WinOptimizer

From reducing the tools that run at startup and the programs that you no longer use to cleaning the browser history and the temporary files on your computer, there are numerous small tricks you can employ to boost the speed of your computer.

WinOptimizer is a tiny application that enables you to manage all aspects that may have a negative impact on your system's performance from one location.

While it does not come in the most appealing package, the program's UI is intuitive and unlikely to give you any troubles, irrespective of your technical knowhow and skills. The main window displays various useful data about your system, the resources and provides recommendations that can improve the overall speed and responsiveness.

It is worth mentioning that enhancing performance can be done seamlessly by hitting the Boost Now dialog box, an option that might be useful for beginners. Then again, you will be happy to learn that you can also access advanced options and extend paging file, clean temporary files, disable search indexing and add programs to be delayed at startup from the advanced Performance Settings window.

In addition to optimization and maintenance tasks, the application can also lend you a hand with increasing the security level on your computer. To be more precise, it can give you some hints about the software solutions that are up for an update, the status of your antivirus and firewall, the actions that should be taken when new applications get into the startup, so on and so forth.

It is worth mentioning that you can change the Startup Folder to a secure environment, such as virtual machine, where you can download and test utilities that you have reasons to suspect may contain malware. Moreover, you can block websites and applications that feature various extensions, a feature that can be useful when you are cleaning your system following a system infection.

In the eventuality that you noticed that you computer has become a little sluggish lately, then that is a good indicator that it may be time for a general cleanup. WinOptimizer is an application that can help you improve performance while keeping your system free of malware at the same time.