You left out Windows11.

@mastrtonberry2

28 күн бұрын

Ahh, I came here to make this comment too

@Hewhotubes

28 күн бұрын

This

@dutch-nature-history-bydrone

28 күн бұрын

You mean windows? Why specifically 11

@Anewlevel0091

28 күн бұрын

Amen

@dwrek2054

28 күн бұрын

You legend...

I remember early days of the internet we all worried about "Pop-Up Ads"......Now the whole internet is one big "Pop-Up Ad"

@tetedur377

24 күн бұрын

We wiped our cookies every day, defraged at least once a week, and the biggest virus was PC Stoned, or some variation. I used to swear that Pecker Norton wrote malware so he could sell antivirus.

@siegephoto3175

23 күн бұрын

The beloved defrag 😂 wow. Thank you for that trip down memory lane. This comment is pure GOLD!

@erikkonstas

23 күн бұрын

I mean the only reason these don't work well anymore is browsers changing their defaults to block them... the majority won't touch a setting so yeah.

@1crazypj

23 күн бұрын

@@tetedur377 Your not defragging a solid state drive?

@frankstetka7206

23 күн бұрын

For sure, I said it out loud as he did haha, the good old days!

Thanks for this. I've been a PC tech since 1996, and clients NEVER EVER listen to me about avoiding spurious websites. And then they call me when their PC is toast. Oh well, their ignorance keeps me in business.

@slamshift6927

11 күн бұрын

Shady sites aren't that bad if you go in with proper protections in place, script blockers with overzealous settings, adblockers, a VPN, etc to ensure only the barest minimum is allowed to load. But that requires a level of experience I don't expect out of anyone who hasn't been on the internet for 20 years.

@babounous

11 күн бұрын

@@slamshift6927 No kidding. And that's why I urge my clients to AVOID click-bait and email scams. It's simply too easy to click on a link that takes your browser to a trojan/virus/phishing page. But they never learn. Ugh.

@zombee38

10 күн бұрын

I like them dumb !

@dontmattermrspade528

8 күн бұрын

Thats about when I started fixing them aswell. No one ever listens to the tech they think we don't know anything. But who's the first one they run to when his/her PC dies? lol

@jamescannon2587

7 күн бұрын

My first pc was an IBM 486 tower PC. And 90% of the time it was on, was spent defragging the hard disc drive. Yeah, I'd run it about once a week, but it was something that took several hours to complete. That computer was so old that it originally had DOS, SHELL and Windows 3.1 on it. And I still had to use command prompt to search for and run exe files.

Rule of thumb that goes beyond software: If it’s advertised by KZreadrs and Podcasts it’s junk 99% of the time.

@alandunaway3000

15 күн бұрын

Unless it's something directly on the OS, like Check Disk. I almost never listen when people recommend trash like Wondershare, Recuva and others. I once used CheckDisk to recover a whole corrupted drive.

@PhonkEcho

6 күн бұрын

Everything Tool Glasswire Window PowerToys these are the best tools in the business

1:08 Norton 2:03 McAfee 4:17 NordVPN 7:53 Shopping extension 11:03 PC speed booster 15:51 Pre installed software 17:36 Other software included in free programs 18:30 Precautions in pirating software

@vintagemotorsalways1676

Ай бұрын

Thanks for saving me 19 minutes lol

@hooroos5191

Ай бұрын

the comment i was looking for, thanks

@freeze1305

Ай бұрын

You the MVP brother.

@petert3355

Ай бұрын

I'm actually surprised that Windows was not mentioned.

@BryceCzirr-jz7ju

Ай бұрын

Just curious what's wrong with NordVPN? I use the ExpressVPN app is that bad too?

You all should 100% do a video where you load all of these and other programs onto a rig, test the hell out of it, and then remove them and test it again. Just for fun.

@smadayeoj

27 күн бұрын

It’d be great to see a benchmark after installing each PC accelerator, and see the numbers go up and up (time elapsed of course).

@saulhydeman8846

27 күн бұрын

A youtuber that goes by basicallyhomeless has a series where he just installs as many viruses he can on a pc to see what happens. Check him out if you're curious about this specific scenario.

@andrew_koala2974

27 күн бұрын

That is NOT fun However - you may have a warped sense of what fun is. Go to a FUN ERAL -- Perhaps that will offer some sense of excitement for you

@deenyc1049

27 күн бұрын

And he should use his fixit voice when he shows the loaded up rig. Then back to his normal voice for the clean rig.

@nemtudom5074

27 күн бұрын

DIS!

The FIRST general rule to avoid any scams (apart from never click on a link within an email) is, if you receive an email that says ANYTHING about being charged at all then call your credit card company and check your purchases THERE. Do not call any numbers they give you. Call the number on your statements. Basically, when checking, stick to things you know are reputable / real.

@owenorders5202

14 күн бұрын

Or you could just use your common sense and never put any of your financial details online anywhere ever.

@dkail08

11 күн бұрын

​@owenorders5202 that's what credit cards are for. If your info gets out its 100% covered by the bank. To piggy back off OP: I never respond directly to anything. No mail, calls, anything. I contact the company myself through normal channels always. Phishing isn't only done via email.

@KEN4K

8 күн бұрын

Can't you just check the banking app? Or does US not have them?

@owenorders5202

8 күн бұрын

@@dkail08 Not only do I never do any financial transactions online, but nowhere online do I ever post my real name or any personal details about anything. I do get regular phone calls from scammers and I enjoy wasting their time. But to those who do think that it's slick and trendy to do banking online, I say this: scammers and their equipment are getting more sophisticated every year; so, in the not too distant future it will become very hard for the banks and credit card companies to establish that you actually were defrauded, and they will make it harder and harder for you to be reimbursed, because if they settled all the claims, they would quickly become, well, bankrupt.

@infernousgaming1393

6 күн бұрын

@@KEN4K We have banking apps in the US.

Years ago I had speculated that Norton had hackers in their basement developing and deploying virus software into the internet so they would always have a reason to stay in business.

@user-is7es

12 күн бұрын

Mmm hmm. Complete racket.

@godwinsboom

11 күн бұрын

That's Gates too. Even with the vaccines👀

@justinplunton6031

10 күн бұрын

Technically you are not wrong, there are hackers 'white hackers' (which you get a licence to do) a friend of mine used to be one many years ago before they became greedy. Viruses have to be hacked themself in order to get rid of them. but i can assure you they do not do this haha

@anthonypimentel7218

10 күн бұрын

I speculated that too lol

@vhg8638

10 күн бұрын

thats not so hard to believe. world is ful of scammers like that

Incognito mode does NOT do anything to hide your information or data transferred from your ISP or any bad actors. Incognito mode is not more secure, it just doesn't store browser data locally. That's all it does.

@Vermeulenisdenaam

29 күн бұрын

This cannot be emphasized enough!!

