[stevestras]

This is a good and timely thread.

We have started to develop a list of tools for PC maintenance that we can recommend to clients. So far, we have decided on:

Malwarebytes

and

Revo uninstaller.

Good for infection scanning and removing programs.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Man my internet response time is slow this morning...at least with FreeRepublic,.,,,

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