jv16 PowerTools 2012 to be released in April

jv16 PowerTools 2012 is currently in its final stage of testing and it will be released in April 18, 2012.

The cost of the new version will be $29.95 for first-time buyers, but for existing users – of any version – it will be offered at the discounted price of $5.95. All users who have bought the current 2011 version during September or after, will be able to update to the 2012 version without any upgrade fee.

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This is how it looks like:

What’s new

1. New tool: Immunize My Computer. This feature allows you to update your system’s hosts file with a single click. The hosts file is used to blacklist known malware spreading websites, the list of bad websites is provided by https://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
2. New powerful scanning features added to the Clean and Fix My Computer.
3. Greatly improved performance of the Software Uninstaller, both in its ability to find and list software leftover, and to uninstall the data.
4. Easier access to Mass file rename, merge files, split files, remove files on reboot, find and replace data inside files and wipe files features from the main program window.
5. Improved performance of the Disk Wiper.
6. Improved accuracy of the registry cleaner engine.
7. Full support for Windows 8.
8. Updates to translation files are now downloaded automatically from our server, no need to download the entire program again only to get a new version of a translation.
9. Settings tool now allows user to easily create shortcuts to jv16 PowerTools to the Windows desktop and the start menu.
10. Major improvements to the graphical user interface.
11. Major performance improvements within the entire product.