@atomicwaffle420

29 күн бұрын

@@Vermeulenisdenaam i mean chrome literally tells you that when you open an incognito tab, so the only way not to know that is if you just don't read.

@Vermeulenisdenaam

29 күн бұрын

@@atomicwaffle420 yes, I know... but the ability to read is one of the most overestimated talents for the average Joe internet visitor ;)

@charliericker274

29 күн бұрын

​@@atomicwaffle420 I don't know what you said because I didn't read it but you're wrong.

@zwenkwiel816

29 күн бұрын

​@@atomicwaffle420to be fair though years of computer use have trained me to instinctively press the right button without reading pop ups and shit XD

Norton and McAfee have been crap for over 20 years. Back then, I was a computer tech and the amount of effort that it took to clean up the mess they left (god help you if it crashed during install) was insane. Calling them resource hogs is an understatement.

@adamn7516

22 күн бұрын

Yup totally agree. However in most, but not all cases the Mcafee and Norton removal tools usually do a pretty good job cleaning them off when the uninstaller fails.

@markenetube

22 күн бұрын

I had to reinstall windows XP for a guy after he put 98 Norton on it. Don't use I told him. 2 hrs later. It doesn't work. I booted in safe mode. He had reinstalled Norton. I said "you're on your own" He took it to a shop and paid £100.

@Norbrookc

22 күн бұрын

@@markenetube My worst one was this guy who bought Norton at Walmart, installed it on his Windows ME, and it crashed during install. So he tried it again. Crash. Finally brought it to my shop, and this was before they put out their tools. It took me hours to clean it out of the registry, it wrote itself to an ungodly number of places. I installed a different AV for him, told him to see if he could get a refund. McAfee was just a major resource hog.

@adamn7516

21 күн бұрын

@@markenetube To be fair back in the XP days there was no built in security so it was typical to install a third party solution. But yes even back then Norton and Mcafees security suites could mess up an XP machine at the drop of a hat. Back then I always told my customers to stay away the suites and stick with most basic versions of these programs.

@Trancial-x-tion

21 күн бұрын

so what is a good virusscanner ? Is window security enough ?

Totally agree. Older folks in church ask me to help them buy laptops or PCs, and when they arrive, I do a full reset immediately and start with a clean image, and just grab the needed drivers. 👍

@SaraMorgan-ym6ue

18 сағат бұрын

Microsoft windows is number 1 on that list🤣

100% on Norton and McAfee. It can take several hours to fully get rid of them.. Or so you think they are gone.. lol Just for a new Lenovo laptop from my employer, and it had McAfee pre-installed on it. We un-installed McAfee since that's not the anti-virus we use, and we STILL get McAfee pop-ups daily saying our protection is expired. It's the software that won't go away.

@mythicalix99

10 күн бұрын

I had to get an IT tech friend of mine to spend an hour or two clearing it from my laptop completely. He uninstalled it but there were still traces of it somewhere and it was completely stopping me from using the programs I had specifically purchased the computer for. He fine-tooth-combed through the computer and finally got it all. I refuse to have anything to do with McAfee ever again. So shady.

@szablitho3439

Күн бұрын

I still own a lenovo that had McAfee too from 2017. Didnt have such problem removing it. Hjnestly i let it run a year for test and noticed it didnt protect me at all but defender did after i removed McAfee. Since then i jave Defender+IOvit antinalware and regularly running PE OS with AV too

My gf's mom had so many "bars" from installed applications in her browser that the actual window was half the size lol.

@timothy8428

Ай бұрын

There was a meme of that sort of thing.

@noneyabizz8337

Ай бұрын

I can understand this...

@wb3213

Ай бұрын

@@noneyabizz8337 if you uninstall all the applications then you

@Stormageddon2015

Ай бұрын

I’ve seen this, yahoo bar…

@Acanis0712

Ай бұрын

I used to work in the Fry's service center repairing computers and we always had competitions on who got the computer with the most malware, spyware, viruses, and took bars installed

About 20 years ago, if that, a nurse friend of mine, who was recently disabled, put Norton Utilities on her new computer... the computer all but froze. It took FOREVER for just one web page to load, if at all; the same for all programs on her computer. She was in a wheelchair, was somewhat of a computer novice, and called me for help. I'd say it took me between 50 and 60 HOURS to get Norton-Not-So-Useful-Utilities off her computer. After that, wiping her hard drive and reinstalling her operation system and programs was a comparative "walk in the park." For years now, when asked about Norton, I say, "RUN!" FOOTNOTE: getting rid of McAfee, some years later, cured many undiagnosable, and annoying, issues on my computer.

@lukusblack6442

18 күн бұрын

The original Norton Utilities, back on classic Mac, worked wonders. I really did love it, particularly the defragmenter. That was then... this crap is now.

@ssisnake

18 күн бұрын

I had to do this three seperate times, Norton was garbage.

@Ihmrat

17 күн бұрын

About 35 years ago "Norton Commander" was the first way to get a "tree-view" of your drive and folder structure. This was in MS-DOS times. It was a hit. It was quickly acquired by Symantec and since then it did a lot of good stuff but after the late 90's made a nosedive I'd say.... You have the right of it, but it goes deeper is all I'm trying to say :)

@andreivaughn1468

17 күн бұрын

I guess back then, the notion of removing the hard-drive and attaching it as a secondary/slave drive to another computer wasn't so known. Would have saved you some time. By the way on modern windows (since at least 2006) there's something called a safe mode which boots without non-essential items, this will make sure Norton and other crap don't launch at startup so you can remove it.

@TarlachOakleaf

17 күн бұрын

I had a similar problem with Norton and couldn't uninstall it. When I asked Symantec how to get it off my PC the answer I got was "why would you want to?". Well, I got rid of it in the end and I never used it again. The original Norton was great. It was only after Symantec took it over that it went downhill. Stay away from Symantec.

For two summers in a row while I was still in school, my full time job was to work for an IT department at a factory going through all the new PC's they were buying and deleting all the garbage software they had preinstalled. It was such a long process that even doing it full time, it took me 6 months.

@raffypasalo

14 күн бұрын

Wouldnt it be much faster to just reinstall the OS?

@82Heniu82

13 күн бұрын

​@raffypasalo it would, or even have image ready. But then he would not have a full time job ;)😂

@arthurfirth3366

13 күн бұрын

@@raffypasalo In the 80's we had a program for the Mac . This was the time when typing pools existed. The program would display a warning that water had been found in the hard drive. "Please standby while the water is being pumped from your hard drive". A schematic of the process with animated, pixel graphics would appear on the screen. Fun stuff.

@elliottscott6179

12 күн бұрын

@@arthurfirth3366 The cookie monster and the dinosaur were the best localtalk programs, not viri but a cute prank.

