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Why Is My Computer Slow?

I have noticed most of my online friends have been having troubles with their computers lately. They are from all over the world and their computers range in age from completely outdated to just a few weeks old. I think maybe the problem is netwide but after some checking I found some very nice software that helped my computer.

TuneUp Utilities 2009 – Free trial version. Click here! For more information.

In the past I have tried software that was supposed to supposed up my computer and got a nasty surprise! 

IT HAD MORE AD-WARE AND SPY-WARE IN IT THAN MY COMPUTER HAD BEFORE I DOWNLOADED IT!

I am pretty careful now what I download onto my computer! I have also come to realize most of the time your computer is slow because the hard drive is getting to full. If the hard drive is between 1/2 and 3/4 full, try cleaning out some junk you never use before downloading something else. Easy regular maintenance and cleaning will do more for your computer speed than most any download. Virus and ad-ware scanners can slow your computer to a crawl also. An internet savvy person with a good firewall connected to the internet through a router is usually enough protection, but to make it easy 1 good program (only 1) to be a backup is a good idea,  AVG offers a great free service that you can upgrade if you do not feel comfortable.

Your start menu is a place where bad things can get in without you noticing, if it takes a lot longer time to start your computer than it used to. This may be a good place to look first. This can be done manually by clicking "run", entering "msconfig" then going to start menu, You do not need every program on your computer running in the background all the time, they will start fine when the shortcut is clicked (it just takes a little longer then). Your firewall, anti virus/spy-ware, and possibly the program you use every time you use your computer should be all that starts on start-up. Viruses and other bad programs like to get into the start-up process so they can come on first and take over your computer.

Tune Up Utilities 2009  will clean off all the crap that no one ever sees in your computer, optimizes it for the way you use it (makes sure the programs and software you use the most is ready while shutting down the rest) And will automatically keep it optimized as long as you own your computer. It is not a "heavy program" that slows your computer more. It has no ad-ware or spy-ware to affect your computers operation.  I give it 2 thumbs up! Finally some software that works without over loading your computer and optimizes your machine to the way you use it!

Tune-Up Utilities 2009 – Free trial version. Click here!

A story releised Friday by AP. Are all big companies tied to the stock market going to crash?

AP
Early Glance: Computer companies
Friday October 24, 10:40 am ET

Computer companies shares down at 10 a.m.

NEW YORK (AP) –

Shares of some top computer companies are down at 10 a.m.:
Apple Inc fell $2.69 or 2.7 percent, to $95.54.
Dell Inc fell $.52 or 4.3 percent, to $11.47.
Hewlett Packard fell $1.11 or 3.3 percent, to $32.04.
IBM fell $2.92 or 3.5 percent, to $81.43.
Lexmark fell $.58 or 2.2 percent, to $25.43.

 This may be why

I knew this but never thought to post it figuring everyone else knew it to. Someone sent it to me in an email today and the lightbulb came on!

Being a marketer I knew I could have had my way with every email address that people forwarded to me. I even had software to extract them!

But didn’t…… Just couldn’t bring myself to do it…..  I would have even been nice and sent an optin request and never sent another thing if they didn’t opt in ….. but I didn’t!

Must be the Vermonter in me…….

I could not believe the people that were puttting their friends and families email addresses out for the scum of the earth to take advantage of. I used to reply with a warning but few took heed. Now I am Just letting you all know it can and is done every day.

The best way to protect everyone (you never know what could be in these "forward" emails anyway!) is to copy and paste (without formating) to a new email. This will stop the email address collection cycle most of the time.

1) Any time you see an E-Mail that says forward this on to ‘10′ of your friends sign this petition, or you’ll get bad luck, or whatever, it has either an E-Mail tracker program attached that tracks the cookies and E-Mails of those folks you forward. The host sender is getting a copy each time it gets forwarded and then is able to get lists of ‘active’ E-Mails to use in SPAM E-Mails, or sell to others that do.

2) Almost all E-Mails that ask you to add your name and forward on to others are similar to that mass letter years ago that asked people to send business cards to the little kid in Florida who wanted to break the Guinness Book of Records for the most cards. All it was, and all any of this type of E-Mail is, is a way to get names and ‘cookie’ tracking information for telemarketers and spammers – - to validate active E-Mail accounts for their own purposes.

You can do your friends and family members a favor by sending this information to them; you will be providing a service to your friends, and will be rewarded by not getting thousands of Spam E-Mails in the future!

If you have been sending out (FORWARDING) the above kinds of E-Mail, now you know why you get so much SPAM!

Do yourself a favor and STOP adding your name(S) to those type listings regardless how inviting they might sound! You think you are supporting a GREAT cause, but you are NOT in the long run. Instead, you will be getting tons of junk mail later in life!

Also: E-Mail petitions are NOT acceptable to Congress or any other organization. To be acceptable, petitions must have a signed signature and full address of the person signing the petition. Read the full story here: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.asp "

Never reply to or click the link in an email like this one!

I received this email today and I usualy just delete them but today I thought of the readers out there that are not quite a "net smart" as I.

If you believe it is your bank or other instution really needing your information, call your bank and talk to them before ever replying to or clicking the link and giving them your information!

I will point out what to look for in scam emails like this by underlining. (The one I got today was a bad one but someone in a hurry might miss even the easy to see red flags it threw up)

From:  technical-support_refnum-154hj@bankofamerica.com

No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com
Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.6/1539 - Release Date: 7/7/2008 6:35 PM

 Here are the problems I see.

1. Banks and Online pay prossesors do not send emails requesting online information updates from you. And has your bank ever made you re submit your information when they updated software?. Mine hasn’t.
2. The from email addy would never have a spacific "refnum-154hj" in the from address . There are other ways of routing emails per customer. Then they made the mistake of using BCC to send to others looking almost the same as mine (I left them out to respect their privacy… whats left of it  lol). one "refnum" sent to multiple recipenants? I don’t think so!
3. The Logo doesn’t look to bad eh?
4. They talk about moving to a SSL server. DUH! If you have ever done online money transactions, they have been on SSL servers! (Or you got ripped of!)

HINT- any time you are giving some website secure info of any kind, ALWAYS make sure the URL (site address in the search box) starts with https: (normal sites use http: the "s" means it is SSL). Now notice the URL (link) they give for you to go and "securely" give them your info. NO "https://"  !!!!

The only good thing I see about this email is my AVG virus scanner didn’t dectect a virus…..

If you do a lot of dealing online or are an Internet marketer and have your info all over the net, a little backup protection from Lifelock Identity Theft Protection is an affordable piece of mind!

Be carefull out there!