You updated your old PC anti-virus program, but now your PC is running slow.  It may have short term memory loss.  Here’s a way to get it back on the fact track.

The Conflicker worm has become a celebrity, getting more press than a Lindsay Lohan midnight pleasure drive on the LA freeways.  And it has everyone thinking about PC security, which is a good thing.  So you update that old anti-virus program you haven’t thought about in years.  But you notice your PC has become as slow as that car you are always behind when you are running late for an appointment.

Someone tells you the new supped-up anti-virus program is using more memory.  So you think that deleting files on your hard disk will free up memory and your PC with pick-up the pace.  Hit the brakes; you are going down the wrong road.  And while getting a new PC is temping, consider adding more RAM.  For just a few $$$ you can get more mileage out of that old PC, the one your have spent hours configuring and don’t look forward to doing that again with a new machine.

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Now that we made it past the April Fools virus scare and the cyber-world did not implode, it is a good time to do some PC spring cleaning. You can do this by updating your anti-virus program and doing a full scan.

You should allocate several hours to do this scan. I suggest letting it run overnight.

If you don’t have an anti-virus program or it is out-of-date, click here to download the free version of AVG:
http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html?part=dl-10044820&subj=dl&tag=button&cdlPid=11016903

Here’s a great video describing the latest version for the popular AVG program and how to use it:
http://cnettv.cnet.com/9745-1_53-175.html?tag=nl.e404