it's acting weird lately. just laggy. what are some of the quick cheap tricks to clean this thing and get my performance back?

 

For internet, AdBlock Plus. I can't believe how much faster my internet is with this free plugin.

 

Have you scanned with malwarebytes dot com free spyware/adware cleanup?

Have to say the obvious but **** slows it down too haha.

 

Stop visiting the Smack off sites.

 

Yep. Alomg time ago when i used to repair computers on the side. 99% of them time computer issues were caused by people visiting un-safe **** sites and they got a virus.

 

Run CCleaner
Defrag the harddrive
Run Malwarebytes

Repeat the malware process

 

^^ this,

 

I have the following installed and run each one once a week.

1). SuperAntiSpyware (seems to catch more than Malwarebytes).
2). Malwarebytes - even though I'm running the above. Can't be too protective.
3). CCleaner - after you run the first two, run this to clean up your Registry. You'll see the option. This will clean up all registry entries leftover from uninstalls and other crap.
Make sure you back up the registry - you will be prompted to do so.
4). If you don't already have an Anti-Virus application, download the free version of AVG and set up an auto scan to run weekly when you're not on your computer.

Additionally, you may want to see what is in your startup folder and remove any unwanted applications - this will prevent them from starting up at boot time.

Oh and defrag, what ducky said above.

I could go on, but this should get you started.

 

I heard this before and it seems to hold true, if you are gonna hit up the **** sites then save a old laptop that has nothing on it. That can be your Faptop. Lol

 

Lol .

This thread should be a sticky .