One of the most useful tools I came across by chance was 'Yet Another Cleaner' that is a junk file cleaner, system optimizer, virus and malware removal tool in one. Its functionality includes removal of malicious and redundant registry entries, bogus icon links and application monitor.
I found YAC after attempts to remove the annoyingly obtrusive '22find' page caused me to suffer from a pain in the butt. Other removal tools did not work and YAC in addition presented me with a wealth of options that the tool's competition did not offer. After trying it thoroughly I donated an amount of money on the site, because I hope it will allow the developers to continue this useful tool.
At the bottom of the blue column to the left you see a small gear wheel. If you click that and select 'Floating Window' a small gadget pops up that displays the RAM your machine currently uses, which comes in handy to see which applications use a lot of memory. If you hover the mouse pointer over the gadget you see two tabs at the bottom: 'Accellerate' and 'Speed'. If you click the first a rocket symbol appears and if you click it it will free all RAM possible. The 'Speed tab will allow you to check your internet speeds.
At the bottom of the blue column to the left you see a small gear wheel. If you click that and select 'Floating Window' a small gadget pops up that displays the RAM your machine currently uses, which comes in handy to see which applications use a lot of memory. If you hover the mouse pointer over the gadget you see two tabs at the bottom: 'Accellerate' and 'Speed'. If you click the first a rocket symbol appears and if you click it it will free all RAM possible. The 'Speed tab will allow you to check your internet speeds.
Above you see a screen dump of the program's very nice and clean interface. In the left column the click-able functional categories are listed and in the window to the right of it you will see a specification of YAC's functions. All very useful and actually working! I have no shares in the company, I am just a pleased user. If the virus and malware squads of the Internet jungle are bugging you, you should definitely give this tool a try.
On their website they have 'Tech-Tips, Mobile (tips) and a blog, among other topics, all of which I find useful. I hope one day they will offer a similar app for Android, that is increasingly plagued by utterly annoying ads. Users who are reluctant to 'root' their device get a ton of unsolicited junk on their device, against which Google seems to have no plan whatsoever of eradicating the nuisance. Even worse: apps that block adware are structurally removed from the Play Store. Fortunately, users only need .apk-files to install apps on their device.
