To: I feel like some of webpages I get on colleges and gmail etc are spying
Me: If you are using computers provided at colleges, then you can be sure they are spying on you, blocking where you can go and limiting the amount of computer speed, because all of the other computers in the college network, use the same internet connection that you do.
If you have your own computer, then switch to Firefox and search through DuckDuckgo which does not spy on you at all and is much safer to use.
Run Glary Utilities 5 and Wise Care 365 occasionally to clear out s*** (lots get put on your PC every time you go online) you can download them free and use the free options. Look on Google to find them.
If you are still getting a slow computer, move all of the programs, games and videos you have installed, which are NOT related to the operating system and supporting programs you have installed, to make your computer function effectively for you and free up the disk space, because a really fast computer, is the one which is running what it has too and nothing else.
Finally run an antivirus program through your computer, in case it has been hacked, I find the Spybot Search and Destroy basic (free) program is just fine for that – accept the recommendations it makes and afterwards reboot and see if that has solved the issues and use the free immunize program, for another, advanced level of security.
Have a look at Google and see if you can download a full Faronics Deep Freeze for your computer and install that with “C” drive being the one you lock down with a password and you download to “D”, after you have partitioned your hard drive, which you should find you can do in the Control Panel, Systems And Security option………