Comparison

Compare WashAndGo with PurgatioPro and 2 other programs from competitors. CCleaner, which is a well known free cleaner and TuneUp Utilities 2008. As you can see, WashAndGo is capable of removing more garbage in all areas than the other programs

Program	Abelssoft GmbH	Abelssoft GmbH	Piriform	TuneUp Softw. GmbH
	WashAndGo 2008	WashAndGo 8.7	CCleaner 2.08	TuneUp Utilities 2008
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
Remove traces
Cleans traces from programs	yes, more than 100	no	yes, more than 100	no
Cleans traces from Windows core system	yes	no	yes	no
Cleans traces from Microsoft programs	yes	no	yes	no
Cleans traces from Microsoft Office	yes, Office 97 - 2007	no	yes	no
Cleans traces from OpenOffice	yes, 1.1 - 2.4	no	yes	no
Cleans traces from InternetExplorer	yes	yes	yes	yes
Cleans traces from Firefox	yes	yes	yes	yes
Cleans traces from Opera	yes	yes	yes	no
Cleans traces from Safari	yes	no	yes	no
Security
Creates backups	yes	yes	no	yes
List for excluding files from cleaning process	yes, configurable	yes	yes, configurable	no
Creates Systemrestorepoint	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 Functionalities (modify Icons...)	no	no	no	yes
Simple access to Windows tools	yes	yes	no	no
Handling
1-Click-Cleaning (EasyClean)	yes	yes	yes	yes
Statusview at start	yes	no	no	no
Infobar / Explanations to 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
Free Updates	yes, free for 2 years	yes, free for 2 years	yes	no
Email-Support	yes	yes	no	yes