Malware
Possibly the greatest contributor to a badly performing computer is malware. Usually this is associated with downloading a software that includes spyware, by not having browser security settings high enough, by carelessly downloading P2P files, or by declining to install security patches in a timely manner.
Step 1. Revise the definitions of your antivirus and run a complete scan of your hard drive in Safe Mode. Resolve any unfixable problems. Note that some viruses require additional measures before they could be removed; typically a web search will locate specific instructions or a special removal tool. Use the BC forums to obtain help, if you fail to find a answer.
Step Two. If the sluggishness is surprising, and you have recently saved an application, the problem may dwell there. Test this by fully removing it. A wise user will typically perform a internet search about the program before downloading it because in most instances, any potential problem with malware or inferior performance will have appeared.
Stage three. Adware and Spyware can radically impact your computer’s performance, and these are around the Internet.
Seasoned customers will regularly run two or three of the programs, because each business has its own standards for what constitutes spyware and will only search against their own established. (A record of quite great, free antispyware programs is supplied by BC). Again, solve any open issues before proceeding to the next phase.
For further reading about Malware and some malware removal applications, use BC’s Tutorial section; most of the programs have very great Help documents that describe how they work also as the special characteristics of each.
Uncontrolled Applications
Step 4. Evaluation programs that self-start on startup. You pc can become a battleground for your attention. Many programs, for example, install a quick-start feature that enables them to be opened immediately; other programs will contain an automated update feature that demands them to be operating in the background. Each of these slows down your introduction Windows and each needs a little bit of sources while your personal computer is running.
Remember that Bc maintains a quite complete Startup Database that includes information about whether the questioned item is needed, elective, or unnecessary, if you are unsure about what can be safely deleted.
At the same time, remember that all those icons on your own Desktop also take a modest number of trunk time to put themselves.
Lack of Maintenance
Step 5. Clean up your hard drive (preparation for Step 7). Delete unused applications and transfer old files into a CD. Unplayed games, tons of family images, zipped files that you have already opened, applications you have not found in two years, software for the old printer you put away last year—these are some examples of files you can delete. Then use Window’s Disk Clean-up to remove temporary internet files, temporary PC health files, etc.
(Note for high level users: some experts would contain the added upkeep stage of cleaning up the Windows registry, and you will find plenty of applications to help try this. For the most part, registry maintenance will not make a critical difference, and unless you are quite comfy with Windows, and carefully make backups of-the registry, you can do severe damage by creating registry modifications, so this step is not contained
Action 6. Have it repair Registry Cleaner Computer Is Infected.
Action 7. Defragment your computer.
Hopefully, since you have have finished, you’ll see a marked enhancement in computer performance.