@myentertainment55

12 күн бұрын

Did you do mannually?😮 A bit of PowerShell knowledge could cut deleting process to just mere minutes (depends how fast system is and how much needed to be deleted). (If clear install was not an option)

First-time viewer. Kinda just nodded along with everything you were saying until the very end where you said Defender was good enough for most people. I almost caught on fire how quickly I slammed the Like button. I can't tell you how many people I've told this to. "What AV do I use then??" How about the free one that comes as part of your operating system, that most definitely knows what files belong there. And then my soul dies a little, having said something good about Microsoft.

@jenniferjones2863

5 күн бұрын

“And then my soul dies a little…” LOL, that was hysterical. 😂❤

@RipliWitani

16 сағат бұрын

I've said that since it came out

I'm so glad you discussed Norton and McAfee. I've told people to stay away from those for 20 years.

@Triforcebro

26 күн бұрын

So what should people use then?

@tweeezer

26 күн бұрын

​@@Triforcebro nothing. Windows Defender is good enough

@steveg1961

26 күн бұрын

@@Triforcebro If you really want to add another layer to the system already built into Windows, then all I can say is "Do your research." All I can tell is that the last third party anti-virus program I used was "eset" - but I haven't used it in many years, so I can't vouch for how it operates today.

@JailerGamer

26 күн бұрын

​@@steveg1961 Eset and Malwarebytes is pretty good

@countzero1136

26 күн бұрын

@@Triforcebro Linux MInt :)

I feel lucky, my Mom is paranoid enough to not click _any_ link in an email, without asking me to check it first.

@Krantzstone

26 күн бұрын

Same with my mom.

@PerticaJr

25 күн бұрын

The good old hey-son-antivirus

@PuhlReshaped

25 күн бұрын

​@@PerticaJrthe most reliable 😂

@jenniferm.2142

25 күн бұрын

Same. 😂 I think I’ve drilled that into my parents’ head well enough that they always have me check things if they’re not sure if they should click something.

@unbrokenhaunter

25 күн бұрын

Same

Nice, good work mate, such videos are usefull and original.

I regularly help people out by fixing their PC. From my experience I can totally agree with every statement you make in this video.

I don't even click links in emails I do trust. Financial places I go directly to them and log in, just in case.

@kalma5003

Ай бұрын

Bank's just shouldn't use links in their messaging, and traint user's that their messages don't have links

@frontbum666

Ай бұрын

Yep, I do the same.

@vdd1001

Ай бұрын

I got sent an email from CaixaBank saying my data had been lost and I had to create another password, and I was like "hold on, I don't even have a CaixaBank account, these morons tried to scam me"

@zangcheye

Ай бұрын

Truth. Don't use links, use URLs and history. Heck, even your bookmarks are somewhat safer than links.

@fe3bal

Ай бұрын

This is the way.

My Mum just bought a $1400 laptop, then got talked into paying for norton and office. The first thing I did was uninstall Norton, then she told me she paid for it... I told her next time don't buy a computer without me.

@michamarkowski2204

24 күн бұрын

Some of my friends, relatives and co-workers ask me for advice when it comes to PC and IT in general. Some of them diregard my advice and then come to me for help. I do help them of course. By their choice they learn the lesson the hard way and next time they do listen to me and do what I say. If not, I refuse to help them anymore.

@indrahaseo

24 күн бұрын

windows defender is good enough than paid any anti virus

@jurgenmeriste6794

24 күн бұрын

@@indrahaseo exactly my idea, I havent ever used extra antivirus or boosters or whatever, I clean installed my laptop because I couldnt uninstall any of them

@indrahaseo

24 күн бұрын

@@jurgenmeriste6794 yes indeed, I understand how you feel that cannot uninstall of them completely but no choice to format everything and reinstall windows

@indrahaseo

24 күн бұрын

@@jurgenmeriste6794 Yes indeed, I understand how you feel because of that program or booster

This is a GREAT VIDEO and most of my thoughts about these programs have been validated! Thank You!

@SaraMorgan-ym6ue

18 сағат бұрын

you need a pc performance booster👍🫵

Really appreciate this kind of videos. It might seem simple & obvious to some, but to others, they need someone like you telling exactly what they should & should not install on their PCs. Stay awesome Jay & the team. Really enjoy your contents. From a fan all the way from Malaysia 👍🏽

Norton used to be awesome, but even Norton himself suggests not using it after he sold it. They turned it into a monster of a joke.

@Xorthis

19 күн бұрын

Same with McAfee. As Jay said, the history of that man is incredible. He made one of the first awesome malware tools then when he left, the new owners turned it into a moneygrab scam that ended up trusted by so many OEMs because of the money they paid and the history that it used to be good. John McAfee himself made the most incredible video on how to uninstall it. I recommend looking it up. Yes, they really are actual hookers and I'm 100% sure that's not flour.

@Cymru1987

19 күн бұрын

just like planet fitness

@dalehammers4425

19 күн бұрын

@@Cymru1987 they at least still function as they are supposed to. Get rid of the idiots and it's fine. Norton can't be fixed.

@seditt5146

19 күн бұрын

Their BIOS scans and pre-OS scanners are still very good and were the only thing to detect a Rootkit that I knew I had due to computers weird behavior but could not locate otherwise. Best is you run it from a USB drive instead of installing anything. Highly recommend that and run periodic scan every 3 to 6 months or so .

@dalehammers4425

19 күн бұрын

@@seditt5146 There are still significantly better programs out today than Norton. Like I said, it USED to be awesome, but not any longer.

For the VPN discussion. ISPs won't block VPN connections in general because that would create huge issues as most businesses use VPNs on some level including for people who work remotely. They might block specific VPN providers, but any halfway decent provider would be able to change the systems that are blocked creating a headache for any ISP blocking them. Also incognito mode doesn't stop anyone from sniffing network traffic, only a tunnel of some kind like a VPN will. It is easy to setup your own VPN for use like when traveling or on public WiFi and there are plenty of guides for that either a VPN to your home network, or to something like AWS or linode or any other hosting provider, that type of setup can be cheap or free and at least protect you on public WiFi networks.

@pgpython

Ай бұрын

I agree with this, I adamantly despise how vpn adverts advertise as being more secure. Which is complete bs and not how vpn works. A government can force a vpn to hand over its data so I am trusting the provider as well as my isp to handle my data securely. If I really wanted to use a vpn setting up my own vpn is a lot better either using cloud or to a home network as then I am in control of the data and access to it and it's less likely to be targeted

@jeffreyparker9396

Ай бұрын

@@pgpython yes, on some level you have to trust a provider somewhere, VPN provider, ISP, cloud provider, hosting provider, or other. Somewhere along the way someone will see the traffic. It is all about who in the path you trust with that information. While there are many shady VPN providers, ISPs in the US at least have been known to be absolutely horrible about selling the data for all of their customers, injecting their own ads into websites and providing data to any law enforcement or government request without requiring a warrant or court order. From what I have seen even marginal VPN services are typically better than that, but there are good ones that don't do any of those things, but you have to research to find them.

