Laptop Running A Bit Slow (24)
GodsgiftEnnis, Clare Ireland251 Threads 13 Polls 10,040 PostsI suspect my Virus / Malware software has missed something. My laptop has slowed down and it feels like the processor is doing something in the background. Does anyone know any free software that will scan my drive without making the problem worse? Failing that, I'll need to format and reload my O/S. 
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Godsgift: I suspect my Virus / Malware software has missed something. My laptop has slowed down and it feels like the processor is doing something in the background. Does anyone know any free software that will scan my drive without making the problem worse? Failing that, I'll need to format and reload my O/S.
how about some Online-Scans from PANDA or other Antivirus-System?more here!
GOOGLE-Search for Online-Scans,Norton,Bitdefender,Eset,Avast are all above suspicion!
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Godsgift: I suspect my Virus / Malware software has missed something. My laptop has slowed down and it feels like the processor is doing something in the background. Does anyone know any free software that will scan my drive without making the problem worse? Failing that, I'll need to format and reload my O/S.
AVG its free to download and use------ This thread is Archived ------
Godsgift: I suspect my Virus / Malware software has missed something. My laptop has slowed down and it feels like the processor is doing something in the background. Does anyone know any free software that will scan my drive without making the problem worse? Failing that, I'll need to format and reload my O/S.
buy a mac and drop the old laptop on the bin..
or install linux in the laptop
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L_B76: buy a mac and drop the old laptop on the bin..
or install linux in the laptop
how about the MAC-Malware?or install linux in the laptop
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Conrad73: how about some Online-Scans from PANDA or other Antivirus-System?
more here!
for Online-Scans,Norton,Bitdefender,Eset,Avast are all above suspicion!
more here!
for Online-Scans,Norton,Bitdefender,Eset,Avast are all above suspicion!
I'll try it now Conrad. I usually do a full reinstall of the O/S every 9 months or so but it's been at least twice that.
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Godsgift: I'll try it now Conrad. I usually do a full reinstall of the O/S every 9 months or so but it's been at least twice that.
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How full is it...go below 1.5gb...and it'll slow down...run disk cleanup...you'll only cause conflicts if you install another virus scan...yours might be running in the background...free up some space I'd say....
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Conrad73: how about the MAC-Malware?
im running a Mac on my desktop...
installed over 3 months ago...
and NO antivirus protecting it...
still working well enough
just to letting u know...
Linux and Mac have the same way of working..
an ocean if compared with windows..
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AmusThree: How full is it...go below 1.5gb...and it'll slow down...run disk cleanup...you'll only cause conflicts if you install another virus scan...yours might be running in the background...free up some space I'd say....
you can install ten antivirus-Apps,as long as they are On-Demand,and only one is active at the time!------ This thread is Archived ------
Of course, I have to complicate things by running a 32 bit O/S on a 64 bit machine. 
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Godsgift: Of course, I have to complicate things by running a 32 bit O/S on a 64 bit machine.
that should work,except you have trouble finding Drivers and other Files and Apps!------ This thread is Archived ------
Godsgift: I suspect my Virus / Malware software has missed something. My laptop has slowed down and it feels like the processor is doing something in the background. Does anyone know any free software that will scan my drive without making the problem worse? Failing that, I'll need to format and reload my O/S.
Hi GG. Sounds like tracing cookies and or a Trojan. If the usual anti virus progs miss them. try SuperAntiSpyware, its free and it works well. Download it and run it (the usual ads to upgrade will be there etc, just ignore them) Just worked on my sisters Vaio and the usual only found one or two but this prog found 295 and one Trojan and removed them and its now binging away. When selecting the Scan with it, select all drives that show up and perform a Full Scan. Can take an hour or two if you do nothing else and use the hi performance scan op. Best of luck - John
Select the red Free Edition - Save as, to somewhere you know it will be and the when done, open the folder and click it to Run. The rest is self explanatory
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Sorta sounds like you are limited with the RAM...I just had a quick look at this.....
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the reason why I recommended Online-Scans is that sometimes the Malware on your OS prevents your Onboard anti-Virus App from finding it!
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unless it is hardware issue and a virus issue, you can try "Wise Disk Cleaner" and "Wise Registry Cleaner". And remove unnecessary files in drive C (or the drive which runs ur OS ) . increase the virtual memory little bit.
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Install and run Avg.free Anti virus,then install and run CCleaner its also free. but both work well together,.
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Johnboy50: Hi GG. Sounds like tracing cookies and or a Trojan. If the usual anti virus progs miss them. try SuperAntiSpyware, its free and it works well. Download it and run it (the usual ads to upgrade will be there etc, just ignore them) Just worked on my sisters Vaio and the usual only found one or two but this prog found 295 and one Trojan and removed them and its now binging away. When selecting the Scan with it, select all drives that show up and perform a Full Scan. Can take an hour or two if you do nothing else and use the hi performance scan op. Best of luck - John
Select the red Free Edition - Save as, to somewhere you know it will be and the when done, open the folder and click it to Run. The rest is self explanatory
Select the red Free Edition - Save as, to somewhere you know it will be and the when done, open the folder and click it to Run. The rest is self explanatory
Spot on John. Conrad's program found and removed a single Trojan and laptop seems to be as good as ever. Thanks guys.
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Conrad73: the reason why I recommended Online-Scans is that sometimes the Malware on your OS prevents your Onboard anti-Virus App from finding it!
Conrad... IT WORKED!
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