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There comes a time in the year when it is necessary to clean the computer from leftover files, viruses, and garbage that has accumulated during the year (or a long time). I believe that everyone has an antivirus that "protects" the computer from viruses and malware, but that is not enough. In this article, I will list some steps you can take to clean Windows and suggest a few programs to help you do just that.
AV scanning
Many never even do a full (full) antivirus scan that they have installed, and this should be done from time to time. It happens that the virus passes by the protection and stands on another partition. Scan all partitions, even those where there is no system and which you (do not) maintain. And as for the AV itself, my recommendation is 360 total security. Why? The answer is quite long but short: it has its own base and still uses Avira and Bitdefender bases which comes to it as 3 AVs in one. Plus, it has a lot of other options, such as installing leftover updates for the system, speeding up the system, cleaning up garbage, running programs in protected mode, etc.
If you don't want 360 Total Security, here's my list of the top 3 free anti-virus programs (my personal based on experience, doesn't mean they're the best):
Standalone scanning
It's good to always have another scanner and real-time protection that works with AV. I personally use Malwarebytes, and I recommend it to you. Malwarebytes everyone recommends, he is great, he finds something that even AV fails. In the free version it offers only scanning, and in the paid version there is also real-time monitoring of files and websites.
I would recommend some more scanners:
Scan your computer with all of these just in case!
Clean up leftover files / garbage
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CCleaner: I
have already written an article about him where I mentioned that this
program is not very helpful. But, I mention it here because it is great for
those who have a poor understanding of computers and everything works in a
few clicks. Here I recommend cleaning classic and Registry cleaning.
- TFC by Oldtimer (temp file cleaner): as its name suggests - clean temp files. These files accumulate over time and can take up a lot of disk space. I've had a freshly installed system for just a couple of months and it cleared about 500 MB. He used to clean more gigabytes for me.
- Windows Disk Cleanup: This option exists in the system itself and you can use it from time to time. My computer> right click on Windows partition > Properties > Disk Cleanup.
Defragmentation
If you have automatic defragmentation turned on then you don't have to do this.
It's not cleaning, but if you haven't done defragmentation for a long time, I highly recommend doing it. Open My Computer > right click on the Windows partition > Properties > Tools > Optimize/defrag.
Select each partition and click "Optimize". If you have an SSD Windows will do the trimming.
This is good to do (but not often because there is no need) because the data on the disk is scattered over time and needs to be put together. While data is scattered, it takes more time to get some data than when it is all put together. The Defrag option does just that - it stacks the data. This process may take a little longer depending on the performance of your computer and the last time you started this process.
Error check
The option is above the Defrag option and you can start scanning and debugging. If you are on a newer system this can happen while the system is booting, and if you have an older system (XP for example) then scanning and repair will start after restarting the computer and then you will not be able to use it.
These are some basic steps that I personally apply, and I found all the programs that I use (and that I have recommended here) on many sites as a recommendation. If your system is in great chaos and you can't even run the program installation and any cleaning, then it's time to service and boot the new system.
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