@z0phi3l

29 күн бұрын

They try, especially wireless internet providers, work always has issues with T-Mobile and their shenanigans Also T-Mobile only supports IPv6 for hot spot on most personal accounts, may be regional, so can't connect to our VPN, and work won't roll out IPv6 for a couple more years

@jeffreyparker9396

29 күн бұрын

@@z0phi3l most mobile networks due to the nature of mobile connections use IPv6 and/or carrier grade NAT, both will interfere with VPN connections if the VPN was not setup to account for that. It is not specifically trying to block VPNs, it is just technology that is needed for the mobile networks to work properly and VPNs not being updated to account for that technology. Most VPNs work fine with that, just older setups might run into issues.

@prima_ballerina

29 күн бұрын

Yeah, I guess people mistake being blocked by websites when using VPN as being blocked by their ISPs. Because what usually will happen when you use a VPN from such a "provider" that also a lot malicious actors will use that VPN and you will have the same IPs and just be blocked by servers, because it's very common to immediately block IPs for at least 24h from which a potential attack was detected. When I look in my blocklist log of my server it's 90% blocked IPs because of attacks by either Tor exit nodes or one of the bigger VPN providers. And of course everyone using those with no harmful intent will be blocked too.

This guy advices the real deal, thanks for the heads up! New follower here, great content!

Thank You for Your Help with all Things Desktop, Jay.

This is freaky, I work at Mattress Firm, and I literally talked to a lady about an email that she got from "Norton" saying they were charging her $500 for her subscription. I told her DON'T CALL THAT NUMBER! And then I watch this video...

@ZeusTheIrritable

27 күн бұрын

Do you work at one of those weird Mattress Firms that is inexplicably directly across the street from another Mattress Firm?

@jandecoleman1

27 күн бұрын

@ZeusTheIrritable Not anymore, but I did once. The reason for that happening was because Mattress Firm bought a lot of other mattress retailers, but the lease on that store was for a set number of years. As a company, we are slowly fixing that problem.

@ZeusTheIrritable

27 күн бұрын

@@jandecoleman1 Damn. I was hoping to hear that there was genuinely that much demand for mattresses in certain places that it necessitated multiple stores in one location. Or, that it was a front for some huge drug cartel.

@gvwolf

27 күн бұрын

@@ZeusTheIrritable Hiding the money under the mattress 🤣

@Zuler0

27 күн бұрын

I love how your comment was at the top of the list for me, and we have the same profile picture XD

My dad is not that old and despite having moved on, he worked with computers a lot when he was younger. Back when we only had a family computer we had to share, you would not believe how hard I fought with him because he kept installing three different anti virus and then complained the pc was slow

@lightyisreal

24 күн бұрын

😭💀

@ToxicMothBoi

24 күн бұрын

Pain. Once had mcaffee installed on my old laptop and it was so hard to get rid off completly with windows 7

@robotron1236

23 күн бұрын

@@ToxicMothBoi😂😂😂 Windows! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@rewing4880

21 күн бұрын

Did you notice, the antivirus programs often identify the other anti virus programs viruses that have been isolated, as active viruses. That was the day I discovered Norton Antivirus program was useless junkware.

@anikarobinson4023

13 күн бұрын

@@ToxicMothBoi This is true, literally had McAfee try and hijack the family computer when I was a kid. I ended up having to do the partition thing in order to get to a place where I could clear the mess out.

Just wanted to drop a thank you for your videos and a hope all the best for you and yours, really apreciate you being honest about shit

My Spousal Unit works in IT and the first thing he does on any of our new computers or any of our friends and family is to take of Norton and Macafee. Talk about Bloatware? Adobe. Expensive and crappy customer service. But as a photographer, it's got what I need. I did find a good Adobe acrobat alternative called PDF Gear. I haven't had any issues with it. Thank you for a great video.

"YOU ARE A PROGRAMMER. YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS SH**." absolutely sent me 🤣 people are so funny

@somebodysomeone23

21 күн бұрын

Yeah. People should start going beyond a simple “programmer” classification in colloquial terms. It’s just too broad. I’ve had friends who are spectacular engineers in very specific programming areas wondering if a vpn connection would lower their latency to a server.

@blubbspinat9363

20 күн бұрын

The most hilarious ones are the "RAM defragmenters" They do nothing but fill up the rest of the RAM by allocating every single bit left and then just dump it all at once. Like if that's doing anything meaningful.

@ChillerStone2

19 күн бұрын

@@somebodysomeone23 Yes, everybody has their own strong suits and weaknesses. I dont think the problem is with the term though, there are plenty of people who call themselves mechanics, and could fix a really obscure problem in your Truck but may not know a damn about a motorbike or how a bicycle gear works.

@SviatoslavDamaschin

19 күн бұрын

@@somebodysomeone23 Hmm, tbh that's a legit question, and the answer is yes, it will lower the latency to a server if the routing is pretty bad to begin with.

@somebodysomeone23

19 күн бұрын

@@SviatoslavDamaschin nope

Man! So glad to see somebody calling out all of this garbage! A shop I contract repair work for deals with this on a daily basis, and people will actually push back thinking that we're giving them bad advice about these junk programs. It's a real pain some days.

@paulbarnett227

Ай бұрын

Send them this video.

@whitey22222

29 күн бұрын

Heh a long time ago (23 years) I worked in Phone Tech support for Gateway Computers, and this was even then a constant issue to the point we had a canned response "WE DON'T PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE, YOU INSTALL IT AT YOUR OWN RISK" if certain software was found on a customers PC they would be asked to uninstall it, if they refused it ended our support and we could close the call.

@needsmoreclipping

23 күн бұрын

LOL! This video has several instances of misinformation, half truths, and even some flat out lying.

A lot of great insight in this video actually. Hilarious ending too lol. Making me take a 2nd look yet again to see if I can clean out more software and bloatware. Had no idea that onedrive was a big deal to uninstall!

It is so nice to see you have the exact same opinion as I do on a lot of really crap software, been trying to stop folks using a lot of these for years, an old boss loved Norton, drove me up the wall him telling everyone it was amazing.

@SaraMorgan-ym6ue

18 сағат бұрын

have you ever used advanced system repair if so what did it do exactly?

BonziBuddy not mentioned, we're so back BonziBros

@platterjockey

Ай бұрын

I understand there is a current version of Bonzai Buddy, but it's ineffective on today's Windows versions.

@Dave01Rhodes

Ай бұрын

Man I remember that tutorial by Ramzi on how to pirate Bonzi Buddy. That’s how I got it back in the day.

@akale2620

Ай бұрын

Back to monke

@notafanboy250

29 күн бұрын

@@Dave01Rhodes Ah yes. Ramzi lol. "Let's download some ware-ez". You just reminded me of Kevin Rose from those videos. I wonder what he's up to nowadays.

@oliverer3

28 күн бұрын

Misread that and was expecting some kind of digital pet bonsai tree. Sadly I was disappointed.

