My computer is really slow...

[Tom]

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My computer (both online and offline) is running very
slowly. It gets jammed up really easily. When i log on to
the internet loads of adverts load and the internet
freezes all the time. I have run anti-virus and got
nothing and my computer space is less than 1/2 full. Can
anyone help? Im running windows XP and don't know a great
deal about computers! Thanks, Tom

 

[Guest]

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You didn't mention 'which' anti-virus you used, if you
used a basic one it could've only checked for trojans - if
this is the case try a Spyware searcher - the problem
could be spyware that your av did not detect is monitoring
your actions slowing your PC as in a lot of cases

DanielJWalker
>-----Original Message-----
>My computer (both online and offline) is running very
>slowly. It gets jammed up really easily. When i log on to
>the internet loads of adverts load and the internet
>freezes all the time. I have run anti-virus and got
>nothing and my computer space is less than 1/2 full. Can
>anyone help? Im running windows XP and don't know a great
>deal about computers! Thanks, Tom
>.
>

 

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"Tom" <drummeroftheyear@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> My computer (both online and offline) is running very
> slowly. It gets jammed up really easily. When i log on to
> the internet loads of adverts load and the internet
> freezes all the time. I have run anti-virus and got
> nothing and my computer space is less than 1/2 full. Can
> anyone help? Im running windows XP and don't know a great
> deal about computers! Thanks, Tom

You need to scan your computer for spyware as well
as viruses. Download "Ad-Aware Personal" from
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/, and "Spybot Search &
Destroy" from http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/.
(Both are free.) Run them both. Also, upgrade to at least
256MB of memory if your computer has less.

-- Bob Day
http://bobday.vze.com

 

[Dev]

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/Tom/ said:

> My computer (both online and offline) is running very
> slowly. It gets jammed up really easily. When i log on to
> the internet loads of adverts load and the internet
> freezes all the time. I have run anti-virus and got
> nothing and my computer space is less than 1/2 full. Can
> anyone help? Im running windows XP and don't know a great
> deal about computers! Thanks, Tom

http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spyware.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/northrup/restoreperf.asp

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[Guest]

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"Tom" <drummeroftheyear@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:a36901c4877b$5c5f1980$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> My computer (both online and offline) is running very
> slowly. It gets jammed up really easily. When i log on to
> the internet loads of adverts load and the internet
> freezes all the time. I have run anti-virus and got
> nothing and my computer space is less than 1/2 full. Can
> anyone help? Im running windows XP and don't know a great
> deal about computers! Thanks, Tom

 

[Guest]

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DanielJWalker wrote:
> You didn't mention 'which' anti-virus you used, if you
> used a basic one it could've only checked for trojans - if
> this is the case try a Spyware searcher - the problem
> could be spyware that your av did not detect is monitoring
> your actions slowing your PC as in a lot of cases

Or could it be that AVPs are designed to detect viruses and not spyware...?
Learn the difference.

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