Reg

Hi Swex, Installed and ran CCleaner yesterday. Sadly, at the time I had no tracking cookies to remove, so could not compare directly with Spyhunter; but it has recovered 3.3 GB of of space. Thank you for your advice. Have you purchased or would you recommend the purchase of CCleaner Pro or Pro+? Best regards, Reg

Hi Swex, Thank you for your prompt reply. All advice noted, although not all can now be acted upon a laptop 2+ years old. I would not fall for ads offering to "... run any faster than it did the day it was brand new.", and I do not think Zooka are claiming this? I still have an original back-up, but have added some software by choice, not to mention a number of microsoft and harware manufacturer updates. In truth my only issues with speed are increased run times for back ups and AV scans. I suspect these are due to an ever increasing number of temporary files? I always clear browser history from the year dot, but as you will know other applications produce redundant temp files. I no longer feel confident to work through file manager (Windows explorer) and delete these manually. My main concern is unwanted advertising and tracking cookies plus other malware. I stream a lot of sport on my laptop, some from 'unofficial sites', and suspect this is the primary source? I'll give CCleaner a try when my Spyhunter licence ends. Thanks, Reg

Swex et al, I just stumbled on this topic when searching for a consensus on the performance of SpeedZooka. (I couldn't stop reading when I discovered it wasn't related to my needs, because you guys were going in tangential directions....). However some of your replies have raised questions... "Speedzooka is NOT Sony software." Agreed! "And it will not "speed up" your PC as it claims only the opposite." Is that wholly true? I would have thought any software that removes malware and redundant registry entries might improve performance? Certainly Spyhunter4 did for me, until its run-time became so lengthy I found it unbearable. (Hence my interest in SpeedZooka) In any event eset themselves market a malware removal product too. "If you feel that you don't have enough power and speed in your PC then it's better to buy newer hardware". Whilst that statement is obviously true, I believe most home users find performance slowing long before they need to upgrade hardware, especially as many users think like Linda50 said, "I just thought I'd download it and try it..." Moreover, countless add-ons get bundled with genuine updates, if you don't double check the content of every download, and even then the likes of Google can add-in to browsers without user knowledge. "One can also take a look at how many software that is set to startup automatically at boot with Windows, disabling the unnecessary startup entries is one thing that actually can improve the performance of the PC..." Agreed, but I trained as a computer programmer in 1985. I've worked as analyst, programmer, D_base designer, project manager and program manager. I've owned PC's since the early 90's and even built (or more accurately, assemled) my own desktops. Yet, apart from a few obvious application names, I couldn't begin to determine which programs are essential at boot-up in a modern operating system? Finally, when you guys are trying to help Mr/Miss Average User (and old dinosaurs like me), it would help if you identified the issue... I realised where Linda50 was coming from as soon as she posted, "Here is where I saw the software download.cnet/speedzooka/3000-18512_4-76047568.html". In my experience cnet has always punctuated its main pages with added download buttons to push so-called freebie software. I think it's their primary revenue stream? For TomFace's interest... Unless your first reply to Linda has been edited, there were NO personal attacks within it. I imagine Linda50 was looking at your handle: TomFace Panic = Chaos/Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread Best regards, Reg