First thing that I uninstall when I buy a new Dell is McAffee... thank you for vindicating this! 🙂

@user-is7es

12 күн бұрын

The first thing you should be doing when buying a new Dell is throwing it away and getting a better PC. 🙄

@invisibleink5395

11 күн бұрын

First thing to do is not buy a Dell

@6581punk

11 күн бұрын

Just format and reinstall Windows. Simpler.

@RaymondHng

10 күн бұрын

Just order the Dell without McAfee pre-installed.

@Ripperx121

9 күн бұрын

Format it right away. It is much faster.

You are a man after my own heart. The number of times I have told customers, friends and relations exactly what you are saying here. What also annoys me are all the useless background services, perhaps you could do a video about them please? Many thanks.

@SaraMorgan-ym6ue

18 сағат бұрын

you need a pc performance booster🫵👍

Love this video man! Agree with everything you said. Nice

When a product is free, then you are the product...

@cpt.tryhard6554

20 күн бұрын

Damn right

@9Lights

19 күн бұрын

Not with Linux, GNU. But mostly, you're right.

@mgtowmonger2729

18 күн бұрын

@@9Lights tails os never fails hehe.... the feds of all countries hate it though! (heavily armored for privacy linux distro)

@lukusblack6442

18 күн бұрын

Not always true. There are programmers who build shit for utilitarian reasons. They love what they do, and give it away for free. Just look at the wide array of Linux builds.

@Conenion

18 күн бұрын

Except F/OSS software.

I love it, you just got my subscription! I would suggest to anyone wanting to speed up their PC, setup a RAM Drive and point browser caches to that location. That gives browsers quick cache plus anything written there is gone between reboots.

I definitely have experienced this as I have a tendency to try new things and over time ended up with so many background processes from shit I never use anymore. Monitoring the processes and removing any software I don't use anymore showed a huge increase in performance.

I actually got both Norton and McAfee scam emails and even got followed up with an email saying that I was charged on a paypal account I didn't even have.

@Sorain1

19 күн бұрын

I always laugh at those 'charge to a service you don't use' ones.

@MiaHessMusic

15 күн бұрын

Oh no, how terrible!

John McAfee had almost nothing to do with the Anti-Virus-Suite since 1994, after he stepped down in the company and esp. in 1997, when he sold the company.

@katrinabryce

Ай бұрын

And in the later years, he used to tell people not to install it.

@justinwhite2725

Ай бұрын

It's still terrible.

@john87209

Ай бұрын

He was actually an interesting guy, who might have been "offed". Although he was nuts.

@andrewszombie

Ай бұрын

I used mcafee webadvisor toolbar in the 2000s and it was okay but lots of false negatives like flash games sites came up as dangerous. Haha remember toolbars 😂😊

@athgt6630

Ай бұрын

And in the later years he said he was embarrassed by the products carrying his own name.

That last 30 seconds...fkn genius, dude! Liked and subbed.

I've known Norton and McCafee were terrible for years now, it is so refreshing seeing someone here talking about it. They are both insane. ty

"the best way to not have to worry about wrapping your Jimmy is knowing where you're putting it is clean." Sage advice, Jay.

@N7_Ronnie

Ай бұрын

put that on a t-shirt lol

@gavinbar1988

Ай бұрын

It was a bit specific.

@chrisguli2865

Ай бұрын

"Don't stick it in if you know it's a sin!"

@b0bbyblueyes746

Ай бұрын

After 2 ex wives you can NEVER be sure where you put it IS clean!

@d3entertainment830

Ай бұрын

It's the truth. I had a nice lady from a place that we won't say gives massages say "Hey, I like you. Next time if you want to skip the protection." That was an instant nope! I like my life like my PC. I only play what I want how I want. The slightly safe sometimes crazy way.

It's really great that big KZreadrs are speaking the truth. I'm a developer and when you see how much damage bad virus scanners do to the economy in the form of lost productivity, I estimate the damage to be x times greater than that caused by viruses themselves. Backup systems and good hardware firewalls are much more efficient here.

@scorchio70

23 күн бұрын

Nord VPN must have pulled his funds 😂

@MrStevemur

23 күн бұрын

Hardware firewall? I didn't know that was still a thing. Don't wifi routers do the same thing?

@needsmoreclipping

23 күн бұрын

Speaking the truth? LMAO! There are several instances of misinformation, half truths, and even some flat out lies in this video.

@samiloom8565

22 күн бұрын

Isnt Norton a creator of some the viruses??

@jf5336

22 күн бұрын

@@MrStevemurI'm hoping this dev can give us examples of h/w firewalls.

havent watched u since quarantine this was a nostalgic treat

I remember around 2010 I had a new laptop and read that the camera could be turned on without the owner's knowledge. I removed the program, it was re-installed, I removed it again, etc. That was shocking and a revelation of how constantly users were even then being data collected and spied on. I had already covered the lens but I wanted it off my computer. I also stuck silly putty over the microphone to mute it.

@jeddiajones4570

21 күн бұрын

Put a piece of tape over the camera.

@Netseer2000

21 күн бұрын

@@jeddiajones4570 That was the same advice a politician said ages ago. My camera lights up with a green light when on but I still point it to the ceiling when not in use.

@dddux

20 күн бұрын

You can disable it in the BIOS. Disable Intel ME (Intel "safety" features LOL), too if you can while at it. And then put a tape over it and the mic for just in case. ;)

@denisgraham2484

20 күн бұрын

I just bought a laptop with no camera.

@Sarafimm2

20 күн бұрын

@@denisgraham2484 Some people get the laptops from work and have to use them. You can't change anything on them. The black electricians tape and silly putty are probably your best bet in those cases. You can take them off and clean it up relatively easily, and reapply just as easily. Even if you're fired, they can't say you damaged the equipment because of how easily it is to remove it. A hair dryer will ensure the tape and tackiness come off clean.

I've watched hundreds of your videos, never commented, but I'm a subscriber. i feel i have to comment today though. That's the best ending ever to any tech video i have ever seen..

@ZZZ_ZZZ_ZZZ_ZZZ_ZZZ

21 күн бұрын

I have actually told my customers similar stories.

This is the first video of you I''ve watched. Gotta say, that ending was *chef kiss*. You're an entertainer.

Great info very, very informative Thanks so much.

i was one of those people who installed four free antiviruses at once. i don't remember what they were, but Avast was one of them. i thought it would give my machine a boost and give me four layers of protection. i learned the hard way why i couldn't play video games above 16 frames.

@StillAProudAmerican-ll2yc

18 күн бұрын

Avast is the name Jay was looking for when he said the program started with an "A".

@metalvideos1961

10 күн бұрын

@@StillAProudAmerican-ll2yc Avira and AVG could be one of them as well.

