Malware
Perhaps the greatest factor to a badly performing computer is malware. Usually this is associated with downloading an application that contains spyware, by not having browser security settings high enough, by carelessly downloading P2P files, or by declining to install security patches regularly.
Stage 1. Revise the definitions of your anti virus and operate a complete scan of your hard drive in Safe Mode. Resolve any unfixable problems. Notice that some viruses require extra steps before they may be removed; normally a web search will locate specific instructions or a particular removal tool. Use the BC forums to request assistance, if you fail to find a answer.
Step 2. You have recently saved an application, and if the slowness is unanticipated, the problem may rest there. Check this by totally eliminating it. A wise user will usually perform a websearch about the program before installing because in most cases, any potential issue with malware or poor performance will have appeared.
Action 3. Adware and Spyware can radically effect your computer’s functionality, and these are throughout the World wide web. A very recent research showed that one out-of every 20 executable files on Websites is spyware, and 1 in 25 domains include at least one bit of spyware waiting for victims.
Revise the definitions of your anti-spyware applications and scan your hard drives in Safe Mode. Experienced customers will regularly run two or three of these programs, because each business has its own requirements for what constitutes spyware and will simply search against their own established. (A listing of quite great, free antispyware applications is supplied by BC). Again, solve any open issues before continuing to the next phase.
For further reading about Malicious software and some malware removal applications, use BC’s Tutorial section; most of the applications have very great Help documents that describe how they operate also as the unique characteristics of each.
Uncontrolled Applications
Stage 4. Evaluation apps that self-launch on startup. You pc may be a arena for your attention. Many programs, for example, install a fast-launch feature that enables them to be exposed fast; other programs will include an automatic update feature that requires them to be operating in the background. Your launching Windows are slowed down by each of these and each requires a small bit of resources while your personal computer is running.
The easiest approach to review and than to handle start-ups is to-use one of the numerous little utilities available (see the Bc list of free programs). Remember that Bc maintains a really comprehensive Startup Database that includes information about whether the inquired item is required, optional, or not needed, if you’re uncertain about what could be safely deleted.
At the same time, remember that those icons on your own Background also take a small number of trunk time to place themselves.
Absence of Upkeep
Stage 5. Delete unused programs and exchange old files to a CD. Unplayed games, lots of family images, zipped files that you have already opened, applications you have not used in two years, software for the old printer you threw away last year—these are a few examples of files you can delete.
(Note for high level users: some experts would comprise the additional maintenance stage of cleaning the Windows registry, and there are several programs to assist do that. For the most part, so this measure is not included, you can do severe damage by creating registry modifications, registry care will not make a vital difference, and unless you are quite comfortable with Windows, and cautiously make backups of-the registry
Action 6. Have it repair Browser Test.
Action 7. Defragment your computer.
Hopefully, now that you have have concluded, you will see a noticeable enhancement in pc performance.