PC Scanning Software Tools

There is a great breadth and depth of products online that attack 'hard disk cleaning' using a range of methods. This is not the only function that these PC scan tools can do, some can delete private data, clean up porn files, find unlicensed software installed on the computer, and reveal where all the free space on your disk has gone.

Despite the fact that cleaning out your computer is well worth the effort, we must think about the negatives too, before proceeding. Consider the possibility that personal files may accidentally be erased by the software we use or when cleaning the files yourself. In any case the cleanup process for unneeded files consumes your time more so when cleaning manually however software use will will take time as well. For most people these risks are minimal and the gains are good compensation for these drawbacks.

Automated drive cleaning software tools exist in several main forms. The most popular seem to be free or commercial disk cleanup tools like the free 'DCleaner' utility that are used to get rid of useless files and folders and recover room on the disk. There are also privacy protectors clean up internet tracks and typed URL entries found in your browser, including 'evidence' and 'privacy' cleanup tools. Another type of utility is the 'porn remover', which is specifically used to disclose the location of porno files and a range of other inappropriate files and allows deletion of these items. A further category of cleaning software consists of forensic style software which can overwrite with 1s and 0s, random data from any part of the hard drive, with no chance of others being able to find it.