Hi peeps.
For about 3/4 weeks my computer has gone very slow, I have to defrag about once an hour or it's a nightmare!
I'm running norton anti virus and have never had any problems.
I'm guessing a virus has got in somehow, ive run a full norton scan and nothings been found.
Any ideas?, it's driving me mad!
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Sex God
hoover the fan n give it a quick spring clean..
Sex God
Get f-secure? Maybe a different anti-virus software would do the trick?
Warming the Bed
Quote by twos_company
hoover the fan n give it a quick spring clean..
i would not hover the fan myself as there is a good chance it will fail that way as crud gets into the core, you can remove the fan off the top of the CPU and pull the grub out and hover them seperatly.
usualy a blocked cooler will kick in the cpu failsafes which will slow them down or if it is realy bad it will turn the computer off
other comon problem for computers around 5ish year old is that the capacitors on the motherboard start to bulge and this ends up in a load of weird problems, there was a massive batch of fake components that made it in loads of devices, its not if its when they will fail.
Warming the Bed
Quote by Gee_Wizz
have you checked if anything is running in the background hogging the CPU? right click on the task bar and open the task manager. At the bottom it should say what percentage of CPU and memory are being used.
things like firefox are awfull hogs especialy with flash apps ie the SH webcams, the memory keeps going up and up till its painfully slow and the CPU gets spikes etc.. a pain
Quote by TSM
have you checked if anything is running in the background hogging the CPU? right click on the task bar and open the task manager. At the bottom it should say what percentage of CPU and memory are being used.
things like firefox are awfull hogs especialy with flash apps ie the SH webcams, the memory keeps going up and up till its painfully slow and the CPU gets spikes etc.. a pain
They shouldn't be bad enough to cause the computer to run slow constantly though. On the face of it it sounds to me like a bot/trojan/virus is doing something and using up all the resources, or Norton is up to it's usual tricks and is trying to do a complete scan every 5 minutes.
Sex God
Have you tried switching it off and then back on again? Have you banged it?
Sorry couldent resist
Sorry couldent resist
Orgasminator
get malwarebytes as well ... free programme
Casanova
Quote by TSM
the capacitors on the motherboard start to bulge and this ends up in a load of weird problems, there was a massive batch of fake components that made it in loads of devices, its not if its when they will fail.
Oooh I love it when you talk dirty!
:P In the task manager look to see if the following are running:
the file size should be (912k)
(712k)
If the above files are bigger i.e. is (5014k or above) then you have a problem.
type start>run> cmd
in the Command window type "sfc /scannow"
This should revert the two files above to their original values and hopefully fix the issue.
If your running Windows7 the process is slightly different, you'll need to run the above as an Administrator (elevated mode)
Start> in the searh box type cmd a list will appear containing "CMD" right click on CMD and select "run as Administrator" then the command window opens type sfc /scannow
I hope this helps
the file size should be (912k)
(712k)
If the above files are bigger i.e. is (5014k or above) then you have a problem.
type start>run> cmd
in the Command window type "sfc /scannow"
This should revert the two files above to their original values and hopefully fix the issue.
If your running Windows7 the process is slightly different, you'll need to run the above as an Administrator (elevated mode)
Start> in the searh box type cmd a list will appear containing "CMD" right click on CMD and select "run as Administrator" then the command window opens type sfc /scannow
I hope this helps
One more thing that could cause the symptoms is a duff or loose memory card, i.e. you could be running with less memory which will cause the processor to cache more stuff to the disk. Open Explorer, right click on My Computer, select Properties, and see if the amount of memory (RAM) is what the machine came with. If a card has dropped out it will probably show half of what you'd expect. If it does you might need to try reseating the memory cards, or replace one.
Of course, it could just be that all the updates that Microsoft put on has increased the amount of memory you need. Go to see if your machine can take any extra memory. If it can, they'll tell you what you need, and quote you a price. Armed with that you can shop around for better prices, or order it there.
Of course, it could just be that all the updates that Microsoft put on has increased the amount of memory you need. Go to see if your machine can take any extra memory. If it can, they'll tell you what you need, and quote you a price. Armed with that you can shop around for better prices, or order it there.
Forum Virgin
Anything other than Kaspersky is just you thought about backing up and reinstalling windows?
