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To those in need of quality software to maintain their computer systems here is a list of the applications I have come to trust to do the job.

I am a semi retired programmer of well over 30 years experience, I don't claim to know everything and may have fallen behind a bit in the last few years even. With that said here are the tools I have been using on my own system and a number of clients systems for quite a few years with great success.


ALL of these tools are FREE to use or have a free version. I am recommending the free to home user versions as that is all most home users will ever need.


To cleanup temporary files and browser cache. Also allows disabling unwanted start-up & scheduled programs.
CCleaner - PC Optimization and Cleaning - Free Download

Spybot - turning on the advanced features can be a little intimidating to new users but the help files are easy enough to understand for most. This tool is one of my first "Go-To" apps to find and remove spyware.
Overview | Spybot ©

This is my secondary scanner for spyware/malware as there is no such thing as a single scanner that can catch everything, Malwarebytes has been quite good at catching anything that slipped by the other protections on my system.
Malwarebytes : Malwarebytes Anti-Malware removes malware including viruses, spyware, worms and trojans, plus it protects your computer


Avast has been my main antivirus for quite a few years and has a good track record and a better than average rating compared to even commercial programs.
http://www.avast.com/index

Zonealarm can be a bit of a nuisance at times but with full control of both incoming and outgoing internet traffic I have been using it for many years quite happily.
ZoneAlarm by Check Point - Award winning PC Protection, Antivirus, Firewall, Anti-Spyware, Identity Protection, and much more.
 

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    To those in need of quality software to maintain their computer systems here is a list of the applications I have come to trust to do the job.

    I am a semi retired programmer of well over 30 years experience, I don't claim to know everything and may have fallen behind a bit in the last few years even. With that said here are the tools I have been using on my own system and a number of clients systems for quite a few years with great success.


    ALL of these tools are FREE to use or have a free version. I am recommending the free to home user versions as that is all most home users will ever need.


    To cleanup temporary files and browser cache. Also allows disabling unwanted start-up & scheduled programs.
    CCleaner - PC Optimization and Cleaning - Free Download

    Spybot - turning on the advanced features can be a little intimidating to new users but the help files are easy enough to understand for most. This tool is one of my first "Go-To" apps to find and remove spyware.
    Overview | Spybot ©

    This is my secondary scanner for spyware/malware as there is no such thing as a single scanner that can catch everything, Malwarebytes has been quite good at catching anything that slipped by the other protections on my system.
    Malwarebytes : Malwarebytes Anti-Malware removes malware including viruses, spyware, worms and trojans, plus it protects your computer


    Avast has been my main antivirus for quite a few years and has a good track record and a better than average rating compared to even commercial programs.
    http://www.avast.com/index

    Zonealarm can be a bit of a nuisance at times but with full control of both incoming and outgoing internet traffic I have been using it for many years quite happily.
    ZoneAlarm by Check Point - Award winning PC Protection, Antivirus, Firewall, Anti-Spyware, Identity Protection, and much more.

    Looks like we like to play with the same kind of toys:) Geeks has a register cleaner for windows that works real good:D
     

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    Looks like we like to play with the same kind of toys:) Geeks has a register cleaner for windows that works real good:D

    Great Minds and all that fun stuff :)

    For cleaning the registry I mainly use CCleaner, it does a good job and Spybot's system scan seldom finds anything else.

    I really love CCleaner's ability to save or restore registry setting it cleans up.


    So many great tools out there I normally refrain from making strong recommendations, just listed what I like to use.
     

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    No.......all software? or do they have more than that? I'd probably get into trouble there. I haven't kept up to date on all the computer stuff since I stopped sculpting and closed down my site. I wouldn't even know where to begin now and think I forgot most of what I knew then, simply because it was no longer relevant to me.

    I've got the same problem. My brain's memory is full, so while I can learn new tricks it makes room by deleting some old tricks.
    It's an older model so there's no expansion slot.
     
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