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1 posted on 09/21/2015 8:37:15 PM PDT by Bill Russell
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To: Bill Russell

I am not a professional IT guy, and have not heard of that one. Maybe you should look at your Control Panel and see when it was installed. I recently installed CCleaner, recommended by http://www.komando.com/ website, and I love it.


2 posted on 09/21/2015 8:45:50 PM PDT by matthew fuller (This is black slime and it needs to be eradicated from American society. (obama and holder))
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To: Bill Russell

Review here: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2485485,00.asp


3 posted on 09/21/2015 8:48:32 PM PDT by daifu (Molon Labe)
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To: Bill Russell

After thinking about this a little more, I would run as fast as possible away from anything that “just shows up” on my computer.


4 posted on 09/21/2015 8:48:37 PM PDT by matthew fuller (This is black slime and it needs to be eradicated from American society. (obama and holder))
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To: Bill Russell

Stay away from anything that just appears on your computer, that is the definition of trouble. Uninstall it.
I have been using CCleaner for years and love it.


5 posted on 09/21/2015 8:53:31 PM PDT by FreedomGuru (Oil is as organic as Tofu and daffodils.)
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To: Bill Russell

Sounds like crapware.

http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-slimcleaner-plus/


11 posted on 09/21/2015 9:26:19 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Bill Russell

Bookmark


14 posted on 09/21/2015 9:44:50 PM PDT by aquila48
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BKMK FOR MORNING


18 posted on 09/21/2015 10:44:34 PM PDT by Faith65 (Isaiah 40:31)
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To: Bill Russell; dayglored

Ping for you list. . . Freeper needs some Windows advice


19 posted on 09/22/2015 1:29:29 AM PDT by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Bill Russell

bkmk


22 posted on 09/22/2015 4:14:27 AM PDT by Oratam
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To: Bill Russell; matthew fuller; daifu; FreedomGuru; arthurus; Riley; Paleo Pete; moovova; ...

Thank you to everyone who responded with advice.

I read the review from PC Mag and it has a pretty decent review. But he comments below the review were all extremely negative. It looks like it does a “free check” and then requires a purchase to fix what it finds. I suspect that I opened/installed it the other day when I was doing some “cleaning” on my laptop while I was tired (just like Riley mentioned).

I have been using Norton 360 for a couple of years now (and been pretty happy with it). The Norton seems to have been pretty good about blocking and screening most intrusions. I have not gotten any warning screens on it.

All things considered, I will uninstall it and will definitely check out the malwarebytes.org to clean up the registry.

Thanks again, everyone.

V/R

Bill


23 posted on 09/22/2015 4:17:11 AM PDT by Bill Russell
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To: Bill Russell; Tijeras_Slim

Nobody can remember the last time Slim bathed,


24 posted on 09/22/2015 5:35:33 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Bill Russell
Depends on the kind of mood I'm in that day:


25 posted on 09/22/2015 5:42:58 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Bill Russell
I was trying to defrag/ run checks on my computer the other day

With what program?

26 posted on 09/22/2015 5:50:20 AM PDT by McGruff (The angry majority has awoken.)
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To: Bill Russell

If you didn’t download it and install it...it’s malware. Get rid of it fast.


28 posted on 09/22/2015 12:52:04 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
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