Reviews of The Cleaner 2010

1. 
   Inniosoft

   Reviewing 6.2.0.2019 (Nov 15, 2009)

   First and foremost: This application is not worth the money. It's interface is poor, and it's quality is very low.
   
   Furthermore, there are better products for this kind of thing.
2. 
   anomoly

   Reviewing 6.1.1.2010 (Oct 26, 2009)

   I never see any
3. 
   ZenoLabs

   Reviewing 6.1.0.2007 (May 12, 2009)

   A good product, but it's NOT freeware.
4. 
   rotjong

   Reviewing 6.0.0.2000 (May 1, 2009)

   I downloaded and installed this new release after checking the website. It appears the developer has seen the error of his ways. I don't know if sales plummeted or what but we are back to there being a FREE version or a single payment 19.95 USD 1 year license with NO monthly fee for definitions or whatnot. I'm not yet sure what the differences are between the free and licensed versions. While the definition updates are still large (~20 MB) the engine scanning speed is fast as I remember it being in the past. A smart scan has also been re-introduced. Once upon a time I used the registered version back around v3 and v4 but with the licensing of v5 I just used the freeware version and hated it.
   
   TC 2010 v6 appears handy, once again. The downside is a smartscan yielded CmdLineExt03.dll being considered suspicious when it is connected to SecuROM and deleting it would be a bad thing.
   
   For now I'll be giving the software a 3 while I continue testing. If I like it as much as I used to then I will begin using it again. The 3 is for the re-introducing the smart scan, changing the licensing back to being within the realm of sanity, and cleaning up the GUI which became very ugly over time. I'm impressed so far. If things pan out and my continued experiments show it truly has improved then I will raise my rating. I don't wish to jump the gun and throw out a 4 or a 5 without fully testing.
   
   I began using The Cleaner back around 1997. It's truly good to see this product heading in the right direction again.
5. 
   rotjong

   Reviewing 5.5 Alpha (Jan 28, 2009)

   Long ago I loved this program. It was a "must have" piece of software and I paid for it. Then along came version 5 and the free & shareware versions. The quick scan feature which was extremely useful was removed.
   
   I used this as a freeware version so I cannot comment on the current status since you can no longer use it as freeware. The licensing cost makes it more expensive than many full antivirus programs. The 20 MB database updates are also out of hand. Something needs to be done about that.
   
   The program should be just as great as it ever was when it comes to removing trojans and RATs but the functionality has become hampered and the pricing is simply not worth it for me to find an excuse to keep in my arsenal of "must have" software.

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