Avast me hearties! I've
Zoned out.
When
I booted up this morning there was yet another Zone Alarm pop-up
trying to sell me something. That, along with what has become a
very
slow start up process led me to Google "Zone Alarm alternatives."
That
led me Major
Geeks.com. The first freeware on their list is Advanced System Care. I watched the
above video. I sprang. (Don't take the FREE SCAN - it's an ad
selling something else)
Something you should know. I've used CC Cleaner to clean trash
and fix
registry problems for years. In fact, I do the registry scan
daily and
have a zero tolerance, so I always leave with "No problems."
That's
something you can't do, I'll wager; the typical computer will have
about a million problems listed. I also use AVAST, and they annoy
me
with pop-ups that tell me they updated me every two hours, it
seems.
If you turn the auto update off, you'll miss the notice that your
license has expired and the Windows Security deal will threaten to kill
you.
I spent about three hours running every module available. Where
CC
Cleaner found no problems, ASC found several hundred. Around this
time
I decided to spring for the $12.95 and get the Pro version, which
only offers a few additional tasks, but I wanted them. Then I
removed Zone Alarm and AVAST. My start-up time went from about 3
hours to about 60 seconds.
I thought you should know. Yes, I know you have something better, but I
don't care. Although others might. |
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