FreeFixer is a software program that scans your computer for potentially unwanted software, drivers, start-up items and the like. This is a powerful program but it is a 'blunt tool' by which I mean that many of the items it finds will be legit and you wouldn't want to delete/remove them. Some items are shown in green which the program is verifying are ok. However when I ran my scan most items were in white (meaning no recommendation) and were legit.

As the program is free I highly recommend you download and run it. However before you use it to delete any items from your computer make sure you are aware exactly what the program/service/driver is and what it does. A quick Google search of the name and location should help

For those more cautious users you may like to use other tools to delete the entries. Ccleaner (www.piriform.com/ccleaner) is a good tool for showing programs that start-up with your computer & Revo Uninstaller (www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html) is an excellent tool for completely uninstalling programs and removing all the bits they leave behind

FreeFixer

FreeFixer is a general purpose removal tool which will help you to delete potentially unwanted software, such as adware, spyware, trojans, viruses and worms. FreeFixer works by scanning a large number of locations where unwanted software has a known record of appearing or leaving traces. The scan locations include the programs that run on your computer, the programs that starts when you reboot your computer, your browser's plug-ins, your home page setting, etc.

FreeFixer does not know what is unwanted, so it presents the scan result and it's up to you decide if some file should be removed and if some settings should restored to their default value. Please be careful! If you delete a legitimate file you may damage your computer. To assist you when determining if anything should be removed you can find more information at FreeFixer's web site for each item in the scan result. You can for example see what other users chose to do in the same situation. You can also save log file of your scan result and consult the volunteers in one of the FreeFixer helper forums.

For more detailed information about FreeFixer, please see the User's Manual.

Download

Download FreeFixer here. FreeFixer is freeware and Windows 2000/XP/2003/20008/Vista/7/8 compatible. FreeFixer runs on both 32- and 64-bit Windows.

Screenshots

FreeFixer startup screenshot.

Screenshot showing some of FreeFixer's scan result. Files listed with green background are on FreeFixer's list of trusted files. The files with white/gray background are unknown to FreeFixer, so it cannot say anything about them. (In this case, they are all legitimate files).