"I don't like being tracked." Says the man with the Microsoft Copilot icon in the lower right corner of his screen. 😂

@DandyDandy

Ай бұрын

Copilot is an incredible AI tool, one of the best out there

@Daniellimb

Ай бұрын

@@DandyDandy No lol

@Just_Some_Scrub

Ай бұрын

Windows literally installs Copilot with an auto update, though. It's not like Windows users have any say on what MS bloats the operating system with.

@olebrumme6356

Ай бұрын

Everytime there's an update, I Google for a way to disable whatever bloat "feature" they add. I bet most gamers would gain like 15-20 fps on average if Microsoft actually released a barebone version of Win 11.

@bro5756

Ай бұрын

@@DandyDandy and you what? shiling for microsoft?

Looove this video! Thanks so much. You are 100 percent correct. You left out CC Cleaner--back in the day, it was great. Now? Not so much.

Good video. Even better knowledge. Love it

Agree with everything apart from the VPN advice. Here in the UK if you travel to anywhere in Europe they are almost mandatory if you want to continue watching your streaming services. A VPN and an adblocker are the two things I would always have.

@Cash0991

Ай бұрын

Yeah, if they're encrypting your data that doesn't mean they have access to it. Especially if the encryption is happening on your machine. He also said for public WiFi "stay in incognito mode" but that literally does nothing to hide your data.

@pwnograffik

Ай бұрын

Yep agreed. It’s one thing to not recommend a specific company like NordVPN, but to propose that VPN providers are boogeymen out to steal your data is ridiculous.

@TalesOfWar

29 күн бұрын

He wasn't against VPN's in and of themselves, just that some of them are basically doing what you're trying to get around and you're paying for them to do it in some cases, hence his advice to do some proper research on them.

@Mateo-wf1yz

29 күн бұрын

I agree VPN is a tool you need. But there are very big differences between the different VPN´s. The best i found is Proton VPN that don't have access to your personal data and everything is transparent so the actual VPN code is published for everyone to look at. So no filthy things are in their code. Highly recommended.

@Haladmer

29 күн бұрын

@@pwnograffik Part of the VPN is issue is a lot of them are actually owned by the same few companies, and depending on which report you believe roughly 1/3 to 1/2 of the VPNs on the market currently tie back to State-affiliated Chinese company ownership. Not saying those products are being used by the providing companies for extensive data capture, but there have been a lot of creditable reports strongly suggesting it's a more common issue than may be openly discussed.

So true about Norton, constantly pestering to PURCHASE MORE MODULES.

2:56 please tell me I’m not the only one who first language is not English and for a second chocked with water when I did not hear “annual” clearly BUT STILL So glad I found this video :D we all need more of those high high quality and informative videos. Thank you for e everything, amazing content

Stay away from my CCleaner, Jay! I think I have the lifetime registration for that one, lol, remember back in the day the license was a one time purchase and not subscription? Pepperidge Farm remembers

These are the same recomendations I've been giving people for years. Thank you, for verifying from a trusted source.

I absolutely feel your pain about optimizers. Doesn't matter how often I ask him not to, my dad will occasionally install those "PC cleaner and optimizer" on his laptop. He'll also install three of them side by side, and then ask me why his system is running slow. Fun fact - one of them once wiped a bunch of his documents.

@dddux

20 күн бұрын

Great joke. Yes, regular Windows users just install random crap regularly. Many of them don't even realise when they install them. When I ask "what's this for?" it's usually "I don't know..."

@user-lf3kr1nq2d

20 күн бұрын

Maybe...he's trying to drive you *crazy!*

@jamison85

20 күн бұрын

@@user-lf3kr1nq2d "but it came for free on this software magazine cd" 🙄

@timbenj77

20 күн бұрын

Yup. Norton and McAfee are the epitome of "you die the hero or you live long enough to become the villain." That's my secret, Cap...I *am* the virus.

@mitcharbiter3371

20 күн бұрын

Time for revenge for taking away the keys to the car when you were a teen because you might do something stupid. 😆

I have to love the way you zdroped that bomb on the way out. Was a good analogy.

Informative, ty. When u mentioned HDD's, I did not feel old myself but my pc sure deed. Edit: great analogies.

I stayed to the very end and was NOT disappointed. Great video!

Oh man. I work in a computer repair shop and have identical advice for countless customers. Idk why I even watched the video.. may just to know that even one other person has some sense out there! Unrelated, that send off was perfect. Keep doing what you do man!

@randokaratajev2617

25 күн бұрын

you so smart omggg you work in a computer repair shop. That's like the hardest IT job out there am I right? Thank god you and one other person has sense in this world! Jokes aside, your comment reflects how little you think of other people while actually not being anything great yourself. As a programmer, I'm getting paid more than you will ever get with your overhours, while I only have to write a few lines of code per day. "Thank god I have sense in this world unlike others"

@ldm125

25 күн бұрын

@@randokaratajev2617 Christ, get a therapist dude.

@_PatrickO

25 күн бұрын

What kind of PSU's does your shop use? A local place by me has been scamming people by using crappy 300 watt psus in their builds. The other components are actually fine, but the crappy psu guarantees failure or instability forcing people to pay for diagnostic and repair down the road. A relative used them and replacing the psu was the fix. It booted, but was unstable.

@Elvis.D99

25 күн бұрын

​@@randokaratajev2617 Hahaha, why so heated?! Poor guy was just expressing his gratitude

@ldm125

25 күн бұрын

@@_PatrickO We spec out all kinds, but Seasonic is probably the best on the market right now. The new MSi MAG PSUs look promising too, with a 10 year warranty. What are you running in your PC for hardware?

Back when Norton first started it was fantastic, it came on a 720 floppy disk and ran from there. Later they moved to symanic and it was all down hill from there. As you say it actually slowed the system down and became and became very invasive. Trying t removed it was a work of art.

Nice work 👍🏾

Great video - Thanks Microsoft Onedrive. I use this. Tip: remove it from your list of software to run at start up. When you want to sync your data to the cloud run it. Then exit again. It will then not be running in the background using up resources.

@Adrian-yp7nb

22 күн бұрын

Agree 100%

@Adrian-yp7nb

22 күн бұрын

I'd even suggest logging in via website rather than installing OneDrive. Great storage option and a lot of space for free for most people storing pics or docs

@craigcook9715

22 күн бұрын

And you can automate it with rclone ... I use rclone + a crontab to backup my project every night in the middle of the night. It supports quite a few cloud providers (I'm using mega, but you could also use box, dropbox, gdrive, onedrive, aws, etc).

@SerenoOunce

22 күн бұрын

Need to run a LIVE CD distro of Linux to navigate the the protected folder where the OneDrive installer lives (Windows\WinSxS). Only way to truly remove it is deleting the installer to begin with. Same with all the WinApps. Delete all the crap during a Win install and the bloat/spyware won't be there to begin with. Especially that Cortana c^!*.

