Electronics

[glb613]

On 1/21/2015 smokymtngal said:

On 1/16/2015 Nightowlz said:

Download Malwarebytes & CCleaner. We have the paid version of Malwarebytes so it runs itself. If you download the free version you will have to run it yourself. Don't use Avast so I'm not sure how it works. We use Microsoft Security Essentials.

I have Malwarebytes Pro, Microsoft Security Essentials and CCleaner. Malwarebytes runs by itself (every day). I have to run Microsoft Security Essentials manually, even though it says it's set to run every Sunday. It doesn't. I'm afraid to run CCleaner because I'm not very computer savvy and so much is automatically checked. What can I uncheck that doesn't have to be cleaned and what should I absolutely keep checked to be cleaned? I hope this question makes sense.

You can uncheck anything you want. All unchecking does is remove it from the items the program scans. I suggest you uncheck everything under Windows or other programs listed. I used it to clear files from my browsers and leave both Firefox and Internet Explorer on the list.

You can also use CCleaner to uninstall programs and remove programs from the startup group. Those tasks are found under tools on the left hand side. I like using it to remove programs from the startup group (it doesn't uninstall the program) because it lists them using their name not the mumbo jumbo you find using msconfig.

[smoky22]

On 1/22/2015 glb613 said:

On 1/21/2015 smokymtngal said:

I have Malwarebytes Pro, Microsoft Security Essentials and CCleaner. Malwarebytes runs by itself (every day). I have to run Microsoft Security Essentials manually, even though it says it's set to run every Sunday. It doesn't. I'm afraid to run CCleaner because I'm not very computer savvy and so much is automatically checked. What can I uncheck that doesn't have to be cleaned and what should I absolutely keep checked to be cleaned? I hope this question makes sense.

You can uncheck anything you want. All unchecking does is remove it from the items the program scans. I suggest you uncheck everything under Windows or other programs listed. I used it to clear files from my browsers and leave both Firefox and Internet Explorer on the list.

You can also use CCleaner to uninstall programs and remove programs from the startup group. Those tasks are found under tools on the left hand side. I like using it to remove programs from the startup group (it doesn't uninstall the program) because it lists them using their name not the mumbo jumbo you find using msconfig.

thank you, glb613!