Micro Mart - 10 March 2016_

48 Issue 1404

Advanced SystemCare

Ultimate 9

A

dvanced SystemCare
is available in three
versions: Free, Pro
and Ultimate. The
first two are clean-up and
tune-up tools, with the free
version offering just a few
basic tools and the Pro version
including many more. The
difference between these two
and the Ultimate edition is
real-time virus and spyware
protection. In the Ultimate
package, on test here, you get
all the tune-up and clean-up
tools, plus security too.
The software has a smart
interface, with classic, dark
andreadable (light) skins to
choose from. Five tabs across
the top of the window provide
access to the features and
functions, and the first is
Antivirus. In the past,
SystemCare’s anti-virus and
anti-spyware protection was
criticised for being limited,
ineffective even, and not up to
the standard offered by more
popular security software.
The latest Advanced
SystemCare Ultimate uses the
Bitdefender anti-virus engine,
which is one of the best
security programs around. It
should ensure that you're
protected against threats on
the internet, but I would still
like to see evidence of its
effectiveness in virus detection
tests. The software can be

installed without enabling the

real-time protection if you just

want to use the clean-up and

tune-up tools. In addition to

virus detection, there's DNS

protection, which enables you

to switch to secure DNS

servers instead of your ISP’s.

There's also Browser Anti-

Tr acking, which runs certain

clean-up actions automatically

when the web browser is

closed to clear caches, history,

URLs and so on.

The Clean & Optimise tab

has a large Scan button anda

dozen different scan options.

You can scan the system for

spyware and theregistry for

errors, as well as addressing

privacy issues like internet

caches, file history, junk and

temporary files that are no

longer needed. There's alsoa

disk defragmenter to optimise

the disk contents. Some of

these operations can takea

long time, so there are options

to automatically fix problems

and the put your computer

into sleep mode afterwards or

to shut it down.

The Speed Up tab has

several options, and your

computer can be optimised for

work, games or battery life

with a mouse click. This

enables or disables various

system services according to

whether they're needed.A

Roland tries an all-in-one package that cleans, optimises and protects your PC

short list of services you can

manually disable to free up

memory and boost processor

power is provided.

TheToolbox tab provides

access to 26 different tools.

Some of these are built into

Advanced SystemCare

Ultimate, but others are part

of IObit’s collection of free

utilities that can be found on

the website. TheToolbox

makes it easy to access these

tools by checking if the one

you select is installed, then

downloading and installing it if

it isn’t, then running it. There

are too many tools to list, but

they include Driver Booster for

updating drivers, Uninstaller

for cleaning up and

uninstalling software, Disk

Doctor for checking your disk

for errors, a very detailed

Internet Booster with

comprehensive controls for

tweaking browser and internet

settings, Smart RAM memory

monitor and many more.

There's a lot in Advanced

SystemCare Ultimate, especially

if you download and install all

the tools available.Witha

three-PC licence costing just

£21.43, it's a bargain.

mmRolandWaddilove

A comprehensive

collection of tools at a

low price

7

8

Quality

Value

88

Overall

iThese days the security is provided by the Bitdefender anti-virus engine

iClean and optimise, just a few of the many functions offered by this package

DETAILS

• Price: £21.43 for
  three PCs


• Manufacturer: IObit


• Website:
  http://www.iobit.com


• Requirements:
  Windows XP, or later,
  1GB RAM, 1GHz
  processor, 500MB
  disk space