I have many years experience fixing computers, programming them and experimenting with optimization suites and anti virus software. I also work with digital kiosks, point of sale systems/self checkout scanners, and object oriented programming.
I can tell you that IObit works great and will not damage most computers based upon the 7 brand names I tested. In fact I have never seen IObit damage a single computer.
Their "Advanced Systemcare with Antivirus" has the unique ability in that it can't even detect viruses, and the "Systemcare" bit does nothing useful at all.
Of course the magazine reviews will hype it up - they have to, otherwise the companies stop advertising
My Avanced Systemcare with Antivirus detects viruses that my old Trend Micro and Norton missed.
What advertising do you refer and in what magazines? The magazines I use do not even advertise these software.
alwarebytes is a different animal
Comes from a different company, and it works. But its a malware scanner, not an optimisation program and so not comparable.
I never stated that MalwareBytes was not a scanner or that it was the same thing as IObit optimization program, but rather that it works great with IObit and in addition, I downloaded it from CNET.
As for "cookie cleaner" - do you mean CCleaner? The C in that stands for CrapCleaner, not cookie....and yes its a good program in the correct hands. Nothing to do with IObit though - it comes from Piriform
Very minor semantic issue. It does clean up crap, but I often generically refer to it as cookie cleaner, but in the future I will just state CCleaner.
Yes CCleaner comes from piniform, but I am unsure of your point--I use MalwareBytes, IObit and CCleaner together and have done so on many different computers for over a year with great success.