Did Your Computer Seem Faster When it was New? Here's Why!

Over time it is inevitable that your computer will accumulate errors and corruption in its registry database, potentially causing the symptoms such as slow boot-up, unknown dial-up commands, slow internet browsing, slow E-mail up and downloads, software on your PC that you did not install or download, connections to unknown or X-rated web-sites, frequent popup's of unwanted web-sites, warnings of "infections" that your PC has, links to so-called repair sites etc... These problems will eventually make your computer slow, unstable or unusable.

The fact is that over 94% of all computers connected to the Internet has some form or all of the below describe problems & infections!

As described above, these problems happen for 3 reasons:

1. You do not have a anti-virus program on your PC, or the program that you have installed does not function properly, outdated virus definitions or expired programs will also no longer provide protection against the latest virus strains and attack's.

2. You do not have Add-aware, Spyware or Malware protection. These type of "virus" programs are not viewed by virus protection programs as critical threads and therefore ignored in most instances, however they are a major problem on most computers with an internet connection.

Add-aware, also know as "Advertising software" is used by web-site developers to provide market research information and market targeting. The software is downloaded to your PC without you knowledge or connect in the form of a "cookie", as a small non threatening packet of information with and expiry date. This "cookie" installs itself on you PC and every time you visit the relevant domain or web-site, it "reports in" to the source database. Most computers that is on the net for 3 months or more will have anything from 30 to 300 of these cookies installed on them. These programs dramatically slow down your internet connections and share bandwidth with your ISP that you pay for!

Spyware, this is a more malicious and threatening version of Add-aware, this type of program, as with Add-aware gets on your PC without your knowledge or connect to the internet in the background without your consent. It is sometimes introduced to you via a "Trojan" program (Remember the horse given to the city of Troy as a "present" while all the time soldiers were hiding inside?, once the horse was inside the city walls, the soldiers could capture the city and open the doors from inside for the rest of the army), Spyware frequently uses this method op "phising", another term used for getting an unsuspected browser to obtain a "free" download or program but in fact downloading a Spyware program. Spyware can be used to read E-mail, capture your E-mail contact database, find passwords, credit card numbers, bank details and much more. A well-know type of Spyware is called a "Key-logger" this program records keystrokes and pages viewed, information captured will be send to the host every time you log on to the internet. Spyware can also delete and corrupt critical system information on your hard drive.

Malware, is a general description for all other programs not clearly Add-aware or Spyware, these programs tend to change system registry entrees and will in some cases damage you operating system, slow your computer down, capture information and generally be disruptive and annoying.

3. Over time it is inevitable that you will accumulate errors, clutter and debris in your computer's registry database. Common causes of these problems include:

• Installing and Removing applications
• Online games
• LAN'ing, connecting to other users in a games forum without virus protections and sharing files
• Applications crashes
• Upgrades of software programs
• Unwanted messenger popup's
• PC errors appearing on system screen
• Unknowingly or knowingly installing pirate games and software
• Unknowingly or knowingly installing "Free" software without reading the suppliers agreement
• Unknowingly or knowingly installing software from a friends CD or Flash drive without first scanning for infections
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While many errors will go unnoticed, the more errors that your computer has, the higher the chances that you'll experience trouble. Correcting such errors can have the following benefits:

• FASTER computer start-up
• FASTER program start-up and operation
• MORE RELIABLE operation
• UPDATED operating platform software i.e.; Vista, XP. 98 or 95
• STABLE operating system
• UPDATED Virus software and definitions
• UPDATED and installed Add-Aware, Spyware and Malware software and definitions
• UNCLUTTERED system registry
• CLEAN and reliable data backups

Datakey PC provides a unique "Set-up & Tweak" procedure, developed and refined over seven years, to remove these programs and repair their associated problems, click the icon to find out more...

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