Comparison

Compare WashAndGo 2010 with WashAndGo 8.7 and two other programs from competitors: CCleaner, which is a well known free cleaner, and TuneUp Utilities 2010. As you will see, WashAndGo is capable of removing more garbage, in all areas, than the other programs

Program	Abelssoft GmbH	Abelssoft GmbH	Piriform	TuneUp Softw. GmbH
	WashAndGo 2010	WashAndGo 8.7	CCleaner 2.08	TuneUp Utilities 2010
Cleaning functions
Free space
Scans harddisk for garbage	yes, configurable	yes	no	no
Cleans memory dumps	yes	yes	yes	yes
Cleans Windows Prefetch Cache	yes	yes	yes	no
Cleans Windows Log files	yes	no	yes	yes
Cleans Setup Cache	yes	yes	no	no
Cleans Temp folders	yes	yes	yes	yes
Detetects additional Temp folders	yes	yes	no	no
Correct errors
Corrects Registry errors	yes	yes	yes	yes
Removes damaged Uninstaller entries	yes	yes	yes	yes
Finds damaged links and file shortcuts	yes	yes	no	no
Removes traces
Cleans traces of programs	yes, more than 100	no	yes, more than 100	no
Cleans traces of Windows core system	yes	no	yes	no
Cleans traces of Microsoft programs	yes	no	yes	no
Cleans traces of Microsoft Office	yes, Office 97 - 2007	no	yes	no
Cleans traces of OpenOffice	yes, 1.1 - 2.4	no	yes	no
Cleans traces of InternetExplorer	yes	yes	yes	yes
Cleans traces of Firefox	yes	yes	yes	yes
Cleans traces of Google Chrome	yes	no	yes	no
Cleans traces of Opera	yes	yes	yes	no
Cleans traces of Safari	yes	no	yes	no
Security
Creates backups	yes	yes	no	yes
List of files excluded from cleaning process	yes, configurable	yes	yes, configurable	no
Creates System Restore point	yes	yes	no	yes
Tools
File Shredder	yes	no	no	yes
Removes files automatically with Fileshredder	yes	no	yes	no
File Unlocker	yes	no	no	no
Graphical view of file sizes	yes	no	no	yes
Beautification Functions (modify Icons...)	no	no	no	yes
Simple access to Windows tools	yes	yes	no	no
Handling
1-Click Cleaning (EasyClean)	yes	yes	yes	yes
Status view at start	yes	no	no	no
Infobar / Explanations of functions	yes	yes	no	yes
Cleaning reports	yes, very extensive	yes	no	no
Scheduled Clean (with automatic cleaning)	yes (yes)	no (no)	no (no)	yes (no)
Skinable	yes (7 Skins)	no	no	no
Set Priority of cleaning	yes	no	no	no
Service
Manual	yes, PDF	yes, PDF	no	yes
Email Support	yes	yes	no	yes