9.16915 (Dec. 6, 2011)
- Minor bug fixes.
Version 1.9.16726 (Nov. 28, 2011)
- Improved cleaning speed for some sections.
Version 1.6.12525 (Jun. 6, 2011)
- Added login cookie filtering support in the Cleaner for IE, Firefox and Chrome.
- Added support for the DOM/Local Storage in the Cleaner for IE and Firefox and partially for Chrome.
- The cookie scanner for IE will now get the Low cookies.
"...presents a power user's dream of useful Windows cleaning tools while rolling in some crowdsourcing to help you make sure you're not making mistakes. "
SlimCleaner crowdsources power cleaning
Seth Rosenblatt
May 27, 2011
C-net Download.com
"Anyone who wants to keep their PC in tip-top shape could benefit from SlimCleaner. It offers some tools that CCleaner doesn't... "
SlimCleaner's Crowd in the Cloud Helps Tidy Your PC
Preston Gralla
Jun 1, 2011
PCWorld
"If you’re looking for a freeware application that not only gets in there and cleans out the deep dirt, but offers a range of additional functionality, then SlimCleaner should definitely make your short list "
SlimCleaner Final – Optimizer, Uninstaller, Shredder and Anti- Hijacker Built In
Bill Mullins
May 26, 2011
Tech Thoghts
"Who do you listen to about cleaning your PC, checking it for malware, and making it run all-around faster? Free utility SlimCleaner is powered in part by the cloud and community intelligence "
SlimCleaner ComputerWorld Review
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Jun 1, 2011
ComputerWorld
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