Who can see your Facebook profile? If you haven’t changed your settings, everyone can. We have recorded a video to help you update your privacy settings.

CCleaner is one of our favorite programs.  We use it on every computer to get rid of some garbage files and it speeds up malware scans considerably. To get CCleaner just head to http://www.ccleaner.com.

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Is your computer running slower than it used to?

Here is your guide to speeding up your computer, for free!

Follow the steps below and your computer will be running quicker than it has in a long time.

CCleaner
Ccleaner does a great job of finding and removing garbage files from your computer. You can get Ccleaner from http://www.ccleaner.com/. Download and run Ccleaner to free up some space on your hard drive it will cut down your antimalware scan times by alot.

Antispyware:
In an earlier post we talk about our favorite antispyware program. That, of course, is malwarebytes and you can find it at malwarebytes.org. Download this program, install it, and run it. If it finds anything tell it to remove them and that alone will help speed up your computer.

Antivirus
In another earlier post we talk about our favorite free antivirus program Microsoft Security Essentials. If you do not have an updated antivirus, then you should download and install this program. If you already have an antivirus run that to get rid of any potential virus threats.

Check Your Start Up Programs
Many times program start themselves up when your computer turns on and there is no real benefit to you, in fact it slows down your computer. Windows has a program built in called msconfig. The video below tells you how to use msconfig.

If you do all of these on a semi frequent basis you should be running pretty smooth.

Of course, should you have any problems that this wont fix feel free to Contact Us, we offer remote computer services for those who are not in the Metro Detroit area.

How many browsers do you have?

One is not enough, you want to have a backup at all times. Internet Explorer can fail at anytime leaving you without a browser.

Before this happens, head over to http://www.google.com/pack and download and install Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

With a staggering 90% of computers having spyware on them at one time or another. It is important to have the right tools to detect and remove the malicious programs. While antivirus is a good start, you need an antispyware program to supplement your security suite. Our recomentdation is Malwarebytes Antimalware you can find it at http://www.malwarebytes.com

Have you ever been at a computer and wished you had your bookmarks and passwords?

Xmarks is the program for you.

Get It Here: http://www.xmarks.com

Often, my customers ask me what is the best free antivirus software out there. I always mention Microsoft Security Essentials.

Lifehacker reported that AV-Comparatives.org gave Security Essentials very high marks.

If you haven’t heard of Boxee yet, then you should check it out. Boxee is a beautiful interface to online videos and tv shows. It has been around for a while and more and more people are installing it and checking it out.

Below is a picture of the interface and I am sure you will agree that it looks great.

Currently the way that you get this program is by installing it on your pc, mac or apple tv. This, however, is about to change.

At CES 2010 Boxee has announced the Boxee box made by Dlink. The Boxee box will make it so much easier for you to use boxee on your tv. This box will retail for around $200 and will be available in a few months.

Here is a video from Tekzilla talking about it:

Cant wait till spring?

Head over to boxee.tv and install it on your pc.