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Reviewed AdwCleaner 8.4.0 January 8 - 10:05 PM ET Last week, a family member called in a panic because he went to some snarky website and the next thing he knew his computer was awash in hijacked browsers, popups and all sorts of stuff. I told him to download this program, run it, and say... Read full review

Reviewed AdwCleaner 4.107 January 8 - 10:05 PM ET Last week, a family member called in a panic because he went to some snarky website and the next thing he knew his computer was awash in hijacked browsers, popups and all sorts of stuff. I told him to download this program, run it, and say... Read full review
Reviewed WinPatrol 15.0.2008.0 April 25 - 7:42 PM ET Been using this program since version 9.x and cannot live without it. Not only will it give you real-time warnings of any changes being made to your system, but the PLUS version offers a huge database of information on all the files which it... Read full review
Reviewed Avast Antivirus Free 4.8.1169 March 31 - 4:22 PM ET A couple of weeks ago my computer began hanging every time I booted up and finally I had to take it to my local PV repair shop. The techs there are excellent and have done very good work for me in the past. Anyway, when I went back to pick up... Read full review
Reviewed FreeRAM XP Pro 1.52 (Updated) March 28 - 4:41 PM ET I Have not tried this program, however: RAM RAM Optimizers/Defragmenters Myth - "Increasing the amount of available RAM improves performance." Reality - "RAM Optimizers have no effect, and at worst, they seriously degrade performance.... Read full review
Reviewed CCleaner for Windows 1.28.277 March 24 - 8:15 AM ET You Should NEVER Clean out the Prefetch folder; and here's why: http://mywebpages.comcas.../SupportCD/XPMyths.html Also: http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000743.html Read full review

Reviewed AdwCleaner 4.107

January 8 - 10:05 PM ET

Last week, a family member called in a panic because he went to some snarky website and the next thing he knew his computer was awash in hijacked browsers, popups and all sorts of stuff.

I told him to download this program, run it, and say... Read full review

Reviewed WinPatrol 15.0.2008.0

April 25 - 7:42 PM ET

Been using this program since version 9.x and cannot live without it.

Not only will it give you real-time warnings of any changes being made to your system, but the PLUS version offers a huge database of information on all the files which it... Read full review

Reviewed Avast Antivirus Free 4.8.1169

March 31 - 4:22 PM ET

A couple of weeks ago my computer began hanging every time I booted up and finally I had to take it to my local PV repair shop. The techs there are excellent and have done very good work for me in the past.

Anyway, when I went back to pick up... Read full review

Reviewed FreeRAM XP Pro 1.52 (Updated)

March 28 - 4:41 PM ET

I Have not tried this program, however:

RAM RAM Optimizers/Defragmenters

Myth - "Increasing the amount of available RAM improves performance."

Reality - "RAM Optimizers have no effect, and at worst, they seriously degrade performance.... Read full review

Reviewed CCleaner for Windows 1.28.277

March 24 - 8:15 AM ET

You Should NEVER Clean out the Prefetch folder; and here's why:

http://mywebpages.comcas.../SupportCD/XPMyths.html

Also:

http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000743.html Read full review

Straspey

Reviewed AdwCleaner 8.4.0

Reviewed AdwCleaner 4.107

Reviewed WinPatrol 15.0.2008.0

Reviewed Avast Antivirus Free 4.8.1169

Reviewed FreeRAM XP Pro 1.52 (Updated)

Reviewed CCleaner for Windows 1.28.277

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