General maintenance question

[bbudesa]

It's been a while since I've visited, so......

Are these three still the best for general maintenance? If so, are the free downloads as good as purchased versions? If not, which programs would you purchase? Do you run any of these as administrator? Is order of execution important?

1. Ccleaner
2. Malwarebytes
3. Adwcleaner

thanks for all your advice!

 

[johnb35]

Those are the top 3 yes. If you get the paid version of malwarebytes then you don't need an antivirus. Free is good as long as it works and these do work.

Order of importance...

1. CCleaner
2. Adwcleaner
3. Malwarebytes.

 

[bbudesa]

Thanks John - I knew you'd come through.

How about the admin question? Is it best to run any of these as admin, or not important?

thanks

 

[johnb35]

You don't need to run them as admin.

 

[bbudesa]

thanks John.