Shortcut Keys Sometimes Respond Slowly

[Guest]

I have shortcut keys (like CTRL+ALT+O for Outlook Express) assigned to many
programs on my PC. At times when I press a shortcut combination nothing
happens for awhile, like 30 seconds or more. At other times programs start
immediately. I can't find a reason. My machine may be totally idle. Task
Manager may show the CPU usage at 2%. I have run Norton AntiVirus, Spybot
Search and Destroy, AdAware, and Rootkit Revealer, and I have seen nothing
that looks like it would slow the system down, but the shortcut keys still
execute slowly.

I am running Windows XP Home SP2 with all critical patches installed. I
have an AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (1.83 GHz) with 1.75 GB of RAM, Norton
SystemWorks 2005 (includes Norton AntiVirus 11.0.17.1 with Auto-Protect
enabled and Norton System Doctor running), ZoneAlarm 7.0.337.000, Cookie Pal
1.7c (cookie manager), iPodService and iTunesHelper, Java Updater Scheduler,
and Windows Defender updater running. Desktop system.

Any ideas? Thanks very much.

 

[Zoned]

I have shortcut keys (like CTRL+ALT+O for Outlook Express) assigned to many
programs on my PC. At times when I press a shortcut combination nothing
happens for awhile, like 30 seconds or more. At other times programs start
immediately. I can't find a reason. My machine may be totally idle. Task
Manager may show the CPU usage at 2%. I have run Norton AntiVirus, Spybot
Search and Destroy, AdAware, andRootkitRevealer, and I have seen nothing
that looks like it would slow the system down, but the shortcut keys still
execute slowly.

I am running Windows XP Home SP2 with all critical patches installed. I
have an AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (1.83 GHz) with 1.75 GB of RAM, Norton
SystemWorks 2005 (includes Norton AntiVirus 11.0.17.1 with Auto-Protect
enabled and Norton System Doctor running), ZoneAlarm 7.0.337.000, Cookie Pal
1.7c (cookie manager), iPodService and iTunesHelper, Java Updater Scheduler,
and Windows Defender updater running. Desktop system.

Any ideas? Thanks very much.

Hi Geoff,

try some of the anti rootkit software mentioned on www.antirootkit.com/software/index.htm
try the ones in bold. You have allready tried Rootkit Revealer but
others may show something different
good luck
Z

 

[Guest]

Hi Geoff,

try some of the anti rootkit software mentioned on www.antirootkit.com/software/index.htm
try the ones in bold. You have allready tried Rootkit Revealer but
others may show something different
good luck
Z

Thank you very much for the link. I tried Panda Anti-Rootkit, Rootkit
Buster, Rootkit Uncover, and AVG Anti-Rootkit and none of them detected
anything. But I'm glad to have these tools.

Any other ideas?

Geoffrey