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PC cleaning apps are digital snake oil.
Don’t pull out your credit card – these apps are terrible and you don’t need them.
If you do want to “clean your PC,” you could do it for free.
Let’s Investigate a PC Cleaning App
So what do these apps do, anyway?
MyCleanPC is one of the most prominent PC cleaning apps – it even advertises itself with television commercials.
After running a scan, you’ll see an alarming count of the number of problems on your setup.
It found 26267 issues on our computer.
That’s an extremely alarming number – but what exactly is an issue?
Yes, your box can be slow because its file system is fragmented.
Most people shouldn’t have to worry about defragmenting their hard drives anymore.
So yes, it’s been tested – PC cleaning apps are worthless.
Don’t believe the hype – skip the PC cleaning apps.
