Shit! This junk is too slow

I know, I have been there too. I click on an application and it takes freaking forever to start. The first doubt that comes to most minds it "This junk is too slow". It may be or may be not. Try opening another application. If that too is slow, then may be you're right.

Now, what to do. Most people, just format their windows, plain and simple. There are a number of things you can do:

• First check that the system that you have meets the requirements of the operating system installed. Complex thing simple, install the right OS on the right hardware. If not, then either downgrade or upgrade the OS. (Sorry, lads cannot list system requirements of every windows available now, can I.)
• Download the Piriform CCleaner. Then, run it.
  
  You should get a screen like the above. First click Analyze and then after it's completion, click Run Cleaner . Now click, the Registry tab on the left. You should see something like
  
  Same as before, click Scan for Issues and the choose which issues to fix and then click Fix selected issues. When you click on that, a window will pop up asking you to make a backup of the registry. Choose Yes for that and fix the issues.
• Check if you have installed any McAfee or Norton software, then please uninstall them. They usually are resource hogs and take up a lot of resources.
• Update the antivirus and scan the junk.
• Lastly, run Disk Defragmenter and scan the entire system. After that, restart your system a couple of times.

This should solve most problems. If, I have not mentioned your favorite trick, then please comment.

A thing or two about Antivirus

Let's start at the beginning, The question is What is a virus?
From www.thefreedictionary.com we have

(Computer Science) computing an unauthorized program that inserts itself into a computer system and then propagates itself to other computers via networks or disks; when activated it interferes with the operation of the computer

Some signs that may indicate you have a virus are:

• Your computer becomes slow, I mean really slow.
• Your internet connection is slow, your downloading sucks.
• There are softwares installed that you don't know of.

These may indicate a presence of a virus, but they could also be due to other factors. These days, due to the media frenzy about virus, THE VIRUS has broaden it's territory to a very big extent. Nowadays, it includes ad-wares, mal-wares, spywares and pretty much every other wares.

Now, lets go back to the topic: What is an Antivirus?
From www.thefreedictionary.com we have

A software program designed to identify and remove a known or potential computer virus.

Now, I have seen people, that just install a simple antivirus and then they say protection of the system is complete. They do not follow THE PROCEDURE. Installing an antivirus and then doing nothing does didly squat. So, for everyone's sake here is THE PROCEDURE:

• Keep the antivirus updated.
• Scan any media (USB, external hard disk,etc...) you attach to you PC before opening it.
• Scan you whole computer atleast a month.

Just following THE PROCEDURE does not guarantee 100% safety but for a PC, it does the job. There are antivirus suites,but for a common PC, just go ahead and download the free version. For a complete list of antivirus click here . If this list does not contain your antivirus, then please tell them.

If, I have missed something or you want to add something, then please comment.