Best Buy's "optimization" services are a joke...

[elderboy02]

The best way to "tune-up" your computer is to run ad-aware or spybot every month or so

[DrDubzz]

Originally Posted by elderboy02

The best way to "tune-up" your computer is to run ad-aware or spybot every month or so

every few days is better, defrag monthly, disk-check monthly

don't put tons of crap on your desktop that eats up RAM, etc etc

but hey, credit BB for figuring out how to make 100 bucks for uninstalling demo software, someone was going to do it.

[kydsid]

Originally Posted by elderboy02

The best way to "tune-up" your computer is to run ad-aware or spybot every month or so

You show your techy age there.

Both of those programs are long in the tooth and have too many false positives for most people. A better suggestion is malwarebytes.

[PeteSB75]

Originally Posted by kydsid

You show your techy age there.

Both of those programs are long in the tooth and have too many false positives for most people. A better suggestion is malwarebytes.

He's not the only one...

Malwarebytes - free? good? I've never heard of it before. Cnet seems to like it. I might have to give it a try.

[Volt]

Originally Posted by PeteSB75

He's not the only one...

Malwarebytes - free? good? I've never heard of it before. Cnet seems to like it. I might have to give it a try.

Malwarebytes is my first goto along with hijackthis! Remember it's best to run any type of scanning software in safe mode as the bad crap is severley limited in safe mode.

Prior to scanning clean the PC first to save time. Delete all *.tmp, *.temp, clear all cookies, history, and browsing results from what ever browser you use. I had a program that was scripted to do all that but lost it somewhere. Might be a good thing to hunt down after lunch.