computer problem

[knight rider]

i am new to pc mechanics, so for beginners hello and glad to be here, my computers is acting
strange since yesterday, yesterday it started sending out ramdon programs without me asking
for them, i had almost no control over it, so i did manage to close it down with the OS windows xp pro. i let it be for about an hour and then came back made a custon scan and
eliminated all the junk, then i started working with it again, and everything turned out
fine, but today when i close one program that i was using a same rectangle of the program
with stay frozen on the bottom right side of the monitor and i´d get the sand clock icon so
i dont know what to do, if u can help me out with this, i will be gratefull for the help,thx.;)

[mikeL]

Welcome to PC-Mechanic knight rider,
How about some specs about your computer, and what type of Anti-virus, spyware / malware programs do you use, or have you used.

Mike

[tempus]

yesterday it started sending out ramdon programs without me asking

What do you mean by "sending out random programs"

i let it be for about an hour and then came back made a custon scan and
eliminated all the junk, then i started working with it again, and everything turned out
fine, but today when i close one program that i was using a same rectangle of the program
with stay frozen on the bottom right side of the monitor and i´d get the sand clock icon so
i dont know what to do, if u can help me out with this, i will be gratefull for the help,thx.;)
You probably have more spyware/malware or a virus that needs cleaning out. You may need to download and run Spybot, Ad-Aware and an antivirus program.:)

[Freakitchen]

Moved to General Software.

[crazyhorse]

you could be low on ram i had a similar experience not to long ago , i upgraded my memory and now its like a new machine if you've only got 256 meg try adding a 512 to upgrade to 768 cos 256 aint enough for win xp to run on

[smnsam]

increase ram and also ckd about ambiant temp, always freez trouble because of temp goes high!!