@SerenoOunce

22 күн бұрын

Takes a few extra min to sort the seeds, but then you won't be pulling any weeds.

So an easy rule to remember is from the Richard Serra quote, "If something is free, you're the product"

@RockPolitics

25 күн бұрын

Boom!

@SolitaryCore-mj2mr

25 күн бұрын

"Arasaka would like to know your location" ... The Stupendium - data stream Goddamit now I have that earworm again

@LastofAvari

25 күн бұрын

Unless it's open source. Then you're a beta tester.

@RockPolitics

25 күн бұрын

@@LastofAvari Oh, that's beautiful!

@nubie1100

25 күн бұрын

Not if you crack that program

I love your information!

Well informed video. Thank you.

Did you know that Adobe allows their software to be pirated? The cracks that work on Adobe are the same exact cracks that have been used since photoshop 7 or earlier. There's minor differences, but they are essentially the same. I asked Adobe once at a job fair at my uni. I asked them because I knew they had really good student version pricing and I wanted to get in on that. Except here in Asia, for some reason, they don't... Their student version pricing required that the version you bought was the extended version of photoshop, which was regular price 1000 usd and discounted down to 700. Regular standard version of photoshop was 699. In the US, I think student version was 299. But you had to buy through the uni and they could only get what was regionally available. So I waited until I did a class back in Canada and bought in then with Production Premium cs5.5, which was an awesome deal. And then I upgraded to cs6 which was still cost effective. And then they screwed everyone with CC and I vowed "not one penny more" goes into their greedy pockets. And you had better believe I have lived up to that. Fuck em.

@AnjanaLK

18 күн бұрын

I think up until CC 2018 Adobe allowed their software to be pirated. Not anymore, still there are pirated versions but they are not as clean as before. Also new features are cloud based, so pirating the main software does not allow use those features

@eschelar

18 күн бұрын

@@AnjanaLK not even close to true. The methods are almost exactly the same and haven't changed. Also interesting is that there are some versions you can download directly from Adobe for free now. Older versions. Been a while since I checked on this, but the point is that Adobe knows they need pirating to remain industry dominant. I got a tablet a while back and I got infinite painter for literally two dollars. It's feature rich and can do almost everything I do on a regular basis with Ps. Layer masks, adjustment layers, clipping layers... Loads. It doesn't handle big batches like bridge and lr, but it's very powerful. I ditched lr mobile and Ps mobile years ago. But for big projects, I stick with my bread and butter that I have been using for 20+ years.

@fredflintstone8569

17 күн бұрын

@@eschelar Microsoft allowed pirating as well. If everyone has Windows on their home computers then industries will want the same software because most people are familiar with it. Microsoft make their money on government/business licenses.

@eschelar

17 күн бұрын

@@fredflintstone8569 yup. 100%. With windows 10 they even had provisions for people who had pirated earlier versions that they could upgrade for free for several months. You could literally set up a system with pirated win7 and get a legitimate copy of win10. I didn't do that myself because it made the wrong version and I'm a win10 ltsb/ltsc guy, but I know people that did it.

@andreivaughn1468

17 күн бұрын

Adobe got really "lucky" by putting in tons of work and being one of the earliest and best when it came to photo editing - Photoshop has always been their golden goose and no other photo editing program can even come close to it, sadly. Why haven't the competition caught up? Pushed out of the market? Hindered by patents and copyright?

Thanks for this. My dad's no longer around to advise me. Until he was 84 he was still building his own computers. He hated pretty much everything that came along after DOS (sort of joking here) He was so frustrated with all the extraneous stuff that was built into or added on to computers. I, as his 72 year old daughter am extremely careful and have my computers built to specifications I choose. And I don't use Google!

@jazzcatt

21 күн бұрын

You are commenting on a KZread video and you have a user name. Surprise! You are using Google! I guess you didn't know Google bought KZread ages ago!

@BlitzinMackGaming

21 күн бұрын

​@@jazzcatt😂

@randomguyonyoutube5875

21 күн бұрын

​@@jazzcattLMAOOOOO

@Sarafimm2

20 күн бұрын

Google is so ubiquitous, I don't think anyone can get away from using it in one form or another if they're on the internet often. And if you can, more power to you!

@garyphisher7375

20 күн бұрын

@@jazzcatt I try not to use Google, but Google won't allow it. Have you noticed the decline of KZread since Google bought it - I'm slowly drifting to other platforms. Their search engine is nothing of the sort - it's like the old phone books, and only those who have paid (and have the right kind of politics) will be included. Gmail is acceptable. Maps is probably the best feature it offers.

from 1996 - 2010, I would reinstall the OS on my Windows machines every 6 months AT MOST in order to make sure my registry was so fresh and so clean. Well, my experience building machines back when Windows XP was still the boss scarred me as well, and it took me a long time for me to accept that it was okay to actually have my PC plugged into the internet before I had a firewall/anti-virus installed on the machine. I'd also like to point out that I have a still working PC somewhere (in my closet or garage now) that has an installation of Debian/FreeBSD (it was my home FTP forever) on it from 2004. The last time that I broke it out was during the pandemic, but I'd bet pretty decent money it'd still be okay if we plugged it in today. I even have a PowerPC monster lurking in that closet (a place known as the "Elephant Graveyard") with some build of AmigaOS driving it, but that's a completely different and much darker story than the Debian/FreeBSD machine.

About performance boosters. For years I was a System Mechanic user, and it saved my PC a lot of harm and kept my system up and running smooth, not bad for $20 a year. Over time, while PCs evolved, so did System Mechanic only it became so simplified to the point of automation and eventually was pretty much useless so I ditched it. The big tic off was when I attempted to contact the company and found they were impossible to reach, even though they wanted me to call them to activate service(?) That should never need to happen with anything and that's when I chucked it. I've had no major problems once I let them go, and my PC is running consistently smooth as ever.

Hey Jay, glad to see you back. Hope you're feeling better

Hey jay. I just wanted to say. I know this isn’t relevant to you or anyone here. But watching your videos have helped me tremendously with my mental health. Dealing with life and difficult things. I always find myself here watching your videos and it brings me comfort as a pc guy myself. I’m not the smartest with them but I do learn everyday. And I wanted to say thank you. Ik you don’t know me. But In this weird way your videos have helped save my life. Much love brother and keep it up

@jamescrouchet1283

26 күн бұрын

I get it. When I was struggling through PTS and couldn't relate to other people, video games with NPC companions helped me rebuild my social skills and my ability to care about something. They were a major therapeutic tool for me.

@Theghostescapes

26 күн бұрын

I hear you! Just keep plugging away at daily life, and keep learning! When you are at rock bottom, you can only go up. I'm not the smartest either, but I've been doing this stuff since 1990, and knowledge is your best friend. Just keep doing what you do. Other people will appreciate you.

@kevinrickey3925

26 күн бұрын

Outstanding. If you ever want to go deep into learning and how these suckers run, I can help. I keep tech reference manuals as they are my sanity and helpers.

