Cleaning of programs

I read the review of CCleaner on a site that I HIGHLY respect: http://download.cnet.com/windows/ and that site gives it high recommendations. So Download the new version of FireFox (before you run CCleaner) and don’t run it, burn it to disk so you have it for later. Access to the internet is usually done by your OS, and CCleaner shouldn’t mess up that ability. That being said, you are always supposed to have backups of your important files. If it has been a while (or never) now is a good time to do it. The simplest way is to have an external drive that you can copy everything to, and then unplug the external and proceed with the cleaning, secure in the knowledge that your data is backed up. Do not copy things that you have original disks for - like games. But you can copy the games ‘save’ folder.

Finally, if you know a friend that is a bit of a computer geek, have him help you the first time.

Good Luck!!