Computer Is Running Very Slow Resources At 99%

[Guest]

Hi I am having a problem on my xp pro machine my computer is very laggy and
when I go into task mamagment with crtl-alt-delete it should cpu resource
usage 99% it's not suppose to be this can anyone help me thanks.

 

[Guest]

Hi it seems that you might have a virus and/or spyware on your computer. I
would like for you to going in windows and right click on my computer on the
desktop and go to properties and go to the system restore tab and check the
box to turn off the system restore and click apply and ok. Then get a
anti-virus program and do a full scan on your computer if you don't have a
anti-virs program you can download avg's for free at http://www.grisoft.com
and anti-spyware program at http://www.lavasoftusa.com to download Ad-Aware
SE. After that go and download hijackthis for free on the internet and then
run a scan and save the log and paste the log at this site

http://www.hijackthis.de and it will tell you want to check and to remove
and then restart the computer and see how it goes there is a virus and/or
spyware on you computer that is corrupting your system by locking up when
going through folders and opening them even though you might fix the virus
and/or spyware with system restore on it's still saved in there that's why I
had you turn it off. and that should fix it.

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Thanks

Matthew Senecal

 

[Guest]

I have another problem how do I get this in the first place. What can I do to
protect my self.

 

[Guest]

Hi jsut always run scans and updates and also keep that program for
anti-virus installed it does a automatic scan and removal every night at 2am
or you cange change the time but it's great and will work out for you thanks.
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Matthew Senecal

 

[Drew Tognola]

Stef,

Follow these steps.

click to download Ad-aware
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button

1) install Ad-aware



click to run a virus scan
http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp?j=1&langid=us&venid=sym&plfid=23&pkj=RBMGLJUQIDIJBJQVYEW

2) select 'Scan for Viruses' (accept the ActiveX app that will need to
install)



Run both scans daily or weekly (no longer)



There are many free apps that do both of these functions. If you don't like
these two, choose two others. Also, use multiple spyware removal apps to
catch all spyware (others similar to Ad-aware, not the on-line virus scan. I
suggest investing in an anti-virus tool such as Norton's Anti-Virus)

Drew

 

[Leythos]

I have another problem how do I get this in the first place. What can I do to
protect my self.

First, you need to understand what happened, and it's very good that you
ask how it happened - we need to know what happened, and knowing what
malware you actually got would tell us a lot about how it happened.

In most cases there are just a few paths:

1) Direct connect to your computer from the Inetnet or another infected
machine in your network.

2) You browsed to a malicious site and something ran or you click on
something to run it - you may not have know about it at the time.

3) You were using another program and clicked on a malicious link or on
an attachment in an email which ran something....

If you have cable/dsl you need at least a NAT Router installed between
your internet connection device and your computer

If #2 - then you need a different browser, use FireFox for any site that
you can, some banking sites need IE, but most everything works with
FireFox.

If #3 - then you need to use a different product, update that product,
or you need AV software that scans email and removes things before you
get them. Many cheap AV software doesn't scan email as it comes in to
your PC, get one that does. You also need one that stays resident, gets
frequent updates (nightly), and to learn about using non-Microsoft email
and browser clients.

 

[Alias]

Many cheap AV software doesn't scan email as it comes in to

your PC, get one that does.

Bad advice for anyone that uses Outlook Express. Email scanning offers NO
additional protection and can and will corrupt Outlook Express. It would
seem to me that you would know that, Leythos.

Alias

 

[Z]

Hi I am having a problem on my xp pro machine my computer is very laggy and
when I go into task mamagment with crtl-alt-delete it should cpu resource
usage 99% it's not suppose to be this can anyone help me thanks.

In Task Manager, click on the Processes tab then on the CPU column heading.

Which processes are consuming the most CPU?

 

[Leythos]

Many cheap AV software doesn't scan email as it comes in to

Bad advice for anyone that uses Outlook Express. Email scanning offers NO
additional protection and can and will corrupt Outlook Express. It would
seem to me that you would know that, Leythos.

It seems to work for all of the people we know using OE with NAV and
Symantec and AVG products - not one corruption on any of them.

 

[Alias]

It seems to work for all of the people we know using OE with NAV and
Symantec and AVG products - not one corruption on any of them.

State that on an OE newsgroup and see what happens.

Alias

 

[Leythos]

State that on an OE newsgroup and see what happens.

I can state it anywhere I want, as I have actual experience that none of
the users we know have any issues with it, none at all. While most of
our clients, their friends, and family we know, do not experience any
issues, it could be due to the fact that their systems are not already
compromised.

I have more than 80 residents between two sororities that are using OE
with Norton AV and AVG (and one with Panda) that are not having any
issues with it, not last year and not this year.

If you know people that are having problems, maybe they have other
stability issues with their system.

 

[Jone Doe]

I can state it anywhere I want, as I have actual experience that none of
the users we know have any issues with it, none at all. While most of
our clients, their friends, and family we know, do not experience any
issues, it could be due to the fact that their systems are not already
compromised.

