I used Ccleaner and Ad Aware to analyze any spyware on my computer, and clean it up. I knew that I had to have some spyware because I downloaded the latest version of AIM, which comes with a lot of unfavorable programs. So when I ran CCleaner and Ad Aware I was expecting them to find a lot of malware. The top screencap is from ccleaner, showing which unnecessary files should be deleted. Most of these are cookies and other temporary internet files. I was quite surprised to see files having to do with music on my computer. These .lnk files are shortcut files for executable programs on my computer. What surprises me the most regarding these is that as I was loading and using them, I did not even realize that these are pointless files for my computer that need not be there. In fact, for the short amount of time that I have had this laptop, the sheer amount of un needed files is appalling. Of course as expected further down the list on Ccleaner were my AIM spyware files, that I was very excited to get rid of.
As for Ad Aware, I was very surprised because...it found nothing! Though I do not understand why the results of the two programs are so drastically different, I am not complaining. Maybe I should be complaining, though, since this could mean that Ad Aware is a less intensive program than Ccleaner
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