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  2. CCleaner - Wikipedia

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    CCleaner can uninstall programs or modify the list of programs that execute on startup. [11] Since version 2.19, CCleaner can delete Windows System Restore points. CCleaner can also automatically update installed programs and computer drivers. [12] [13] CCleaner also has its own web browser called CCleaner Browser.

  3. Piriform Software - Wikipedia

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    Piriform Software Ltd. is a British software company based in London, owned since 2017 by Avast which itself became part of Gen Digital in 2022. The company develops cleaning and optimisation tools for Microsoft Windows, macOS and Android operating systems, including CCleaner, CCleaner Browser, Defraggler, Recuva and Speccy.

  4. Advanced System Optimizer - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] The software also includes utilities to repair missing or broken DLLs and erase files, and it features a recommendation section that displays problems and actions that can improve PC performance. The "single click care" option scans all areas of the computer for optimization. The optimization tab is used to free up memory of the computer.

  5. Registry cleaner - Wikipedia

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    A Registry cleaner cannot repair a Registry hive that cannot be mounted by the system, making the repair via "slave mounting" of a system disk impossible. A corrupt Registry can be recovered in a number of ways that are supported by Microsoft (e.g. Automated System Recovery , from a "last known-good" boot menu, by re-running setup or by using ...

  6. Category:Discontinued software - Wikipedia

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    Software that has been officially discontinued by the original developer and is not maintained by any other third party. The company that used to maintain it went bankrupt or ceased to exist for a variety of reasons, and no other company is going to maintain it (even if it was not officially discontinued)

  7. Malicious Software Removal Tool - Wikipedia

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    On May 19, 2009, Microsoft claimed that the software has removed password stealer threats from 859,842 machines. [6] In August 2013, the Malicious Software Removal Tool deleted old, vulnerable versions of the Tor client to end the spread of the Sefnit botnet (which mined for bitcoins without the host owner's approval and later engaged in click ...

  8. Device driver - Wikipedia

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    Even drivers executing in user mode can crash a system if the device is erroneously programmed. These factors make it more difficult and dangerous to diagnose problems. [3] The task of writing drivers thus usually falls to software engineers or computer engineers who work for hardware-development companies. This is because they have better ...

  9. Timeout Detection and Recovery - Wikipedia

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    Timeout Detection and Recovery or TDR is a feature of the Windows operating system (OS) introduced in Windows Vista.It detects response problems from a graphics card (GPU), and if a timeout occurs, the OS will attempt a card reset to recover a functional and responsive desktop environment.