One program that should not be on any pc is definitely McAfee Antivirus. Since it comes as pre-installed bloatware on the computers of several brands, many people just keep it (either for convenience as they don’t have to install an antivirus, or for fear of messing with what they believe is system software), but it should be removed immediately - it’s heavy, glitchy and awful at protection.
@Willfa10 Precisely my point. McAfee is a sorry excuse for an antivirus and I honestly don't get why pc brands keep pre-installing it, that piece of crap should not installed even on the worst machines.
@Willfa10 Yours was an old pc, but McAfee comes pre-installed and thus could let hackers on relatively (or even brand) new machines as well. That's why imo nobody should have it on the computer.
Is it worth keeping until the free premium runs out? Or is it best to just get rid of it anyways? Or perhaps just use it for the vpn if needed and use something else as an AV?
First steps on a new PC: 1) Disable Micro$oft’s recall-ware and NSA conduit, Auto-Update. A friend calls Auto-Update foul-ware, as it’s prone to foul up your PC. 2) Remove pre-installed malware: McAffe, etc. 3) Install other than IE or rebranded IE, Edge.
Thank you for mentioning CCleaner. I have had to reinstall so many OSs as a result of clients getting punchy and ignoring even major warnings, Years ago the software could even delete the registry. That's insane!
Ccleaner works fine with win10. Avast left after deleting a bad taste by a false varning after every two minutes. Ccleaner cleaned the shit. Norton and Malwarebytes were useles. This happened in may 2022.
I was using Ccleaner for like 10 years without single problem, but after some version (few years ago) it turned to totaly fake software similarly as all those antiviruses like Avast or AVG
It's a shame that we can't have an honest version of what CCleaner once was. It really did used to be a trustworthy alternative to making and frequently editing your own batch file. I don't see Windows effectively doing all of the cache cleaning that I would like.
Usually unless you have dozens of additional software installed it won't help much when you disable them in background. You can always go to task manager -> process and sort them by memory usage. Then you can decide what you should get rid of from your device
for the extensions, I used a volume booster extension that was one of the most used ones in the store, yet a couple of weeks ago my browser notified me that it disabled the add-on and removed it from the store as it contained mailicious code. Just learn from this that even the most used and highly rated extensions are not necessarily completely safe
I had a problem with an extension recently where it forwarded my Google searches to Bing. Nixed that one. But if you need a volume booster, Enhancer for RU-vid continues to work for me with no issues.
Zoom is problematic, because some teachers use it for online consultancy, over MS Team which are part of the Office 365 suite the school uses. Therefore I have to have both MS Teams and Zoom installed, so I can talk to teachers in case I need help with something. In some weird cases, not very much, I guess very little much teachers use WhatsApp for online consultancy. I cannot tell teachers to ditch Zoom in favour of in-house MS Teams from Office 365 Professional that school has license for.
Glary Utilities is my CCleaner replacement, and I've only run into a couple bugs which were fixed by their developers. It does a pretty good sweep of my system, although sometimes I will go deeper with Windows' built-in tools.
I'm a happy user of both 7Zip and Vivaldi. I kind of liked Opera for the brief time I used it, but I find Vivaldi's tools (particularly the note-taking and translation) to be better than what I could get with Opera.
I would include google chrome. Not only it's easily the worst browser regarding privacy and, other chromium browsers like brave and even edge have better performance and resource use
Similarly to the Opera browser, I keep reading that the WPS Office has Chinese connections that make it undesirable. Instead, the free, open source Libreoffice can give you all the office suite you need, comparable to Microsoft Office. In fact, since it looks more like MS Office than does WPS Office, it should be easier.
what's wrong with it? Not much really. It takes forever and a day to load, and that's a pretty unforgiveable sin these days for most people, myself included. Alternatives? there aren't any depending on what you're using it for. Own an iOS device or bought music from the apple store? You're kind of stuck with it. everything with regards to full device backups, OS restorations, all of it is tied to iTunes. If you're just using it to as a media/podcast player, and nothing more though? There's no good reason to use it. Cpod and audacious cover both of those functions pretty well. I really only have iTunes because I have an iPad Air. I never launch it though because it does take forever to load the damn app. my guess is it starts up a bunch of services in the background first of questionable nature. also it doesn't respect windows themes, so all I get is that eye searing light theme. Dark mode just isn't a thing on windows for it. that's probably the greater sin in my book.
@@jack-the-threader On windows the Microsoft Store is the official way to obtain iTunes. there isn't a download page for itunes on apple's website. hasn't been for a year now. at least there are no links to it. just a link to a page with a link to open the microsoft store app. if you want the full installer, you kind of have to go to places like Filehippo, and those versions actually ARE from 2017/2018.
I don't download the iTunes app from the Microsoft Store, only the desktop application version, which does work (apart from slow start up times) and is regularly updated, for syncing with Apple devices.
