Anti Virus software - daft pricing

[Orpheus]

I have used the F.O.C Avast AV for years and found it very good and really does look after your PC and I use it in conjunction with two other free apps Spybot and CCleaner that do different jobs, but I do not bank online.

[oldbluefox]

I used CCleaner on my Windows 7 machine and it really messed it up. I had to use System Restore to get back to normal. It's strange really as I had used it before without any problems on XP.
I now use Microsoft Essentials (free) and Malwarebytes (free) to keep my machine safe. I also defrag with Ultimate Defrag or Defraggler to keep it running smoothly.

[david63]

You have to be very careful with the settings of CCleaner otherwise it can be too aggressive and do things that you do not want it to do.

[oldbluefox]

.................................. as I can testify!!!

[Orpheus]

OBF my CCleaner is set up correctly so have no problems and never had been using it years.

[oldbluefox]

It seems quite a few people have had problems on 64 bit machines. I may give it another try and omit the registry cleaner. Any other bits I should avoid?

[Orpheus]

It seems quite a few people have had problems on 64 bit machines. I may give it another try and omit the registry cleaner. Any other bits I should avoid?

Yes OBF be careful what you disable in startup. By the way I have a 64 bit PC why should you have problems with it?

[oldbluefox]

I've no idea what went wrong but I tried it twice with equally disastrous results. In XP I always just allowed it to analyze and then clean. Clearly I need to be more selective in my settings.