Troubleshooting How bad is this situation?

[camo7782]

Describe the problem

slow pc

What have you tried?

none

I just found that Comodo have an Autorun manager, accessible from KillSwitch, so I found out this situation, how bad is it? I read that CCleaner is no longer needed since Windows has disk cleaning tool, but how do I get rid of all this garbage easy and securely?

 

[RoboMan]

Download PC Decrapifier: The PC Decrapifier

Select all apps which you don't want to keep, and one-click uninstall. Wait for the process to end and reboot. Easy as that.

Just be careful to remove only third-party apps you don't want. Do not mess with built in Windows apps.

 

[shmu26]

I just found that Comodo have an Autorun manager, accessible from KillSwitch, so I found out this situation, how bad is it? I read that CCleaner is no longer needed since Windows has disk cleaning tool, but how do I get rid of all this garbage easy and securely?

It looks to me like normal autoruns for Windows components and some of your installed programs. I never used Comodo's autorun tool, but it looks very similar to the sysinternals tool of the same name. Just untick whatever you don't want to run. You can see the path, so you can delete, too, if you so wish. But my advice is to think twice or three times before you do that.

 

[AriDfoix]

Heard good about sysinternals:

Autoruns for Windows - Windows Sysinternals

 

[shmu26]

Heard good about sysinternals:

Autoruns for Windows - Windows Sysinternals

It's a great tool. If you launch it as admin, you can really get control over what programs and services start up.
Often, you can just disable the autoruns for a program that you don't want to use right now, without having to uninstall it. That trick sometimes produces unexpected behavior, but it often works.

 

[codswollip]

I found out this situation, how bad is it?

All your base are belong to us

 

[AriDfoix]

I think is one of those tools that are handy to have into the pocket for Initial Malware Assestement, or anyway, for a mantainance of PC, I use it alongside with ProcessExplorer I use also Comodo KillSwitch, I found them very usueful, I didn't know about KillSwitch having an autoruns too I will check it out.

Thanks

 

[ichito]

This tool is perhaps very useful for some users but...like whole history of Comodo...has a bit controversional history of development. I think it's worth to know what was happened in the past and then have better view on curent state of Comodo and its apps. And...who will ask why some people dislike Comodo?

Comodo and Autoruns

Comodo announced a beta version of KILLSwitch that includes a new module called Autoruns. http://forums.comodo.com/empty-t76995.0.html They say...

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Comodo KillSwitch

DACS' ethics aside I'm going to go on a limb to say that KillSwitch is a fantastic tool, of course NOT in the hands of a beginner. Pros (as far as I...

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What Happened To Comodo Time Machine?

Hello all, Thank you for reading my previous posts. This means a lot to a retiree like myself who simply just wishes to pass the time. I wanted to take this week and put on my detective hat? Why yo…

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And from Polish pages

Comodo i zbieranie danych

Witajcie Dzisiaj przypadkiem trafiłam na artykuł o comodo i jego zbieraniu danych: http://niebezpiecznik.pl/post/uwaga-na-comodo/ Co wy sądzicie na ten temat?

www.fixitpc.pl

Comodo Programs Manager

COMODO Cleaning Essentials - Nowy twór COMODO.

 

[AriDfoix]

Interesting articles, didn't know about that, thank you @ichito

I am also using this tool lately, I found quite interesting, based on the old HiJackThis: dragokas/hijackthis

Regards

 

[Ink]

Removing these won't make your PC faster, only speed up boot times by a few seconds.

You can use a 3rd party tool (ie. Autoruns), Windows Task Manager's Start-up tab, or manually turning off 'run at startup' options, as shown below.

Example: Spotify app settings (Crtl+P)