Try free CCleaner, (sometime known as "crap" cleaner) available at
<http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner> It also requests that you pay and/or contribute (and sells a "pro" version), but to me it is not pushy or aggressive. It erases junk (you have to tell it which applications to check, and which parts of Windows), has a Registry cleaner, other tools, but nothing for malware. You could just download Microsoft's free "Malicious Software Removal Tool" from <http://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/malware-removal.aspx> But note that it is not a "real-time" detector - you have to remember to run it every month or so yourself, or whenever you sense that there is something wrong. - Bill n 08/09/2013 11:49 AM, Jim Devine wrote: > For years, I've used Advanced SystemCare on my PC for years to do > basic management (erasing junk files, removing malware, fixing > Registry errors, etc.) But nowadays, it works more like adware, asking > me repeatedly to upgrade the program to the paid version, etc. Is > there some freeware somewhere that does pretty much the same thing > without being so annoying? (I use Windows 7.) > http://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/malware-removal.aspx _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
