Many new customers that were referred to me had Bell Security Center Antivirus and Firewall software or also known as Sympatico Security Center with lots of popups and really slow systems.

When I used my featured Antivirus system to scan this computers they were really infected with more than 250 malware infections each! This simply is not acceptable, these people were paying $5 a month in average for the service, that's a $70 a year that Bell receive for a service that is worthless!

This software is a no name program that they put their name on it (Bell or Videotron that does something similar)  and make tons of money because of their huge customer base. Also because the software is worst nothing.

The program is very heavy (RAM usage), uses  lots of resources which slow down any system regardless of the performance. Their software has no recognition anywhere on the web, this is not their specialty, you shouldn't trust a no name product fort your privacy and security.

The 2 most powerful antivirus solutions in the world are ESET (NOD32) and Kaspersky. Eset NOD32 you can have it for $35 a year subscription and Kaspersky for $50, both are cheaper antivirus solutions than Bell and they are real and effective. These 2 companies invest all their efforts in antivirus and protection, Bell does none of that.

So if you were wondering why is my computer so slow and why do I have these weird popups? Get rid of Bell Security Center.

Every time I get to work on a clients computer, my first priority is to deeply clean up the system before I can troubleshoot any problems, as one of the main reasons a computer has low performance is due to the excessive amount of garbage files that the system generates in order to operate.

If I start cleaning manually every folder that contains unneeded files, it could easily take me 25 to 30 minutes per computer, but it also requires the knowledge to locate all these folders. I strongly recommends to all my customers to use regularly (every 15 to 30 days) CCleaner to remove all these unwanted files.

CCleaner is a free system optimization and also privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up an important amount of hard disk space. It cleans: Internet Explorer (Temporary files, URL history, cookies, Auto complete form history, index.dat); Firefox (Temporary files, URL history, cookies, download history); Windows (Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files, and Log files); Registry cleaner (Advanced features to remove unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, and Invalid Shortcuts. So comes with a comprehensive backup feature.)

In the latest version several changes such as improving support for IE7 auto complete cleaning, and adding Vista Recycle Bin secure deletion. Version 2.04.543 added system tray icon, added minimize to system tray option, and optimized file deletion routines.

If you want to get ahead of the game and cleanup the computer before my visit, we'll both save precious time!