I used driver booster for years. Did the job, kept me up to date with all my driver's, installed them without guys and was brilliant. Tonight, after installing new hardware, it insisted on being updated. Fair enough. It offered, for the first time ever, to also install other software. A VPN and a piece of screen capture garbage and I can't even recall what the third one was. I refused. It installed them anyway and refused to let me uninstall them. My anti virus started isolating files I hadn't given permission to install and clasding them as malware. I've spent hours so far manually deleting files associated with it and editing my registry. So; Driver Booster now a bad actor installing malware.
Since we're on the topic of browser extension, maybe you should do a video on the best ones to have. I personally have Dark Reader installed and by far the best forced-dark mode extension I've used.
LanguageTool, PrivacyBadger, and Auto Tab Discard are the ones I use. I also used to use NoScript, but I generally don't visit sketchy sites so it was just an inconvenience.
I would avoid Noxplayer (PC android emulation) it installs a TON of heapware into your system, and it's still not free. Look I get it, if you give a program away for free, you need to support your business, but if you are selling a program, it should come without heapware. IMO
@@darija.lyrics.uncensored Heapware is programs that you don't need and would never normally install. Noxplayer installs not only the player but several additional programs that need to be uninstalled.
Beware of any programs that put a countdown clock on up-selling to a 'pro' version. These time limited offers are nonsense. If you need a pro version (I have paid for many) you don't want to be pressured by such tactics. Well designed software will sell itself. PS: 'pronunciate?' I hope that was a joke. 🙂
Very important Video!! Saving me and others alot of Research time!! I will check your video list to see if you have done one message Apps!! There are 2 or 3 I don't use and avoid !!! I currently use the Signal App for chat, voice, and video calls including International!! It is supposed to be triple encryption???
I use iTunes and have zero issues with it. Though, to be fair, I mostly just use it to dump files from my PC to my iPod Touch, in 1 neat, convenient place. It's drag and drop, with a good way to edit song info like the name, album name, artist name, album artwork, etc.
Anyone got views on the IObit suite of utilities? Been using them for years, and never experienced a problem, other than the usual issue of being careful not to install unwanted programs during updates. Many thanks TG, for the info about CCleaner - duly uninstalled.
Exactly the same as me. You know them bombard you with ads for their other programs, but as long as you are aware of that, the actual programs themselves seem to work really well.
iobit driver updater is terrible! Ive used it to update my drivers and it disabled my trackpad (which on a laptop is very important) and I had to try several ways to get it to work. It finally worked after changing its registry value to 0 instead of 1.
Driver booster is pretty good Iobit unlocker is next level Antivirus is just bad. Doesn't do anything Advanced system care is mostly pup. But there are some downloadable apps in it that are actually useful and you can copy those and uninstall the main program
1. any yandex software 2. any antivirus 3. any cleaner stuff 4. any browser aside chrome and firefox 5. any ui tweaking stuff like rainmeter aside openshell and winaero stuff 6. any fps booster software
@@aciddev_ my pc runs fine with it installed and i have 8gbs of ram. With my usual setup of a simple clock and recycle bin it only uses around 7-8mbs of ram, which isn't that much.
1. i still use itune to jailbreaking my ipad 2. i use opera to studying only with no purpose of having any privacy at all since all of the privacy is on the onion browser 3. i use zoom for online studying but since the zoom app on my laptop is always malfunction every time i reinstalled it so i stick with the web one 4. i use both rar and 7 zip and i don't give a crop to the pop up.
Thank you for all you do. I was wondering and maybe others ad well. I'm not sure. But can you do a vidoe and show us what different kinds licenses for RU-vid creator? I more use a phone. Could you do one with a phone. It would be greatly appreciated by me. Also what do you think of Proton mail and vpn.
A good alternative to Zoom and Teams is Jitsi, which is open source, so you can host it on your own server, or you can use their server free of charge, or with paid plans.
I only keep a legacy version of CCleaner, BEFORE it had "browser security" and other malicious features. Also, I uninstalled Viddly RU-vid Downloader as they now "mine" your internet and it installs upon bootup, so it's always running :/
Shame about CCleaner going downhill, I own a copy I bought years ago and it works well. Did far more for far less, still does, than any other utility, included with the OS or 3rd party. The newer saas versions looked pretty sus, so I never "upgraded."
Opera is pretty much reliable browser just like any other. To put it on this list just because of misleading VPN add-on which BTW is disabled by default, from my standing point is not a good reason. I'm sure that we can find various things in other browsers which could be arguably problematic in this way or another.
yeah the chrome web store needs t be gone through bad. Lots of companys just abandon the old version of their extenson rename it an claim it's new. see that alot from ones made by ACCESABILITY and PRODUCTIVITY!
If you pay for Winrar, not only do you get rid of the pop up, you get free updates for life. I bought it well over a decade ago and haven't had to pay anything since.
I was going to try the "should I remove it" utility but felt 120.00 per year was too much. any other utilities out there that might be more affordable?
