Will the program CCLeaner remove software that I uses? Can I be sure that the program only remove things that I don`t need?

The important thing is that users have a regular routine . No argument there brother, Cheers.

My last post was mainly to emphasise the need for regular routine maintenance, which your promotion of clean installing seemed to be undermining. The merits of using Microsoft provided software or third party alternative are equally open to debate but less clear cut. I favour cCleaner + Defraggler but I acknowledge that some may prefer the Microsoft alternatives. The important thing is that users have a regular routine .

Dissed Do you recommend clean installing Windows 7, programmes and data files from backups every week? That is infinitely more time consuming than running cCleaner once a week!. If you clean install you then have to clean up and defragment any way. If the user is downloading and surfing, a lot of temporary files and old restore points are accumulated.

On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:39:18 +0000, myself11 wrote: I have windows 8 and using trend micro maximum security ony. can i use ccleaner to clean my pc Yes. But note the following: CCleaner is an excellent program, as long as you do not use its registry cleaning functionality. Registry cleaning programs are all snake oil. Cleaning of the registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of, having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you. The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit it may have. Read http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000643.html and http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and also http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/02/registry-junk-a-windows-fact-of-life.aspx Let me point out that neither I nor anyone else who warns against the use of registry cleaners has ever said that they always cause problems. If they always caused problems, they would disappear from the market almost immediately. Many people have used a registry cleaner and never had a problem with it. Rather, the problem with a registry cleaner is that it carries with it the substantial risk of having a problem. And since there is no benefit to using a registry cleaner, running that risk is a very bad bargain. Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

CCLeaner - is it good or bad?!

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Hi,

I Use CCleaner and it has caused no issues and should not with any of those programs.

I don't use the Registry Cleaner function and if I did I would certainly Create a Restore

Point before using and also use the CCleaner backup process. Problem is some of the

Registry issues that might be caused do not show up immediately.

Cleaner function - yes

Registry Cleaner function - not recommended

CCleaner also has a Support Forum where others might help.

Piriform Software Forums - CCleaner and others.

http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?act=idx

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Here's a tip you didn't ask about :

Low cost 3rd party software firewalls are pretty much problems waiting to happen. They all have

compatibility issues and offer only a few enhanced controls. In fact their issues often actually lower

the overall security instead of raising it. The Windows Firewall has no compatibility issues and is

extremely secure if you know enough to bypass most of the hype. Quality software firewalls cost

thousands. Most routers have hardware firewalls built in and those are considerably better additions

for the buck than any cheap/low cost software firewall.

How to Change the Windows Firewall Notification Settings in Windows 7 - also see the related articles

section at the just before the reply section.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/523-windows-firewall-change-notification-settings.html

How to Manage Windows 7 Firewall.

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-manage-windows-7-firewall

How to Use Windows Firewall With Advanced Security in Vista (also Windows 7)

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/92748-windows-firewall-advanced-security.html

What's new in the Windows 7 Firewall?

http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Whats-new-Windows-7-Firewall.html

Here is what I use and recommend : (These are all Free versions and very effective.)

Avast and Prevx have proven extremely reliable and compatible with everything I have

thrown at them. Microsoft Security Essentials and Prevx have also proven to be very

reliable and compatible. Use MSE and Prevx or Avast and Prevx however not all 3.

Avast Home Free - stop any shields you do not need except leave Standard, Web, and

Network running.

Prevx - Home - Free

Windows Firewall

Windows Defender (not needed if using MSE)

IE - Protected Mode

IE 8 - SmartScreen Filter ON (IE 7 Phishing Filter)

I also have IE to always start with InPrivate Filter active if IE 8.

(You occasionally have to turn it temporarily off with the little Icon on LEFT of the + bottom

right of IE)

Two versions of Avast are available 5.x and 4.8x

Avast 5.x - Home - Free - Stop the Shields you do not use (except File, Web, Network, &

Behavior) - double click the Orange Icon in Notification Area - Real Time Shields - click the

Shield you want to stop - STOP. To stop the Orange Icon from showing an error indicator -

click the Orange Icon - Upper Right - Settings - click Status Bar - uncheck the Shields you

disabled - click OK

http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

Avast 4.8x - Home - Free - stop any shields you do not need except leave Standard, Web,

and Network running. (Double Click Blue icon - details next to OK. - upper left Shields -

Terminate those you do not use.)

http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download#tab4

Or use Microsoft Security Essentials - Free

http://www.microsoft.com/Security\_Essentials/

Prevx works well along side Avast or MSE

Prevx - Home - Free small, fast, exceptional CLOUD protection, works with other security

programs. This is a scanner only, VERY EFFECTIVE, if it finds something come back here

or use Google to see how to remove.

http://www.prevx.com/ <-- information

http://info.prevx.com/downloadcsi.asp <-- download

PCmag - Prevx - Editor'a Choice

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346862,00.asp

Also get Malwarebytes - free - use as scanner only. If you ever suspect malware, and that

would be unsual with Avast and Prevx running except for an occasional low level cookie

(no big deal), UPDATE it and then run it as a scanner. I have many scanners and they

never find anything of note since I started using this setup.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

Hope this helps.

Rob Brown - Microsoft MVP <- profile - Windows Expert - Consumer : Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

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