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
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| 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 |