I use a lot of freeware programs to keep my computer running well. This is the great blight of Windows. I ran Linux for awhile, and loved it. But Windows is just more practical for day-to-day use. As for Mac lovers, well, for the price difference, one can afford enough extra ram and hard drive space to run a few background programs to keep viruses and adware off of their Windows machine to make the alleged security of a Mac pointless, and still save money.
So I am creating this post to send to people who ask me for computer help...
Here’s the list and download links:
- Use this for your browser, instead of Internet Explorer (this is safer) Download Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 - FileHippo.com
- This program defragments your computer quicker than Windows Defrafmenter, and can be set to do so on a schedule (weekly is a good frequency): Download Defraggler 1.10.143 - FileHippo.com
- This program cleans all the crap out of your computer, like the recycle bin, cookies, and temporary folders—it’s a lifesaver: Download CCleaner 2.19.901 - FileHippo.com
- This is a great, free, schedulable antivirus program: Download AntiVir Personal 9.0.0.394 - FileHippo.com
- Comodo is a great free firewall, highly recommended: Download Comodo Firewall 3.0.25.378 - FileHippo.com
- This is a great anti-adware program: Download Ad-Aware 2009 8.0.0.0 - FileHippo.com
- And this is a scan-style anti-spyware/adware program: Download Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.2 - FileHippo.com
These programs are programs that I use all the time… I have Comodo, AdAware, Antivir all running in the background all the time. I have Defraggler set to run daily, and I have Spybot and AntiVir update and run system scans daily. I only use Firefox as my browser, and I have CCleaner set to run when I start my computer. AntiVir shuts my computer down after it’s done doing an antivirus scan every morning around 4AM (the last of the scans that I do), so when I boot up in the morning, CCleaner runs, and everything has been run, checked, defragmented, and cleaned between when I went to bed, and when I start using my computer in the morning.
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