System mechanic is trash. Dont install that stuff. Also, WOT says a lot of sites are safe since it is crowd-powered. Some people dont know if it is good but still mark it as green.
I though that WOT just informed you that the site wasn't infected....
Sort of like Macafee "Site Advisor". No?
I'd say no, but thats just me.
To be honest, I associate System Mechanic with bloat-ware installed on prebuilt machines.
Exactly! The crap that they can't give away on its own recognizance, they try and threaten you it's going to expire when it's a trial, and extort money from you that way.
Basically, your PC will be in tip top shape if you: Run CCleaner regularly. Defrag your HDD, (especially in XP). Keep a bunch of start up garbage under control. When you get into heavy memory & CPU usage situations, then tame unneeded process when you feel the need for speed.
I mean really, do you need the process, "spoolsv.exe" running, when the system doesn't even have a printer attached.?
The only Iolo program I ever owned is "Drive Scrubber". Which was $29.95 with a $29.95 MIR, bought at the old CompUSA. I got the money back, BTW.
Still in all, "Darik's Boot and Nuke" is the same damned thing, and it's free from the jump.
So, depending on what you need done, there's freeware available to do the job. Need to check out your HDD? Just go to the maker's website and get their free suite of utilities.
Want to control start up programs. Hell, that and the host file control ("immunize") are the best features of SpyBotS&D, and that's free too.