Help!!! how do you COMPLETELY clean your computer?

Question

I need to clean my computer and it is slowing down, plus I am really paranoid of things, and some things I have looked at. please tell me how to rid me of my web tracks without downloads!!!!

Answer 1

When I clean my computer, I generally clean out the following files:

C:\Documents and Settings\*username here*\Cookies

C:\Documents and Settings\*username here*\Local Settings\History

C:\Documents and Settings\*username here*\Local Settings\Temp

C:\Documents and Settings\*username here\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

If your computer is slowing down, I strongly suggest running Defragmenter (through the control panel) after deleteing all of these files.

Answer 2

The ultimate way is to back up any files you want to keep onto a flash drive or CD's/DVD's, and then reload the entire operating system (Windows) and all of the software you use. That is like getting a brand new computer.

Best Buy will do it for about $100, also. But you must have the disks to do it.

Answer 3

The best way is to wipe it and reload everything but..

You probably should perform some current virus scans and spy/malware scans. I have had good success with house call by trend micro. They have a free scan service. It is SLOW!!!! (overnight slow) But it is free and works great. It has actually brought my friends computer back from the grave.

Answer 4

To be completely sure that you get rid of spyware/viruses, you need to start from scratch! 1. Copy the data that you want to keep to removable media like CDs, DVDs, thumb drives or an external hard drive. 2. Disconnect/remove backed up data to avoid re-infection. 3. Do a CLEAN install from known good source such as the original install disks, INCLUDING A RE-FORMAT OF THE HARD DRIVE. 4. Install current virus/spyware protection software and make sure you have a hardware or software firewall in place. 5. Scan all backed up data before copying it back onto your freshly installed system. 6. Run a virus/spyware scan on ALL of your removable media like thumb drives, external HDs and CDs/DVDs that you have made or used on the infected system.

Answer 5

Try this it worked for me. Plus its fast.
1. Click the start menu
2. Click Run
3. Type in msconfig and press "OK"
4. Click on Services top right, next to start up.
5. Click on "Hide all Microsoft Services" (Programs needed to run windows)
6. Click on "Disable all"
7. Now click on Startup (top right)
8. Disable All(Disabling all Stupid programs not needed to run windows.
9. Click Apply then close.
10. It will ask you to restart for changes to take effect. "RESTART" You will notice the difference as it boots. If no Difference. More than likely Hardware issues.

Answer 6

if you dont want to download anything to clean it,
clear your temp files, history and browsing history
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Open explorer, click on tools, internet options, under general tab, you will see history, temporary files, click delete, clear and all that. Well that will clean those traces, you can download ccleaner which cleans others like run, search files in windows.
Dont forget to clean your recently opened stuff. just get ccleaner and then uninstall when you are done

Answer 7

clean with this
Kaspersky .antivirus
add-aware personal
spybot search and destory
avg anti-spyware
antispyware blocker
spyware doctor
a-squared
xoftspy

you download them . then you run 1 at a time to scan ur pc . use deep scan with them all .when found spyware or addware .malware .trojan in da scan . just hit on delete.also have registry machanic . that will clean up ur pc registry you want to use a good anitivurs .. Kaspersky .antivirus is verry good .when you have scan ur pc .and remove da malware . then start pc in safemode and scan da pc again as in safe mode it will do a even more deep scan for spyware or malware or trojans you will not need to format da pc at all you can remove any spyware or trojan malware in da way i told you how to it is easy

Answer 8

i found an awesome program called ccleaner that gets rid of all temp files and just about anything else you want gone. just go to ccleaner.com and download the latest version, it's totally bug free so it won't mess with ur cpu.

Answer 9

well, if you can download anonymous surfing software
http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tg=dl-20&qt=anonymous%20surfing&tag=srch
so people can't see your tracks and if you're using firefox, press ctrl+shift+del to clear your private data. if you're using ie, go to tools, internet options, and under the tab labeled general, delete your cookies, temporary files, history, and etc.

Answer 10

get the disk that came with it=put in in=when it asks you start over=say yes