CleanSweep 2001 (a.k.a. v5.0) improves your PC's performance by safely and easily removing unwanted programs and files, protecting you from accidental file deletion. The Internet Sweep feature cleans away clutter accumulated by Web surfing (things like cookies, Web pages, URLs, plug-ins, and so on), while Fast & Safe Cleanup automatically removes files you no longer need. The new version sports the standard house-style front end presented by all Norton programs. It also allows you to run Fast & Safe directly from the CD, which lets you clean up your hard drive before installing new software.

CleanSweep monitors programs you install, so that it knows exactly what's been done to your PC. This, in turn, guarantees that you can completely uninstall a program with just a few mouse clicks. You can view the contents of individual files before deciding whether to discard them, or, if you're the cautious type, archive them. The separate Fast & Safe Cleanup application frees disk space quickly and reliably, and the Registry Cleanup feature generates a huge list of potentially invalid entries.

If you need to free up space, CleanSweep's Move Wizard can relocate programs to different drives safely, and will update all of the title's dependencies and registry settings in the background. Mobile users will like its Transport Wizard, which moves programs to different machines so you can swap apps and data between your laptop and other PCs.

CleanSweep's speed, reliability, and clean interface make it a good choice in a crowded field of uninstaller utilities. Better still, buy it as part of the Norton SystemWorks 2001 suite. --Roger Gann

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