ccleaner and ATF are both very good legit programs however you can over do things, and with ccleaner there is the possibility to mess with the registry which I never ever advise. As stated if you use it in the default setting and only use the cleaner feature you are ok but daily use is over kill for sure. ATF is not as big a risk since it does not have the registry cleaner feature so it is the one I more often suggest using. In the old versions of windows defrag and clean up were pretty important in the new versions much of that is automated and extra work is not nearly as essential. what I would suggest one spend more time on is making sure all the essentials are updated because these days so many infections are coming in through holes in some of these apps. So use the secuina tool every few weeks or so and make sure you stay fully updated. Secunia Online Software Inspector (OSI) and running a malwarebytes scan every few weeks (update it first) is a definite. Plus if you do not have spywareblaster in my book it is a must have, no scans to do just update it once a week then hit enable all protection so the shield is green and it sits there protecting you. SpywareBlaster

alanis spacing and brackets (not parenthesis) must be exact when putting in a command this must be done exactly pay attention to the spaces and the brackets, put your key in place of the one in these brackets. Notice the space between c / and between x (bracket msiexec /x (299CF645-48C7-4FA1-8BCD-5CE200CF180D) and clicking OK. ok for some reasons this stupid reply box is changing what I am typing you need to use brackets and it is showing up here as parenthesis but be sure the spacing is properly done. You can see the actual way it should be typed on the link I had provided in my earlier post.

OK. You need to focus on getting windows up date working first before anything, The next thing to try is running System file checker, To run the System File Checker, complete these steps: 1. Click Start, and then type cmd in the Start Search box. 2. In the results area, right-click cmd.exe, and then click Run as administrator. You will be prompted to type the password for an administrator account. Click Continue if you are the administrator or type the administrator password. Then, click Continue. 3. At the command prompt, type Sfc /scannow, and then press ENTER.

poohbear please follow up, for additional clean up measures. note Drive C: : 232.88 Gb Total Space : 44.83 Gb Free Space : 19.25% Space Free : Partition Type: NTFS You're running out of free space! Windows needs 20% or more to run efficently. Please run OTL again. Under the Custom Scans/Fixes box at the bottom paste in the following text between the stars ********************************************************* :otl FF - prefs.js..extensions.enabledAddons: download_YouTube_ghribi@gmail.com:1.0.0 @Alternate Data Stream - 182 bytes -> C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\TEMP:408F95E5 @Alternate Data Stream - 122 bytes -> C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\TEMP:C8B8CEBD @Alternate Data Stream - 121 bytes -> C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\TEMP:C31F31E6 :Files ipconfig /flushdns /c :commands [CreateRestorePoint] [emptytemp] [purity] ************************************************************ Then click the Run Fix button at the top Let the program run unhindered, reboot the PC when it is done Open OTL again and click the Quick Scan button. Post the log it produces in your next reply. Post that directly to the forum.