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TopURLz Recommended FREE Software
to clean your home PC of crap
for our friends
- Gianni & Leonardo :)
Tested & USED
BY US - NO SPAM / SCUM Ware
for a more complete list GO HERE
Download and install these
programs - then run them in the suggested order below
Run Crap-Cleaner 1st - removing the crap - meaning less data to scan and
therefore
LESS TIME taken when running anti-virus - anti-spam - anti malware - anti-trojan
tools.
THEN reboot your machine - check
the updates in each program minimum fortnightly
and each time you need to check your PC, run these programs in the same order -
Crap-cleaner - AVG - Ad-aware - A-squared -REBOOT - do this prior to net
banking!
Why do I recommend several 'similar' programs when each claims to do the lot?
Because in over 30 years in
computers & IT I have not yet come across software
which performs 100%, 100% of the time - all of the below are excellent programs
but with the volume and prevalence of 'evil-wares', you can't be too careful.
Over many years of servicing
clients machines, you are always surprised that
having run a 'cleaning' program (even commercial ones:) - another program will
often find further evil-doers on the PC in question - hence 2 different
varieties :)
AND no
guarantees :-) - but it's all good...
[ so as not to lose this page, each
choice opens into a new page ]
Firewall
monitors program requests / traffic
in and out via web - excellent program
US$ upgrade to various levels to include anti-virus & anti-adware
|
Must |
Firewall MUST HAVE ZoneAlarm - Par Excellent |
$FREE |
Crap Cleaner
removes previous data & cookies
stored by browsers -
better to remove all the excess before running the tools...
|
1 |
Clean Internet Temps, Win
& Registry Crap Cleaner - Par Excellent |
$FREE |
Anti-Virus
kills/removes most :) viruses
(there is NO 100%) -
AVG is a well known and highly regarded tool with updates
|
2 |
Remove virii with regular
free updates AVG anti-virus - Excellent |
$FREE |
SpyBot - Search
& Destroy
removes most unwanted spy &
spam-ware
data & removes unwanted browser controls with regular updates
|
3 |
Checks & clears
Spy/Spam/Browser crap SpyBot - Search & Destroy - Excellent |
$FREE |
Ad-Aware Spam-Ware
Cleaner
removes most unwanted spy & spam-ware
data & cookies,
another highly regarded program with regular updates
|
4 |
Checks & clears Spy &
Spam-ware Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition - VGood |
$FREE |
Trojan Remover
excellent anti-trojan, anti-worm,
anti-dialer and anti-spyware -
THOROUGHLY recommend it - has regular updates
|
5 |
Clears & protects
from Trojans & evils :) A-Squared by Emsisoft - PAR Excellent |
$FREE |
Ciao!
