AOL Programme Files

badger09

Hi there
Newbie technophobe looking for some advice from this excellent forum :T

I want to work through the 'How to speed up' thread on my 6 year old Dell Inspiron 3000 but thought I'd start by uninstalling useless stuff first.

I changed ISP from AOL to Zen recently but have kept my AOL email addresses so use Chrome to log into AOL regularly. My question - is it ok to uninstall all AOL programmes (AOL connectivity service; AOL spyware protection;Computer check up 4.0; AOL 9.1)?

With AOL I got McAfee Personal Firewall Plus free. Also using AVG free antivirus. I want to get rid of both McAfee (I know about the MCPR.exe as I managed that on my Netbook) & AVG and install MSE instead. Is this a wise move? :eek:

RussJK

Yes all that should be fine.

I'd first go into safe mode, and use Revo Uninstaller though to get rid of all the AOL stuff.
http://download.cnet.com/Revo-Uninstaller/3000-2096_4-10687648.html

Also AVG has its own remover program (best used after you've used the standard uninstaller):
http://download.avg.com/filedir/util/avgrem/avg_remover_stf_x86_2012_1796.exe

Alternatively you could backup what you want to keep, and reinstall Windows.

badger09

Thanks Russ

Why do you recommend safe mode?

CHR15

It stops some of the AOL processes running.

If they are running you won't be able to delete them.

badger09

CHR15 wrote: »

It stops some of the AOL processes running.

If they are running you won't be able to delete them.

Thanks Chris.

I had a look at Revo-Uninstall but was put off by the cost. Is it easy to cancel after the 30 day free trial?

espresso

Use decrapifier here

closed

re mse - no install avast free instead.

badger09

closed wrote: »

re mse - no install avast free instead.

Why?

Preferably in words of one syllable:o

closed

explained in the sticky

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=40437110&postcount=30

macman

You don't need any AOL software to use an AOL email address (if you must).
I don't think that AOL have revamped their clunky old software in years now.

badger09

closed wrote: »

explained in the sticky

OK cheers

I had read that ages ago but there are so many threads!