If you use your computer to earn an income on the internet, then you are probably experiencing odd error messages, system slowdowns, freezes and lockups, even total system crashes. Most of these problems are fairly easy to solve without having to spend a fortune on technical support from your local computer tech department. The majority of these problems come from registry errors and spyware/adware that may be infecting your operating systems.
Adware/Spyware
If you do a lot of heavy internet browsing and file downloading, then you are constantly at risk for infections by spyware and adware. These programs are used by publishers to track your browsing habits, collect personal information about you, add pop-up messages to your system, change your browser home page settings, and various other invasions of your privacy. Some of you may be familiar with the recent “antivirus” scam that many were infected with a few months ago. It involved a pop-up message that would appear shortly after your PC was started notifying you that you had been infected with a virus, then directing you to a web site that would sell you an “antivirus” program. If any of you followed that link, then you know that it was a scam to sell a small program that did nothing more than remove the adware program that you had been infected with. Having been in the PC repair business, I was asked to look at several computers, both personal and business, to try to fix the pop-up.
Registry Errors
If you use a Windows based computer, then you have what is called a registry that tells Windows what to do. Every time you install or uninstall programs, or modify and update programs, bits and pieces of information are left inside the registry. Most of this information is harmless, but if allowed to accumulate can cause enough clutter inside the registry to cause you some annoying problems and system slow-downs. Regular cleaning of the system registry can keep your computer running at its best, and eliminate many of the odd error messages, program lock-ups, and that always annoying – and sometimes fatal – blue screen of death (the one displayed right before Windows shuts itself down).
I have compiled a short list of five programs that I have looked at, and consider (in my opinion) to be the best ones available. You don’t need all five of the programs, just one registry program and one adware program. There is also an all-in-one program that is by far better and less intrusive than some of the major programs on the market, and is much less expensive. Follow the link below to my PC Health and Performance page to take a look at these programs.
Happy Surfing
Craig