@Emmanuel_Rocha

26 күн бұрын

Give this guy more likes so Jay can see this.

@MaryC-ug4pf

26 күн бұрын

My feelings exactly; it has also helped me.

Great! Mostly regarding data privacy, which even was not main purpose of this. Thanks in the name of all who may not know by themselves.

The end of your video made me like and subscribe 😂

Great advice. Whenever I buy a new machine the first thing I do is wipe the hard drive and re-instal windows. Simple.

@nobody.of.importance

21 күн бұрын

THIS. They've made it so easy to do a fresh install these days compared to back on 95/98, virtually anyone can do it.

@elesissieghart

21 күн бұрын

and how do you reclaim the paid windows and office there? seriously asking

@nobody.of.importance

21 күн бұрын

@@elesissieghart Machines that came with Windows pre-installed used to have stickers with the product key somewhere on them, or maybe somewhere in the rest of the packaging. You can usually use that. These days, the key is saved to a special place that won't be affected when you wipe the hard drive (ie the BIOS or UEFI), so when you reinstall it it finds that key and reuses it. With Office, likewise they used to use stickers somewhere in the packaging, but nowadays it's tied to your Microsoft account. As long as you sign in with the same email, you'll still have access to your programs. (KZread refused to show this comment on my screen so if you're seeing two copies of the same comment, blame them. Sorry bout that.)

@meisievannancy

21 күн бұрын

​@@elesissieghartinstall openoffice. Just as good imo.

@rewing4880

21 күн бұрын

@@elesissieghart Try Linux Mint. A full working office suite is included for free. Since I did 12 years ago, I have not spent a dime on software since. I did donate to Linux for the software, but that was optional.

You’re a true IT guy right there! I’m sure you can imagine how many PC’s I “fixed” that had most of all that crap you mentioned.

@needsmoreclipping

23 күн бұрын

LMAO! The video has several instances of misinformation. half truths, and even some flat out lying.

@kalackninja

22 күн бұрын

@@needsmoreclipping you gonna provide examples? case its basic but its not wrong

@ultramegax

22 күн бұрын

@@kalackninja ​ Yep. Very disappointed in this video. For example, saying that all shopping extensions are bad is a total lie. CamelCamelCamel is awesome as is Rakuten. He also talks about using Incognito Mode on public Wi-Fi. Why...? Incognito Mode has nothing to do with the security of public Wi-Fi. He's literally talking out of his rear for half of it. If he wanted to be helpful he would point out alternatives. For example, using Bitdefender's free version or just Microsoft Defender, instead of Norton.

@needsmoreclipping

22 күн бұрын

@@kalackninja Sure. I can do that. Have my granddaughter today so I'll go through the video again later tonight, take notes, then post back.

@unknowngamedev909

21 күн бұрын

​​@@needsmoreclipping replying so yt informs me if you actually do it

This brings back memories. My former mother-in-law was a prolific PC killer. I think I wiped and reinstalled her laptop close to a half dozen times, but it would only take her a month or so to gum it up again. I used to say, she never met a link she wouldn't click. She even got scammed into an expensive PC maintenance contract with a company in Asia, and they installed a bunch of suspect looking software. To this day, I'm still surprised she didn't get phished out of her life savings.

thanks for the tip for the revo unistaller

It’s nice to hear you talking about online security. A lot of people done know about this and get scammed even smart people get scammed. My boyfriend actually works with people and teaches them how to be more secure online and he says a lot of the same things you did.

@nobody.of.importance

21 күн бұрын

As a fellow computer nerd, give your boyfriend a high five or bro-fist for me. I do my best to educate people on the vulnerabilities and best practices when it comes to online safety, I feel it's extremely important for people to know in this day n age. Glad to know I'm not the only one looking out for those folks

Shame that the people that NEED this kind of info won't ever see it... Thanks for putting this out there! Cheers!

@paulbarnett227

Ай бұрын

I’m saving it to send to people who DO need it. It’s excellent advice.

@windowscrap1269

Ай бұрын

Microsoft Edge hidden feature?????

@ScepticPJ

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately, that is so true.

@Domspun

29 күн бұрын

Should be thought in school.

19:00 Yep, besides not clicking on links and verifying email senders... not bothering to acquire stuff through alternative methods I probably don't really want or need is a big vector I avoid to getting compromised. Always has been. Feels so not worth it. 😄

i was watching this one just waiting for you to mention something i already downloaded... i have that revo uninstaller up ready..

Anyone else scream AVG when he was trying to remember the other antivirus? lol

@gregm.stanley8221

27 күн бұрын

or Avast

@IronKore

26 күн бұрын

Avira

@Krantzstone

26 күн бұрын

AVG! That was the other one I was thinking of. But I thought maybe it was Avast.

@Sprillet

24 күн бұрын

Lol i had that on my first laptop

@rewing4880

21 күн бұрын

AVG was junk. I used Avast for years and it did the job but it too went commercial and turned into junkware. Now, I don't go on line using Windows. I use Linux as its safer and more stable, and antivirus software is not needed. You can stick your Linux Jimmy just about anywhere with out fear.

Great job on the outro guys! That and the iFixIt interruptions is what keeps me coming back!

Don't try to deny it, man!!! I see your hair extensions!!!

Subbing just for the Jmmy joke. 😂👃🏼😂 Did your dad have the AOL alien disc invasion and the contact Mars for 20 min modem 🛸🤔

I’m impressed your Dad could actually run both Norton and McAffe. They used to not even run after the other was installed because of the mess they left in the registry!

Thanks jay I was wanting to try out the whole back alley experience before I watched this video but now I’m having second thought’s

When we had spinning hard drives 😂 I still use those platers!

There has to be a part 2 to this. There are loads more :D

Oh, remember my struggles uninstalling Norton many years ago. I am pretty tech savvy, but that almost bested me!

@ajohnson153

27 күн бұрын

That one and McAfee antivirus. Those programs are like cancer on a pc. They put files everywhere that don't go away just because you uninstall the program.

@regwatson2017

27 күн бұрын

You clearly never found out the single Norton uninstaller tool that has been around for absolutely years. Run it and it uninstalls all of the Norton software. Not very tech savvy after all are you ?....😅😅😅

@jamesbyrd3740

27 күн бұрын

Idk how many times I have tried to fix a client's computer, can't figure out why it's not working, and then see Norton is preventing me from doing something basic, like sharing a printer. And you can't uninstall it, because it belongs to the customer, and they probably wasted money on it.

@JarlBorg93

27 күн бұрын

RevoUninstaller will scan for loose files and delete it ALL.

@guntereisenherz9102

26 күн бұрын

I remember when it kept telling me, it could not delete stuff, because the process was still running, so i renamed random files, so the processes would crash, since i had no idea what task manager was or how to uninstall programs.

Very good information, sometimes even for experienced PC users. Thank you!