subject: Why is My PC become so Slow? – 5 common Causes and easy Solutions [print this page] Author: Chin Boon Kian Author: Chin Boon Kian
Why is my PC become so slow? Why do I get a lot of error messages? Do you keep asking yourself these questions recently? Actually you dont have to worry about such things because there are effective and simple ways of diagnosing the causes of why your computer is running so slow. I will also share with you some simple ways that can fix those problems and might improve your PC's performance, reliability, and speed. 1. Computer viruses Many PC users got a lot of unwanted viruses that suddenly pop up as the result of clicking a certain link or visiting a website. These viruses will definitely slow down you PC and can even infect your system without your knowledge. Thus it is very important to have installing antivirus software installed onto your computer in order to block these viruses whenever you connect to the internet. There is some free antivirus softwares that you can download from the internet or you want to have better protection, get a paid software. Whenever you PC is infected by the viruses, these antivirus software will detect themand remove them. Do update your frequently because a lot of new viruses are created everyday. Computer viruses are the number one why is my PC so slow. 2. Spyware I found out that spyware is another common reason that why is my PC so slow. Spyware is installed on your PC without your personal consent. Unlike antivirus, spyware cannot detect all malwares in your system. You will need an antispyware application to detect and remove malicious spyware. You should use Spybot Search & Destroy and two antispyware software to protect your PC from spyware. 3. Registry Cleaner Software Windows registry errors such as registry files can be a reason why is my PC so slow. You will need good registry cleaner software to thoroughly wipe off all the registry files, duplicate files, and any other file that is not fully installed in your PC. The best registry cleaner software that I will suggest to you is Registry Mechanic. Registry Mechanic can greatly boost your PC's speed and performance. 4. Hard Drive Full of Clutter If you have surf the net for a long time, certainly your hard drive is full of browser cache now. This is one of the common reasons why is my PC so slow in responding. Windows always stores every website visited, downloaded images, and they like to stay on your hard drive. This can greatly affect your PC's speed and performance and can be a danger to your Internet security. I strongly recommend Cyberscrub Privacy Suite software to fix this problem. When I started using this software, About 4 GB of my browser cache and duplicate files were deleted from my system after I used this software. As a result, my PC's speed and performance was greatly enhanced. 5. Defragmenting the Hard Drive Lastly, many of you probably dont know that defragging the hard drive can also make your PC slow. If you really need to defragmenting the hard drive, I suggest you to use the Defrag utility. However, one drawback is this is quite time consuming. These are just some common causes why is my PC so slow and some practical and useful solutions that I've found out.About the Author:
