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Question

Fix Cleaner

Mar 2, 2012 10:46PM PST

Hi All,
Was wondering how everyone feels about downloading FixCleaner?I'm not sure if I should download it or not.The reason for downloading id my computer is so slow.
Thanks Mary

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Not reccomended.
Mar 3, 2012 12:02AM PST
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Generally speaking
Mar 3, 2012 2:30AM PST

Generally speaking, no software is going to speed up a computer. There are certain hard limits on performance in the way of the hardware. So any software that claims to do all these magical things like speed up your computer, or fix virtually any problem sight unseen, is looking to prove PT Barnum right when he said there was a sucker born every minute.

There are some exceptions, but they tend to be very situation specific. The bigger the claims being made by the company peddling a bit of software, the less likely any of them are to be true.