Unlike Comodo PC Tuneup and Iolo System Mechanic, tune-up utilities that let you freshen an unlimited number of PCs, CCleaner Professional Pro offers a single license for your nearly 40 bucks. The top-of-the-line Professional Plus (reviewed here) is a $39.95 application that adds hard drive defragmentation and file recovery, though it's via two bundled apps rather than being built in-more on that in a bit. The $24.95 Professional plan builds on the free option by offering more thorough computer cleaning, real-time system monitoring, automatic history cleaning, and automatic software updates. It has basic PC-cleaning capabilities, as well as privacy-protection tools that let you delete cookies, passwords, and other related browser files. The free version is, as you'd expect, the least feature-packed option. Despite its many attractive features, however, license limitations and other issues prevent it from dethroning the Editors' Choice award-winning Iolo System Mechanic. It boasts many system-enhancing features, including a drive-wiping tool, real-time system monitoring, and privacy-protecting tools. tune-up utilities capable of giving a heavily used PC a new shot at life.

Piriform's CCleaner Professional Plus is one of many tune-up utilities capable of giving a heavily used PC a new shot at life.

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