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Watch out for: Scams / Speed Up my PC Software

I have heard dozens of commercials on the radio and television for speedupmypc.com, maxmyspeed.com, and fastatlast.com.


It sounds great. "Has your computer slowed down? Does it crash or freeze up at the worst times? Does it post confusing error messages? Do you get 'unable to load' errors?"

Speedupmypc.com advertises that it gets a 5 cow rating from Tucows (that's a rating of 5 out of 5 on a popular site that offers free and trial software). The problem is that this rating is for "popularity" not for user satisfaction.

In my opinion, I would stay away from speedupmypc.com or any of its variant names. If you install the free performance scan offered by speedupmypc.com, you may have a difficult time removing it and you will be stalked by pop ups offering you the full version for $29.95, or $39.95 or $69.95.

Don't do it!!!

Just search Google for speedupmypc.com scam and read the comments. That should tell you what you need to know.

"Bottom Line if something is wrong with your computer enough to cause significant performance degradation, no additional software you load on the computer will fix the problem."

Matt Massie


Computer Repair Service