Is iTop / IObit software safe?

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PuP means “Potentially unwanted Program”

IOBit software is ineffective at best, and an outright malicious scam at worst

They’ve stolen Malwarebytes intellectual property, their software (such as driver booster) invents fake errors to get you to buy it, and even occasionally installs or overwrites working drivers then asks you to pay to fix them (which can cause issues with things like printers).

An example here: https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/369myy/iobit_it_really_is_a_scam_right/

and Here from Malwarebytes staff: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/29681-iobit-steals-malwarebytes-intellectual-property/

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Thanks.

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I will say that their Systemcare helped clear out like 20GB of old junk in the Windows folder that Disk Cleanup was ignoring. Pretty much the only reason I tried it is the Windows folder was enormous and Disk Cleanup thought it was fine. I think I used their Driver Booster in the past only when I couldn’t find drivers myself and it found them. I definitely learned not to trust its update recommendations, though, after I “updated” a few and it broke stuff.

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I guess I’ll be uninstalling based on this information.

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Thanks again!