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Are these things any use?

  • 06-12-2007 3:19pm
    #1
    congo_90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭


    I have a friends computer. The thing is so full of cr*p i spent 1 and a half hours the other day trying to clean it up.
    Found this link here: http://www.speedoptimizer.com/

    It promises to do a lot of clean up on things like memory, bandwidth and registry etc. Are these all they're made out to be? is there any better software out there?

    After this i plan to DEFRAG, Check for errors, and install AVG, and AD-Aware.

    Is this the best course of action?
    all advice is welcome


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  • #2
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,164 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    I don't know about that one but ccleaner seems pretty good.


  • #3
    auggie2k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 311 ✭✭auggie2k


    Thats a program that Download Accelerator Plus tried to get you to download when installing DAP itself.

    It cost's money so of course don't get it. CCleaner is a brilliant program, I second that.


  • #4
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,451 ✭✭✭✭watty


    A lot of the cleaning /optimising tools are scams that actually load trojans & adware. Some are real of course.


  • #5
    congo_90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭congo_90


    this is why i done most of the foot work manually but its un real the amount of Cr*p on it! its a family computer.
    Should i just backup all important things like documents,pics,music, Wipe the HD and reinstall windows?
    Is this possible?


  • #6
    Loveless
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 504 ✭✭✭Loveless


    I work in IT and this is my favourite program to use: Tune-Up Utilities 2007
    www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-utilities/

    and RegScrub XP 3.25 is also good.
    www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2048

    ATF Cleaner is a brilliant utility for cleaning out all the temp folder in one go!
    www.atribune.org/content/view/25/2/

    I also use the MSN Messenger remove command line:
    "RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove"

    and a few handy utilities from GRC.com like "ShootTheMessenger.exe" and "UnPnP.exe".


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  • #7
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    congo, i just did the exact same with a laptop here in work.

    spent 4 hours last night trying to clean it with adaware, spybot, avg, norton, and avast.
    defraged, removed everything i could find, registry cleaner and everything.

    still the system was infected so badly. even found a sasser/blaster virus shutting it down when you use alt+ctrl+del.

    so i copied their pics, vids and other documents to cd,
    put in the windows xp cd, shutdown, booted from the cd and wiped it completly.

    working superbly now.


  • #8
    Loveless
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 504 ✭✭✭Loveless


    that sasser/blaster virus is going back a few years now, that was back when Windows 2000 SP2 was around or Windows XP prior to any Service Pack. There was a patch you had to download and put on a floppy to run it because the PC would shutdown 60secs after you connected to the internet to try and download the fix. It killed the svchost service.

    Sounds like that PC hadn't had any Automatic Updates done in a long, long time.

    Of course doing a clean install of Windows is always the best way to remove spyware :)
    but your average user normally doesn't have the technical expertise to backup all their work properly, format the correct drive, re-install Windows, re-install all the drivers and load on all the software from the original disks and then download 200MB of Microsoft Security Updates..... :o

    Best utils I've found for spyware is to run a combination of Spyware Doctor and Spybot 1.51, along with the SmitFraudFix for badly infected computers.


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