Seems ccleaner is a defragger?Ĭcleaner checks for obsolete and orphaned registry entries in the windows registry and deletes them if user selects the option.Īnd speaking of defragging, here’s a good time to do a PSA.

8-|Īlso, computers don’t read all software or store info linearly (in sequence.) The longer you go, the more the needed info is scattered, here and there. But, I’d appreciate it if someone with knowledge in this area could answer these questions. If I’m completely out in left field, I apologize. But, using fraud in doing so is just all kinds of wrong. I’m not saying that Norton, AVAST, et al have no right to make money. Could AVAST have access to slowing my computer, throwing glitches into the works in order to make me pay them to “clean things up” and “speed things up” for me? I’ve read a few times that anti-virus software companies are the biggest creators of viruses, all in the interest of keeping their revenue streams active. So what’s going on? Right or wrong, I’ll admit to having a suspicious mind on this. It’s happening right this moment, in fact. The longer I try to type, the more the lag increases. Here on CC also, there sometimes occurs a lag between keystrokes, and their appearance in the text box. It simply wouldn’t show any more keystrokes, so I had to quit in the middle of typing a thought.

And just a few minutes ago, when trying to comment on a Youtube, video the text box stopped responding to my typing actions. Nevertheless, shockwave keeps crashing lately when I’m on certain sites, regardless as to whether I’m using Firefox or Chrome. A virus scan shows there to be no malware or viruses. Right now, I’m using their free anti-virus software, and it’s been working great (or so I thought).

Of course, the offer to “speed things up” requires that I upgrade my account in order that this problem be addressed. Okay, I’m about to demonstrate my vast ignorance of computer science by asking this, but please humor me: I just got a pop up window from AVAST warning me that my “computer is running slow”, and that they have identified 14 things slowing it down.

Avast antivirus slowing down computer