LEFAM Magazine LEFAM 34 | Page 7

If you've ever wondered why your computer is so frustratingly slow, one reason is that your PC is bogged down with junk you don't need. There are folders, files and pieces of links you don't even know are there.

There are cookies, shortcuts and browser histories all slowing you down. Worse, there are programs silently running in the background that you don't need, and don't even know you have.

But you know the result all too well. Your PC takes forever to open up in the morning and suddenly slows to a crawl during the day, but you're not sure why.

At Komando.com, we're always looking for free fixes that can help you speed up your computer. We found one you should know about that also helps protect your privacy.

It's called Wise Care 365 and after a super speedy download, it's free and makes cleaning your computer easy. Plus, there's a for-pay upgrade that is worth considering.

Once you download Wise Care 365, you'll see a big box with easy-to-read tabs that'll show you everything you can do with it. That starts with PC Checkup.

Within a minute (it's that fast), it will scan through thousands of files on your PC and clean up dozens or hundreds of them. Your computer will be given a grade on a scale up to 10, to tell you how sick or healthy your computer is.

System Cleaner scans things like firewalls and programs that you may or may not know are on your Startup menu. Within the System Tune-Up tab are several functions that'll free up space on your PC.

That speeds up your computer. Wise Care 365's tune-up includes a defragmentation tool that scans through your computer and moves things around, in order to maximize free space.

There's also System Monitoring, which shows you in big, colorful icons the programs currently running on your PC. You can delete the ones that you don't need. However, you have to sign up with your email address to use it.

Your privacy is always at risk on your computer, no matter how hard you try to keep it safe from prying eyes. Wise Care 365 helps you get rid of sensitive information that you probably don't even know is just sitting there.

Which is where Wise Care 365's Disk Shredder and Disk Eraser come in. These

Speed up your PC