Boot Cleaner?

[IronHiDe]

I have Ad-aware and avast on this pc, but when i started it this morning, it said: Boot cleaner starting. First thing i thought: Cleans my boot and deletes everything, so i kinda waited like 2 sec for it to start.
Then i saw it delete 3 files, i paniced and hit the restart button my pc. My questiong: WTF is the boot cleaner, and if it is any harm?

[Marten]

You should let it run, it's Ad-aware's way of taking care of threats it can't remove when the Windows is already booted up.

[Conroy]

Starting (booting) a computer as minimalistically as possible. Typically when you start your computer, it loads many files and programs to customize your environment. A clean boot eliminates these optional features and loads only those files and programs that are absolutely required by the operating system.
A clean boot is a troubleshooting technique that allows you to get the computer up and running so that you can perform diagnostic tests to determine which elements of the normal boot process are causing problems.

Source: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/clean_boot.html

[Marten]

Starting (booting) a computer as minimalistically as possible. Typically when you start your computer, it loads many files and programs to customize your environment. A clean boot eliminates these optional features and loads only those files and programs that are absolutely required by the operating system.
A clean boot is a troubleshooting technique that allows you to get the computer up and running so that you can perform diagnostic tests to determine which elements of the normal boot process are causing problems.

Source: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/clean_boot.html

Boot cleaner =/= Clean boot

[Jellyfish]

Doesn't matter if it delete's files,they will automatically be retrieved at the end.The cleaners you need to worry about are the ones like CCleaner and other registry ones since they can important files if you're not aware of what to delete.

[b2311e]

Doesn't matter if it delete's files,they will automatically be retrieved at the end.The cleaners you need to worry about are the ones like CCleaner and other registry ones since they can important files if you're not aware of what to delete.

^This.

CCleaner can be quite destructive if you don't really know what your doing...not that I'd know anything about that of course *whistles* 

[IronHiDe]

Thanks for clearing that up.
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[Gandalf]

To be sure it is the Ad-Aware that is starting the Boot Cleaner, run a scan and see if the result says it needs to clean files during startup.