AVG - TuneUp (5-Device) (1-Year Subscription) - Android, Mac OS, Windows

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• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Hidden Cache Begone

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  I was partway through writing a detailed review about the intricacies of the AVG TuneUp software when I realized I was writing the same thing over and over again, which is a very good thing in this case because this product does exactly what it says it is going to do in every regard. The download and set-up process was straightforward, and once set-up, will prompt you to scan your computer (or phone) for the first time. From here everything is nicely divided into several categories for cleaning up your computer. The software will detect junk files, browser cache, cookies, etc. and let you choose what to delete and what to keep. You can sleep programs operating in the background, which can speed boot time, and you can set the software to automatically update your programs for you. Among all of this, one of the nicest things about this is how all of this is consolidated into one clean interface, allowing you to maintain much of your software from one environment. All of this holds equally true and then some for the mobile companion app that is included with the TuneUp software. While I found that the desktop version cleaned up some space and helped manage some resource heavy applications that I didn’t realize were running, in the end, I found that it didn’t make that much of a difference for my boot-up time, storage space, or overall system speed. On the mobile side however, things were far more effective. The mobile app helps you compress photos to save space, hibernate battery draining apps, set a customer power-saving profile, delete hidden cache, and more. In fact, by deleting hidden cache and compressing some photos, my phone’s storage increased by almost 50% with just a few clicks. So to sum it all up, it works great! I really have no complaints, and if you need a simple and effective solution for cleaning up desktop or phone space, and removing resource hogging applications, you can’t go wrong here! Yes, it may not be the most effective if you have a newer computer or phone, but the older the product the more likely you will be to see a noticeable difference in your device’s day-to-day functionality.

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  Posted 5 years ago by Jacbo14

• Rated 4 out of 5 stars

  Found broken links, excess and duplicate files...

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  Found broken links; excess and duplicate files; duplicate photos, documents, videos; registry entries, etc.,. I ran the maintenance tools two days in a row. There is an auto-run feature, but I prefer to know whats happening to my system. It ran an intense disk repair, even on my SSD boot disk. Freed up a few hundred GB of disk space as well as cleaned lost registry entries. Downloaded files that were just hanging around were marked for deletion. I then said okay and they were gone. But, not entirerly. If you find something not working just right, you have the option of restoring it just like un-delete. COOL. My big test was running my Architectural ACAD program. It seemed to run smoothly, so far no problems. At times I see some lag from everyday things like spell check and web page loading. I suppose its looking for malicious software as I also use AVG Secure Browser. One good feature: fix and delete broken shortcuts. Sometimes you delete a program and forget to remove the shortcuts. Tracking cookies are also dealt a quick sweep off my system. As is the browsing history and downloaded orphaned files. System junk, gone. You can see the screen shots from day two's maintenance run.

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  Posted 5 years ago by JerryZ

• Rated 3 out of 5 stars

  Ok utility software, but with some bugs.

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  AVG TuneUP is a utility software designed to clean up your computer, which, over time, will accumulate tons of junk files, registry mis-matches, dead shortcuts, and well, basically just a bunch of "sludge" that sits in the background slowing your computer down. This aims to help clean it up, and in theory, speed up your computer. I decided to try it on a Windows laptop that I had updated from Windows 8 to Windows 10, since updating usually leaves scattered files and junk behind on a system. I downloaded the installation which took quite a while to install once it downloaded. Eventually though, it began to run. The first time you run it, it wants to do a scan, which will look for any issues you may have in your registry files, shortcuts, junk files, clutter in your browsers, cookies in the browsers, and history of where you've visited, etc. The scan started going down the list, but then a bug showed itself - the screen just closed. It didn't minimize... it literally just closed. Then, the icon for the program disappeared from my desktop, and it didn't even show up under my "all programs" area - it was as though it literally uninstalled itself right in the middle of a scan. About two minutes later, suddenly, it re-appeared, icon, scan screen and all, and has finished it's scan (??). I have ZERO idea what could cause a program to literally disappear yet still be running, and then re-appear again. But, it was there and still working. It found issues in every category. You need only to tell it to continue after the results are displayed, and it "fixes" each one. You can then see a dashboard screen which allows you more control over things like just speeding up the machine, freeing up space, fixing problems, etc. It fixed my issues, but then, bug number 2 - it showed that it had started another scan again. I went into the scan screen and it just showed a small, spinning, icon which I could not pause or stop. This continued for over an hour and nothing I did would stop it. Closing the computer and restarting it had the same results, as did rebooting the laptop entirely. Now - did it work in terms of speeding up the laptop? I think it did to some degree. I noticed a few things being a bit speedier when I used them. The registry cleaner part did not seem to do any damage - all was well on that front. I'm just not sure with the bugs as they are if I could recommend it, though. Programs "disappearing" mid-use, re-appearing, and starting parts of their applications on their own and never ending, concern me. Again, it's maybe a glitch, or maybe something that can be fixed with updates, so I won't say "don't buy it" as it did seem to improve the laptop. But I do caution that you might experience bugs a long the way.

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  Posted 5 years ago by AtlantaGreg