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08-28-2005, 07:52 PM
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Computer is running uber slow, need help!!!!!!
I don't know what's up.
 I've noticed over the last couple days that my computer's speed has drastically reduced. I haven't done anything out of the norm to cause it, just some online gaming and net surfing. I did a disk defrag but it's still slow. This encompasses internet activity, playing videos through windows media player, and even clicking on folders. Any suggestions???
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08-28-2005, 07:54 PM
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Have you done any malware scans?
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08-28-2005, 08:13 PM
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Don't know what that is so I guess no. I don't have any antivirus software if that's what you mean.
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08-28-2005, 08:19 PM
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That would be why your computer is running slow. Download and install AVG7 free from here, update it's virus detection definitions and do a full system scan. Also, you'll need to do spyware scans and adware scans. The software packs I prefer for them are Spybot Search and Destroy and Adaware SE.
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08-28-2005, 08:27 PM
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You might also want to do a disk clean up, and look into a firewall of somesort.
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08-28-2005, 09:30 PM
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Ok cool beans. I found an old norton disk and installed, scanned. Found 17 trojans and so I quarentined (sp?). System is running smooth again. Thanx
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08-28-2005, 09:37 PM
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Good to hear, you will probably want to do virus scans weekly to keep ontop of trojans and malware.
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08-28-2005, 10:35 PM
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Look into a SPyware prog too as well as Firewall in order to help prevent this from happening again in other ways. If you have XP you automatically have a firewall just make sure it is on.
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08-29-2005, 01:12 PM
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Yeah I've got WinXP Pro SP2 which has pop-up blocker and firewall. It's been working wonderfully up until now.
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