Still have a lot to learn about computers

>>59124599
>Windows
>t. Pajeet
Houston we have a problem.

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Also, whenever I open Google Chrome, THIS happens. Is this normal and I just haven't noticed before?

I ran spybot, cc cleaner and avast today and I can't figure this out.

Is this a bait?

>>59124612

I don't understand.

I'm new to this and I'm not a great student due to a head injury...

>>59124623

Ugh, no. I'm literally new to figuring this stuff out. Just wondering if everything that IS running here is more or less necessary. I mostly run games on Steam on my PC. I'm not doing any rendering or editing and whatnot.

>>59124618
yes

Damn, OP here, totally forgot to specify I'm running a crack of windows 7. That might be relevant.

Remove avast, adware infested garbage

>>59124642

So ONE window of google chrome requires 12 seperate processes, and roughly 250k of memory? I guess that's not SO bad considering I have 8gb ram...still seems weird to me.

>>59124630
>head injury
feels like b8 but i want to know where this is going
you do not need peerblock (it's worse than placebo) or more than 1 of AVG, Avast, Spybot.
chrome (or any modern browser) opening many processes is normal. firefox might use less total memory if it's becoming an issue.

>>59124668

done. what do you use?

>>59124695
common sense is the best protection, I don't use antivirus. when I did use AV, I used Bitdefender/Kaspersky + Malwarebytes.

>>59124694

Honestly not bait, I appreciate any and all feedback here. I'm sick of my friend who is very computer literate asking me 'Where did you get your computer license" whenever I get something wrong or misunderstand something.

I've been taking some time to explore shit on windows that I haven't even looked at before, and while I could google all of this, I've been using 4chan for 10+ years off and on and RARELY post on /g/.

I guess I also felt like saying hello and getting some actual opinions from real people.

>>59124718

Well I use Peerblock for Utorrent. I live in Canada so I'm not too worried about getting caught, a friend suggested I use it to cover my tracks just in case.

Is there a better program I could be utilizing with UTorrent?

>>59124728
If you want to be safe, get a vpn like private internet access. There are free vpns but most of them have like max 500mb a month or something like that.

>>59124758

I'll research this, thank you!

This was b8 right

>>59124599
sounds to me like you have a shit friend.
What are you trying to achieve?
Lightweight
>Disable superfetch
>Disable updates
>disable hardware acceleration
>ublock origin
>anti adblock killer list
>greasemonkey
>anti adlbock killer script
>https everywhere.

>>59124599
optimize your services


http://www.blackviper.com/service-configurations/black-vipers-windows-10-service-configurations/

>>59124728
I'd recommend qbittorrent since uTorrent has gone way downhill. qbittorrent even has the same search feature that browses multiple websites looking for your shit.

>>59124856

I am trying to make it so no unecessary programs are running in the background. I mostly use this PC for gaming, downloading media and general internetting.

What is superfetch?
what do you mean by anti adblock killer list?
htpps everywhere?

Could you please elaborate for me?

>>59124867

I'm running Windows 7.

>>59124599
You can google each process. I think newer versions of windows even have that functionality built into the right click menu

>>59124904

Cool, I'll have a look at that, thanks.

Do you run any programs, like Peerblock for instance, whilst downloading media?

>>59124728
Your friend is a moron, get a PIA and you're fine.

>>59124946

My eyes sometimes glaze over when googling shit and readling long winded technical jibber jabber. Sucks to be me I guess.

>>59124956

You're not the first person to say that, may I ask you to elaborate on WHY he is a moron though. Why is peerblock shit? What can I say to him to prove he is a moron?

>>59124926
Sure thing friendo!
>Superfetch
It's a windows service that readies apps for you based on your habits, it caches them into RAM which allows it to start up faster. But not by much
>Anti Adblock Killer List (AAK)
It's a filter list for uBlock Origin that tells websites you don't have an adblocker while you actually do.
>HTTPS Everywhere
HTTPS is a secure,encrypted method of transferring information through a website and this extension forces HTTPS over HTTP on all websites. Theoretically making your information harder to get.
>>59124949
I don't but I'm in Dominican Republic and laws for technology pretty much don't exist yet. YMMV

>>59124979

Thanks very much dudeface!

>>59124970
Tell him the following:
Downloading things isn't illegal but sharing them is. As long as I don't seed back I should never be caught and you are retarded to think something like peerblock would save anyone from an FBI raid on a tracker/peer.
>>59124992
no prob opbro. Good luck!

>>59124926
superfetch is a process or service that windows runs in the background. basically, it tries to 'learn' when you use programs, so it can preload them into memory.

lets say everyday you open up the internet at 9am using firefox. at 8:59, superfetch would load firefox anticipating you would open it at 9am. you click the icon at 9am, and instantly it opens.

but you dont do the same thing everyday, so whats the point wasting cycles trying to figure out a pattern?

>>59125002

We both have accounts on a private tracker, torrentday, so we have to seed back to maintain our ratios.

I'll have to have a look at this qbitorrent and see whats what.

>>59125024
oh. If you absolutely need to seed back then a VPN is really your only choice of anonimity.

>>59125012

Ahh okay, yeah my schedule is pretty inconsistent overall so this probably won't do me much good. Thanks for elaborating!

>>59125031
Ehhhh, I really don't want to pay for it though.
Maybe I'll have to reconsider that.