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Choose from different levels of privacy protection, from minimal internet for apps and services to a strict setting that blocks access. I’d like it more if it didn’t prompt me at every step CCleaner is a lot more user-friendly in this regard.īefore diving into the password manager part of Iolo System Mechanic Ultimate Defense, there’s also a ‘Privacy’ tab. ‘Deepclean’ is a seven-step process of removing unnecessary files, cleaning up registry entries and freeing up system resources. To access additional optimisation features, there’s a drop-down menu. According to the included community metrics, only one of the entries had most people agreeing it should be disabled or delayed. The other warning was for six “potentially unwanted start-up programs”. That’s a very dramatic dichotomy for what amounted to a recommendation to remove CCleaner Update from my start-up settings, which it flagged as unnecessary (and the community was 94% against this recommendation). System Mechanic flagged one start-up item as “unnecessary or dangerous”. Clicking on the number reveals the system recommendations, which can be reviewed for more detail or skipped. My Surface Laptop 4 scan had no major issues but there were two recommendations. After a few seconds, you’ll be greeted with a system status, including issues and recommendations. This tab of the software looks eerily familiar to the antivirus section, and you’re initially encouraged to run a system scan. Iolo System Mechanic Ultimate Defense’s main selling feature is system optimisation. While Google Chrome does a good job of blocking it anyway, when I bypassed those protections, the files still failed to download, which tells me System Mechanic Ultimate Defense was doing its job. This fake virus is a way to test antivirus.

You should never use a real virus for antivirus testing, which is where the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR) dummy files stepped in to help. For context, my Surface Laptop 4 fans were pumping during the entire scan. Running an initial full system scan used up more Windows 11 resources than I was expecting, certainly in comparison to the minimal impact I’m used to from Windows Defender. I had to uninstall Spybot to even activate real-time antivirus threat protection, even though the free version of Spybot isn’t a substitute for active antivirus. During my tests, the first hurdle was that Iolo System Mechanic Ultimate Defense didn’t play nice with Spybot – Search and Destroy.

Iolo System Mechanic Ultimate Defense asks for Windows admin privileges whenever you try to access it.

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