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{{Short description|Memory debugger program}}
{{Infobox software
| name = UNICOM PurifyPlus
|logo             = 
| logo alt       = Unicom Systems corporate logo
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| author = [[Pure Software]]
| developer = UNICOM Systems, a division of [[UNICOM Global]]
| latest_release_version = 8.2
| latest_release_date = September 20, 2024
| operating_system = Windows, Linux, Solaris
| genre = [[Memory debugger]]
| license = [[Proprietary software]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.teamblue.unicomsi.com/products/purifyplus/}}
}}

'''PurifyPlus''' is a [[memory debugger]] program used by [[software]] developers to detect memory access errors in programs, especially those written in [[C (programming language)|C]] or [[C++]]. It was originally written by [[Reed Hastings]] of [[Pure Software]].<ref>[https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs343/resources/purify.pdf Purify: fast detection of memory leaks and access errors.] by Reed Hastings and Bob Joyce, Usenix Winter 1992 technical conference.</ref>  Pure Software later merged with Atria Software to form Pure Atria Software, which in turn was later acquired by [[Rational Software]], which in turn was acquired by [[IBM]], and then divested to [[UNICOM Systems]], Inc. on Dec 31, 2014. It is functionally similar to other memory debuggers, such as [[Insure++]], [[Valgrind]] and  [[BoundsChecker]].