New App Sweeps Up Unwanted Data to Safely Restore
Precious Space; Doesn’t Suggest Removing Competitive Products
Mobile
World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, March 3, 2015 – Avast
Software, maker of the most trusted mobile and PC security in the
world, today announced the launch of Avast GrimeFighter, a new application that
helps Android users free extra memory on their devices with just a few taps. Unlike
some mobile device cleaners, Avast GrimeFighter doesn’t violate user trust by
recommending the removal of competitive products in order to install more apps
from that developer. Avast GrimeFighter will help the more than one billion
Android users free up anywhere from 500MB to 1GB of storage per device to enjoy
faster performance.
Avast GrimeFighter scans all the
applications on an Android device and identifies unimportant or superfluous
data for one-tap removal. This excess data comes in the form of initiated app
downloads, residual data, thumbnails, and app caches. In addition, many popular
applications, like Facebook and Instagram, can inflate significantly from their
original download size through regular use. Avast tested some of the most
popular Android apps and found that their size can grow exponentially during
one week of heavy usage:
install
size: additional
data accumulated:
1) Facebook
36.7MB 153MB
2) Flipboard 12.6MB 71.1MB
3) Google Maps 23.21MB 68.8MB
Avast GrimeFighter helps users identify
these data accumulations and eliminate the excess data files without damaging
the application’s functionality, all from one clean and simple-to-use
interface.
In order to maximize storage capacity, Avast
GrimeFighter can sync with users’ personal cloud storage accounts so they can
manage their device storage without having to delete valuable data. Users can simply
drag files to the cloud icon within the easy-to-navigate interface, and Avast GrimeFighter
will instantly transfer them to a safe folder in the cloud. Avast GrimeFighter
can even assist users in setting up a Dropbox account. The application is currently
compatible with Dropbox and additional popular cloud storage solutions will
soon be added.
“Many Android users cite limited storage as
one of their main concerns, but most don’t know how to fix the problem without
deleting the applications or files that they love,” said Jude McColgan, president
of Mobile at Avast. “Avast GrimeFighter is a simple-to-use solution for Android
users to manage their device storage, so they can save the data that matters to
them, and enjoy better performance thanks to newly-cleared device storage. Unlike
some of our competitors, we don’t recommend the removal of competing products –
that only serves the interest of the app developer and not the customer.”
Avast GrimeFighter operates in two modes:
Safe Cleaner and Advanced Cleaner. Safe Cleaner is a customizable scanner that
quickly identifies unimportant data for instant removal. Advanced Cleaner runs
in parallel to Safe Cleaner and maps all of the device storage and creates a
simple overview of all files and applications that take up space. Advanced
Cleaner locates inflated or unused applications, and arranges them by file
type, size, usage, or name, so users can permanently remove the files and free
up storage space.
Avast GrimeFighter is in public beta and available
for testers at https://plus.google.com/communities/112394513906169233317.
