GrimeFighter details missing

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Got the GrimeFighter popup today. Not a big fan of “cute” or “over-simplistic” information about my computer (I’ve been in IT since 1984 and I do a LOT with my computer and configure it at a detailed level) so when it listed vague descriptions of what it would “fix” and encouraged me to simply click “Optimize”…well…just imagine my hesitation.

So my questions:

  • what DOES happen when I click optimize?
  • Will I have a chance to inspect in greater detail what’s about to happen BEFORE it happens?
  • Can I undo?
  • Can I pick and choose individual items?
  • Is this even valid for Avast Free or will it simply pop up and tell me that I should upgrade?
  • Can I turn the pop ups off?
  • Can I stop its scanning efforts?
  • Can I exclude permanently given issues?

The whole thing seems a bit half-baked so far, but if someone would simply tell me what’s going to happen next when I click - well, I might just click… :wink:

2

You can find all the information about Grimefighter here http://www.avast.com/en-us/faq.php

I’d recommend you read the system requirements first.

3

No, that’s the entire problem, there’s no information what is being done or what has been done.

4

I ran this utility yesterday and while it marginally improved boot up and shutdown times, I had to launch TweakUI to get my windows sounds running again - General | Check “Beep on errors”

A bit disappointed there were no logs identifying the changes.

I7-2600K, 8G RAM, Dual Boot XP-Pro3/Linux Mint.

PS: many of your CAPTHA characters for verification are unreadable…

5

GrimeFighter is not targeted at IT pros. It’s simplistic and made so that it doesn’t confuse tech-illiterate (average?) users. If you’re in IT and keep a clean system there’s a big chance you don’t need it anyway.