Do you ever wonder what the pros use to make your computer run right? Well here is a list of a few that I use to make it run better. This is by no means a complete list but it is a good list to get you started and save a few bucks.
AVAST
The BEST antivirus out there in my experience is AVAST. It is fast, stable blocks everything that has ever tried to attack my system and doesn’t slow my computer down like Norton or some of the others. I am not saying the others don’t protect you. I am saying that SOME of them have become so bloated that they slow your system down and Avast just doesn’t do that. Guess what its FREE for trying out and for home and personal use. So if you do work on your home system or are a small home surveyor you can use it and won’t cost you a dime. Also it works in more than one language. So for those of you that are not native English speakers it comes in more than 30 languages at my last count.
• Anti-spyware built-in
• Web Shield
• Anti-rootkit built-in
• Automatic updates
• Strong self-protection
• Virus Chest
• Antivirus kernel
• System integration
• Simple User Interface
• Integrated Virus Cleaner
• Resident protection
• Support for 64-bit Windows
• P2P and IM Shields
• Internationalization
• Network Shield
Avast.com or Filehippo.com
CCLEANER
The Best general clean up tool to get rid of the garbage on your system is CCLEANER. Now what I mean by this is Internet temp files, internet history, memory dumps, leftovers from installs and un-installs, the remains of windows updates, There is so much more. I have run it on systems and removed as much as 10GB worth of garbage data. I have also seen it make improvements on speed in the 10 to 30% mark by this clean up. Will you always get this.. Sorry to say no. But I have seen a computer go from slow sluggish back to 100% usable. But here is my disclaimer.. I have never had a problem using it but you can use it to edit it the startup of your computer. I happen to know what I am doing when I go in to edit this part of the computers boot process but it is a side option and you could disable tablets and plotters that load this way. But running the standard cleanup will have no effect on that in any experience that I have done. One word of note, any folder that is labeled tmp or temp is fair game to get emptied if windows uses it to dump to.
• Internet Explorer
• Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Opera
• Safari
• Windows - Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files.
• Registry cleaner
• Third-party applications
• 100% Spyware FREE
Ccleaner.com or Filehippo.com
MALWAREBYTES
Great and Fast maleware scanner (FYI malware and viruses are not the same and cannot always be covered by the same scanner.) Malwarebyte's Anti Malware. It is fast and effective. It does have a paid version that I have never used but it has removed everything I have ever asked it to except for a few and those were some of the very worst out there. Then it becomes an outwit the bad things game that only experience brings.
• Light speed quick scanning.
• Ability to perform full scans for all drives.
• Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Protection Module. (requires registration)
• Database updates released daily.
• Quarantine to hold threats and restore them at your convenience.
• Ignore list for both the scanner and Protection Module.
• Settings to enhance your Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware performance.
• A small list of extra utilities to help remove malware manually.
• Multi-lingual support.
• Works together with other anti-malware utilities.
• Command line support for quick scanning.
• Context menu integration to scan files on demand.
Hope these help you all.
Dan
Thoughts
I agree about Avast. It has been very good for us.