Geekout.tv's Favorite Freeware #2

CCleaner

Developer: Piriform

Formerly known as CrapCleaner, this app is one of my personal favorites. Not only does it have a catchy and honest name, but it works great too. CCleaner is a fantastic and easy way to get rid of all that Windows and internet gunk that builds up in your computer over time.

It cleans Windows temp files, IE, Firefox, and Opera browsing history and temporary internet files, and can even get rid of traces of recently opened documents in windows and many popular 3rd party programs. Plus, it has a registry cleaner built-in that can automatically back up your registry in case something bad happens. The best part is how fast it runs though. Normally about 2 seconds for file cleaning, and around 10 seconds for registry cleaning for me. That's blazing compared to Norton Systemworks. CCleaner does pretty much everything Systemworks does, and it's $40 cheaper! And, it's compatible with every version of Windows from 95 to Vista, except Windows XP 64-bit.

So if you need to free up some disk space, or if Windows is just feeling sluggish, and you want to spruce it up a little bit, try out CCleaner. This is the best and easiest cleaning app I have ever used.

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There's also a portable version you can run straight from