Spyware, viruses, & security forum: TuneUp Utilities vs System Mechanic Premium

Nothing but Grief when you use those sort of programs . Malwarebytes , Super Anti Spyware , Ccleaner , all used smartly works great .......Digger

Hi Grif,

You have given me good advice in the past, so I will listen to your advice. I will not buy TuneUp Utilities at a special price of $29.95. I did use it for 15 days and it did clean up a lot of files, start up programs, registry files etc. and to be honest, I found this computer to run quite a bit faster. I think I had every program starting up which would of course make the computer slower. I delete files etc. in IE 8.0 on a regular basis. The computer shuts down quicker too since I have used TuneUp. I don't know if this is just a coincidence or not. I have been advised in the past not to use programs like these, but I thought I would try them out because this computer was so darn slow. I will try the programs you are suggesting I use, like Malware and CCleaner etc. I assume they are free? If I uninstall both of these programs and install the others, is there anything that I should know about start up programs and making the shut down process faster than it was before I used the two mentioned programs? I do believe that I have too much going on with this computer. What about disabling programs? I am sure there are a lot of programs that don't need to be running in the background, but I don't know which ones they are. Perhaps you could guide me in this direction. I am very happy that you answered my questions so quickly. I really appreciate your help. You are very knowledgeable. Awaiting your answer when you have time. Thanks again. BTW. I am using Windows XP Professional, Media Centre Edition Version 2003 with XP3. This computer is an AMD Althon Processor, 3800+ 2.00 ghz and 1.87 gb ram. I don't know what any of this means and this computer is now 6 years old. I also use I.E. 8.0 for the browser. I got an IPad in July 16 GB, which I love. No problems with it so far and it is very fast.

I want to thank you very much for your quick response to my query. I will not buy TuneUp Utilities for a special price of $29.95 and I will uninstall System Mechanic Premium. I bought it from Worldstart and paid only $15.00 for it, along with two other programs on the disk. Buying it this way, I just received the disk, no box or anything. I will try the programs you have suggested I try and see what happens. Perhaps you can read the reply I received from Grif and the reply I sent to him. Thanks again for taking the time to answer my question. I truly appreciate it.

Grif, something that I am afraid of now and I forgot to mention it to you is what happens after I uninstall both of these programs as far as what TuneUp Utilities changed, moreso than System Mechanic Premium. TU changed all kinds of start up programs, the desktop, the way IE looks, so many things to mention. Will everything go back to the way things were before I used it? I sure pray that things will be okay. What do you think? Thanks a lot