Guide to clean your computer from virus & malware

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I'll save you a lot of trouble and headache. Hit up ebay for a copy of Kaspersky Pure 3.0 for ~$30 for 3 Computers for a year. If you think you're getting the same league of protection with anything "free" you're kidding yourself. No need for multiple redundant products, just one that works really REALLY well.

To anyone that paid for Norton... Kill yourself.
 

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@midwesthiphop :blessed:Thanks so much for this thread breh. Brought my peoples old ass PC back to life again. shyt was truly a dead duck. I also ended up buying the AVG PC Tuneup Utilities software for $30. It does so much to maximize the performance of their PC. Keeps all those damn programs & background services from ever starting up. Completely closes all programs when you're not using them. Changes mad settings to maximize performance. Alerts you when to delete files, cache and other junk to save memory. shyt is like night and day now.


:wow: happy I could help breh, I've brought back to life many 2-4 yr old computers which people thought was dead and was getting ready to shell out $500-$800 for a new one
 

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This is a great thread and one of the most useful I've seen on here. Thanks to everyone that contributed
 

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Definitely browsing, and startup time wouldn't hurt either


Well your browsing speed depends on a couple of things the most important being whats speed you getting from your internet provider, you can go here

http://www.speedtest.net/
and test your speed the more important # is your download speed , this can range anywhere from :flabbynsick 1mbs up to :wow:100mbs + most people have t in between from 15mbs-50mbs ,

After that the browser your are using is very important I know a lot dudes on here on super secret spy agents who lead double life's and need the most secure browser nasa has to offer lol but to me the best browser out right now its Google Chrome , if that's not what your using i would switch to it now . Chrome has these things called extensions think of them as apps for your browsers, the three MUST HAVE extensions for chrome are

Adblock - blocks ads
Adblock + element hiding helper- blocks web pages from installing malicious things on your computer through your browser
Shield for chrome - stops websites from installing extensions that have malware , spyware

Last step to make sure your browsing speed is working at its max its to keep it clean from spyware / malware, I already provided the guide to do that on the first page


Now speaking of start up speeds again keep your computer free of spyware/malware if very important , next thing is to uninstall program that slow up your start up this is so simple and another thing people never do , this is the SECOND thing i do when am working on someones computer. Go to setting - control panel - uninstall program I use a real easy rule of thumb if i don't use the app it gets uninstalled no exceptions don't be too worry bout apps that have the same name as your computer manufacture, uninstall them shyts too. If there is anything your not sure about like HP SPECIAL NETWORK APP 123 or something google it to see its function if not something you need it to do uninstall it

Once you uninstall them use the app CC CLEANER that i linked on the first page to go through and finish flushing out files left behind by those apps.
 

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Well your browsing speed depends on a couple of things the most important being whats speed you getting from your internet provider, you can go here

http://www.speedtest.net/
and test your speed the more important # is your download speed , this can range anywhere from :flabbynsick 1mbs up to :wow:100mbs + most people have t in between from 15mbs-50mbs ,

After that the browser your are using is very important I know a lot dudes on here on super secret spy agents who lead double life's and need the most secure browser nasa has to offer lol but to me the best browser out right now its Google Chrome , if that's not what your using i would switch to it now . Chrome has these things called extensions think of them as apps for your browsers, the three MUST HAVE extensions for chrome are

Adblock - blocks ads
Adblock + element hiding helper- blocks web pages from installing malicious things on your computer through your browser
Shield for chrome - stops websites from installing extensions that have malware , spyware

Last step to make sure your browsing speed is working at its max its to keep it clean from spyware / malware, I already provided the guide to do that on the first page


Now speaking of start up speeds again keep your computer free of spyware/malware if very important , next thing is to uninstall program that slow up your start up this is so simple and another thing people never do , this is the SECOND thing i do when am working on someones computer. Go to setting - control panel - uninstall program I use a real easy rule of thumb if i don't use the app it gets uninstalled no exceptions don't be too worry bout apps that have the same name as your computer manufacture, uninstall them shyts too. If there is anything your not sure about like HP SPECIAL NETWORK APP 123 or something google it to see its function if not something you need it to do uninstall it

Once you uninstall them use the app CC CLEANER that i linked on the first page to go through and finish flushing out files left behind by those apps.
I'm on campus wifi so it's pretty :flabbynsick:. But I'm deleting a bunch of apps now. It's wild how I've had this laptop for two years & have never even noticed a lot of these were on here :lupe:
 

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@midwesthiphop that computer worked well for a few days after my friend took out the battery inside the computer which had the computer working good and shyt, but then he was offline for half a day or whatever and then he lost access to necessary updates, so now he only has the one restore point from when he turned the computer back on with no vista disc.

so it won't boot windows and the computer tries to resolve the issue but with no restore points or disc idk what to tell him:yeshrug:
 

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@midwesthiphop that computer worked well for a few days after my friend took out the battery inside the computer which had the computer working good and shyt, but then he was offline for half a day or whatever and then he lost access to necessary updates, so now he only has the one restore point from when he turned the computer back on with no vista disc.

so it won't boot windows and the computer tries to resolve the issue but with no restore points or disc idk what to tell him:yeshrug:


Was that the computer that was making a beeping noise?
 

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yeah. i sent the link to him about the battery and taking it out for 10 minutes which was working fine but now in between updating and being offline now he has no restore points :I


Yea I vaguely remember you making the post about that computer am pretty sure I said it's dead, the beeping is gonna get louder and it will start to shutdown by itself think I also said it was a overheating issue which fried one of the boards

Basically if the computer is 3-4 years older I would tell him to just replace it. If it's sub two years and he really cares about it he can take it to a computer shop but tell him to bring the lube :takedat:
 
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