[sherryinutah]

Maintaining a computer is a lot like cleaning house; sometimes, you have to take out the trash.

Most of us download software to help ourselves take good care of our computers. My laptop is something I value so I'm motivated to maintain it.

Because I visit so many sites where I click ptc ads and do gpt offers, I use something called Ccleaner. It's free software I use to clear temporary internet files. It also works out beautifully if I have a pop-up I can't get rid of that causes my browser to freeze. If that happens - I just launch Ccleaner.

System Requirements:
Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista and XP. Including both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. There's also a link for Mac users.

http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

You can subscribe and pay for an upgraded version of the software; however, I like the free version for obvious reasons.

Do you do anything special to maintain your computers, smartphones, etc.?

[morgoodie]

Thanks for the link. I think I would be happy with the free version for the same obvious reasons too. I will have to check this out and use it on my laptop. I have not cleaned up my computer since I have been using it for online work.

[germainebull]

I affirm that Ccleaner is a worthy software for anyone using a computer.
Recently, I managed to get rid of redundant system files from my laptop through this software.

[IcyFirefly]

I used CCleaner on my HP laptop too, and it worked! My computer runs faster. Just don't use the registry cleaner section, it can get your computer into big trouble; a mistake I have learned the hard way!

[haripriyavkl]

I have never used anything like that other than antivirus but thanks for sharing the link mam. It would be really help for me as I also Visit a lot of PTC and GPT sites.

[oldbuddy]

I use Linux to visit my PTC sites or general surfing, but I still love CCleaner on my Windows computer and have used it for years.

[earthsalt]

I agree;CC cleaner is a great maintsanace software.
I downloaded my coy from a different site though.

[oldbuddy]

I agree;CC cleaner is a great maintsanace software.
I downloaded my coy from a different site though.

Online today, it is very dangerous to download software from any site but the real one. People are constantly trying to spoof us so we download Malware. I went to download Audacity yesterday and on the SourceForge site I saw comments warning about spyware and telling people to go to another site to get it, when in fact they led to a suspicious site I did not trust. I do trust SourceForge because I have used them for many years so I followed their link instead.

[shamzblueworld]

I am also using CCleaner in my windows 10 laptop, it works smoothly. Not much fuss, takes out the trash by itself, what more would you want from it.

[darkthorn]

CCleaner is a good software to keep your computer running smooth but it is not enough, along with it you should use an anti spyware and an antivirus, I would recommend Malwarebytes as an anti spyware or Adware.

Further more you should also use windows tools to defrag the hard disk and clean files that are not used anymore.

[chikitta]

This sounds very interesting I would also go for the free version as well and use it on my computer

[sherryinutah]

Thank you, Darkthorn....for the information. After reading your post I decided to search for:

best free anti-spyware and anti-malware software

I came up with some information that could be worth having. The following link had some great information.

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/security-software/best-free-anti-spyware-and-anti-malware-software-1321656

Maybe we can all connect with free software to help us maintain our PCs.

[oldbuddy]

Thank you, Darkthorn....for the information. After reading your post I decided to search for:

best free anti-spyware and anti-malware software

I came up with some information that could be worth having. The following link had some great information.

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/security-software/best-free-anti-spyware-and-anti-malware-software-1321656

Maybe we can all connect with free software to help us maintain our PCs.

Thanks for that link, it was one more good place to leave a comment to try to educate people on why Linux is the best solution of all.