As we all know, computers have failures. They even do so quite often. Once they are switched on for the first time, their performance decreases systematically. At the beginning, it is not a big issue, but after several weeks, start up time, registry consistency or spyware can become a problem.

System Mechanic is a complete suite of tools, covering almost every aspect and element of the computer. Hard drives repair, creation of recovery CDs, network analysis and optimization, advanced options for configuring the whole system, hard drive defragmentation, start up analysis, are only a few examples of all the possibilities and features of this suite.

Every tool offers a simplified or an advanced mode. Our advice is to use the simplified version, as limiting or changing some options can change or disable some required processes of the computer. Anyway, the simplified version grants almost total control of every function of the computer, from applications, software, operating system and hardware.

Extremely useful is the detailed description appearing with every active process. Definitely, a good assessment for our decision of activating or deactivating functions. Note that the control panel in Windows offers almost no information. Start up and recovery CDs are one of the most interesting features of this suite, as with them, it is no longer required to reinstall all the system if a system file is missing or deleted by mistake.

If you want to keep your computer as efficient and performant as the first day, System Mechanic is absolutely mandatory.

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The job of antivirus programs is no longer as easy to define as it once was. Viruses aren’t the only problem around any more and they change so quickly that traditional detection methods are more and more ineffective. Moreover, virus trends aren’t the same as they used to be. In the past, their creators wanted their fifteen minutes of fame and made their creations so that they displayed themselves openly to the user. Now they prefer to create other types of “silent” threats which take control of the computer and Internet connection and work away incognito, sending spam or stealing bank account details, passwords or contact data.

Luckily, NOD32 isn’t a conventional antivirus solution; it has strengthened its detection technology, meaning that its already impressive heuristic detection is now even better. Thus it can intercept hidden threats without the need to have a specific antivirus definition for them. Plus, ESET NOD32 is a program that won’t pester you with a never-ending stream of alert messages, which more often than not end up confusing more than informing. It is highly configurable and customizable and the strain upon the system resources is much less than that of other antivirus programs.

All of this makes NOD32 a highly recommendable antivirus solution for the home, one which will not become the permanent centre of attention and which features impressive analysis speeds.

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