Monday 20 May 2013

Smart PC Fixer: Detailed Review

By Damian Lichtman


With dozens of ever-changing versions of computer scanning software available these days, it can be quite a headache to find one that actually lives up to its claim of effectively scanning, quarantining, and eliminating potentially harmful viruses. Even with comfortable names like Smart PC Fixer, how can you be sure it will actually remove errors to improve your PC's performance?

Prior to installing any new program, it is crucial to research all available information to educate yourself on its ins and outs. The Smart PC Fixer, introduced originally in early 2012, is equipped with a universally easy to use main menu. Rather than hiding features in folders, all of the available tools and functions are effortlessly at your fingertips.

This scanning system possesses the same features that the majority of registry cleaners have. These include system optimization, system fix, scan and clean, system tools, and even a backup option. At first glance, this "smart" fixer appears to have all of the necessary tools and capabilities to keep any computer running smoothly.

System optimization is the first step to speeding up the performance of your computer. Use of this feature makes it possible to minimize the clutter and other pointless junk that only serves to lag on your PC's service, initial startup, menu, and desktop. The intention of this, of course, is to reach maximum performance.

The helpful system fix tool was made to run a scan throughout your entire PC for any potential file corruptions or breaks. It finds these disruptions and brings them to your attention, allowing you to actively opt to fix or delete them. This comes in handy when you have any broken shortcuts, Active X, Winsock 2 troubles, or other malfunctioning files wasting precious space and slowing down an already aging system.

The usual scan & clean option is the essential selling point. Through the use of this feature, you also have a junk file cleaner and an evidence cleaner right at your fingertips. The evidence cleaner may sound like an extra incentive, but does not do much more than clear your internet history and cookies. This is a process that would take no more than thirty seconds of your own time.

The system tools feature gives a few additional tools to help improve overall computer performance. These extras include access to a file splitter, a file shredder, an uninstall manager, a disk defragmenter, a windows update checker, an ActiveX blocker, a toolkit for use on internet explorer-for restore and management options, and a BHO manager.

Every registry cleaner should already come with a backup tool, put in place to backup your important files and data before scanning and repairing. File names are never simply named "important" or "don't delete", so it's not so rare to accidentally delete an important a component necessary for your computer's stability. This is why backup is crucial to take advantage of.

In the end, the Smart PC Fixer came up quite short of being a worthwhile computer cleaner. The biggest perk it provided was the easy to use interface, but that hardly outweighed the cons. The registry scanner worked at a much slower rate than one would prefer, especially since other programs tended to lag when this feature was in use.

The accuracy of the Smart Fixer's scanner was also a disappointment. Removal of errors is guaranteed, but that depends on if the scanner can detect any malicious activity. Particularly disruptive viruses are smart at disguising themselves, and this PC Fixer was no detective. While it can't be said that it is useless or simply a sham, there are several other available registry scanners in the same price range that produced a much more comforting result.




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