Uninstall tool is a very handy utility that removes unused components when uninstalling a program that would usually be left over. It can also force uninstall some programs so if for example you dont use edge, you can use it to remove edge and all of its components
... as far as zoom, did you differentiate between the installed package and just clicking on a link? Its tough to view a webinar thats on zoom and not use it. I can understand warning folks to not install the full package, but what is someone gonna do if the webinar you want to see is via zoom? Is it more a security potential like every other software package or is there a severe underdevelopment? I have had a poor experience with ciscos version, just saying. Winrar got a bad rap. Its not freeware so the popups are applicable until you buy it. I dont think its a "should not be" on your pc. Its a if you rather keep it, you should buy it. Remember they "are" rar. I ask that you try "Gadwin" screenshot utility. The free version does most of what anyone should want. It can even catch the "prntscreen" key to save screenshots. There is a small sliding menu available if you want to do more than just screenshot and it hides out of the way when you dont need it. First time I saw this feature in such a program. U should try it.
There is a clean windows pro / home OS without bloatware that you can reformat with and update to current version of windows with windows update assistant. I installed this in 5 machines and unlike resets it does not come back because there is not any .. if you are interested in learning where to get it just message me
I'd really love to get rid of Zoom. Unfortunately, there are still some meetings that require me to have it. Just wish that I could convince them to use a different video conferencing program.
I use Opera for its free vpn, but it has a very intrusive daily update which changes all my configurations. I've tried to disable the updates using all the tips I could find in internet but they didn't work. I am sick of it.
@speaking up Just because you don't see a problem it doesn't mean there isn't any. There are many viruses not harming the host operating systems, because they need that system (e.g. botnets, miners). If it's sophisticated enough, you won't know it's there.
What about Greenshot for a Windows screenshot app? I like a lot of its tools. It does have the option to save to various pic sharing or cloud sites. But those are disabled by default.
I personally just use the built-in shortcut Win+Shift+S. It's basically a really advanced clipping tool that allows you to easily edit and save screenshots.
The closest thing you need to a cleaner now is an uninstaller program that removes stuff left behind. You have to be a fair bit more tech savvy but in a worst case scenario most make you do a restore point to roll back in case something you removed was an issue. I recommend the free version of Revo Uninstaller. However don't use it on programs installed by package managers as that can cause issues for the package manager and learning how to fix it. Then again... restore points are your friend. Mostly do this for a clean uninstall so new installs are clean or to remove sensitive information or configurations that software may have had and would not delete on uninstall. But as TechGumbo said the Operating Systems are way more stable, the bugs in Windows 11 aside, than they were a few versions ago, and most of that management from defragging to registry management is better than most tools that are out there, and any advantages those tools do have are not noticeable in a modern machine.
4:06 it is NOT automatic upload (you must press the Upload button to upload) and you CAN request image removal. They also improved privacy lately so you can no longer just type random IDs in printsc links to find random screenshots
My new pc comes with cc cleaner and I unistalled it because I already knew I don't need it. It also comes with winrar and I have a week more before it starts to beg for me to buy a license but I already know 7-zip
Ccleaner used to be brilliant. Just the other day it randomly installed their browser.. never even asked me first I knew about it was when it opened on finished install... immediately uninstall updated AV and went offline for complete system scan... with x4 2TB ssd and x3 16TB hdd I was not impressed
regarding uTtorrent and it possibly adding software using system resources - it sufficient to uninstall it or do you have to perform additional removals? thank you!
I recently saw that I have Winrar installed but I didn't install it so that was weird,I clicked to uninstall it but cancelled because I was installing a game,and it just disappeared from my laptop
Icloud For windows, Always Tilts my Videos and Pictures a Bizzarre 45-degree Angles...my Head doesn't Assume that position. (and it annoyingly downloads everything as a Zip)
are TikTok and Zoom dangerous? What about google and Microsoft ? What about every version of Windows ? didn't they collect any information ? TikTok might be dangerous as same as windows systems or google.
Yeah cause sometimes u'r just too desperate to get something so using ur brain and preventing u from the download isn't gonna help much to get what u want 🤦♀️
How do we remove this malware/virus called "creative cloud"? escapetosaturn question to Adobe. "Any program that installs that auto-installs and runs itself without the user's permission is by definition a virus." It is almost impossible to completely remove Adobe, infects the Registry, which has to be cleaned manually
I also recommend uninstalling Avast on Windows for the simple reason it is unnecessary bloat when Microsoft Defender is quite well capable at this point.
Last time I tried iTunes for Windows, it deemed _my entire media library_ as "pirated" and auto-deleted it from the entire system. Why? Because the files "didn't have iTunes metadata watermarks", which also describes self-created media files, and files legally purchased from a _different_ storefront (like purchasing soundtracks on Steam, for example). I will never trust Apple software on a non-Apple system EVER again, they do that on purpose to "convince" you to buy Apple hardware instead, which the macOS versions of Apple software lack such "glitches"...
I like to Vivaldi until I realized how integrated and difficult it is to get off of your system. When Revo can't get it all, you have a very intrusive program.