I have more than 80 residents between two sororities that are using OE
with Norton AV and AVG (and one with Panda) that are not having any
issues with it, not last year and not this year.

If you know people that are having problems, maybe they have other
stability issues with their system.

Per Norton....

Norton AntiVirus email scanning is not compatible with Internet service
providers using Secured Socket Layer protocol
Situation:
You have an Internet service provider (ISP) that uses the Secured Socket
Layer (SSL) protocol to download email to its incoming POP3 server. When you
configure Norton AntiVirus email scanning to scan email attachments, the
program does not appear to scan email attachments. You may also see the
error message "An encrypted email connection has been detected. Please see
help for more information on how to transmit encrypted email."

Solution:
Norton AntiVirus email scanning does not work with an ISP that is using the
SSL protocol. Also, Norton AntiVirus email scanning will only scan email
that arrives on default ports 110 or 25.

If your ISP uses the SSL protocol, then you must disable email scanning in
order to send and receive email. Read the document Turning on or turning off
email scanning in Norton AntiVirus for information on how to disable email
scanning.

 

[Leythos]

Per Norton....

Norton AntiVirus email scanning is not compatible with Internet service
providers using Secured Socket Layer protocol
Situation:
You have an Internet service provider (ISP) that uses the Secured Socket
Layer (SSL) protocol to download email to its incoming POP3 server. When you
configure Norton AntiVirus email scanning to scan email attachments, the
program does not appear to scan email attachments. You may also see the
error message "An encrypted email connection has been detected. Please see
help for more information on how to transmit encrypted email."

Solution:
Norton AntiVirus email scanning does not work with an ISP that is using the
SSL protocol. Also, Norton AntiVirus email scanning will only scan email
that arrives on default ports 110 or 25.

If your ISP uses the SSL protocol, then you must disable email scanning in
order to send and receive email. Read the document Turning on or turning off
email scanning in Norton AntiVirus for information on how to disable email
scanning.

Thanks for the info - I have never run into anyone using a SSL
connection to pull POP email.

 

[Z]

Thanks for the info - I have never run into anyone using a SSL
connection to pull POP email.

Get a real ISP, then!

Mine's been using SSL for 2 yrs+.

 

[Leythos]

Get a real ISP, then!

Mine's been using SSL for 2 yrs+.

I don't need a mail server from an ISP, I have my own email server. I've
not seen many of the big ones providing SSL instructions on their
support sites.

Maybe you would want to post who your provider is so that we could look
at how they have it setup?

 

[\old\ devildog]

I can backup Leythos on this. I have been using OE to get my e-mail since I
was using '98SE, I have always used SystemSuite (3.0 to now Pro 6). I have
always used the e-mail scan. I have never had a corrupted file on OE, and
have stopped 100's of virus from being downloaded from my ISP mail accounts
as well as hotmail when they were "scanned by McAjunk for your protection".
Maybe the crouption comes from McA*** or No**on's software. But not all
antivirus software is like those two pieces (thank G**).

"old" devildog
-- Semper Fi --
Ham and eggs. A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.
The original point and click interface was a Smith and Wesson.
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| In article <eY8d9X#[email protected]>, aka@[notme]
| maskedandanonymous.org says...
| >
| > | > > In article <eFQb#[email protected]>, aka@[notme]
| > > maskedandanonymous.org says...
| > >>
| > >> >
| > >> Many cheap AV software doesn't scan email as it comes in to
| > >> > your PC, get one that does.
| > >>
| > >> Bad advice for anyone that uses Outlook Express. Email scanning
offers NO
| > >> additional protection and can and will corrupt Outlook Express. It
would
| > >> seem to me that you would know that, Leythos.
| > >
| > > It seems to work for all of the people we know using OE with NAV and
| > > Symantec and AVG products - not one corruption on any of them.
| >
| > State that on an OE newsgroup and see what happens.
|
| I can state it anywhere I want, as I have actual experience that none of
| the users we know have any issues with it, none at all. While most of
| our clients, their friends, and family we know, do not experience any
| issues, it could be due to the fact that their systems are not already
| compromised.
|
| I have more than 80 residents between two sororities that are using OE
| with Norton AV and AVG (and one with Panda) that are not having any
| issues with it, not last year and not this year.
|
| If you know people that are having problems, maybe they have other
| stability issues with their system.
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[Plato]

I can backup Leythos on this. I have been using OE to get my e-mail since I
was using '98SE, I have always used SystemSuite (3.0 to now Pro 6). I have
always used the e-mail scan. I have never had a corrupted file on OE, and
have stopped 100's of virus from being downloaded from my ISP mail accounts

Why do you attempt to download virus infected email in the first place?
That's like having sex in the red light district and crossing your
fingers hoping that your condom doesn't break.

 

[Alias]

I can state it anywhere I want, as I have actual experience that none of
the users we know have any issues with it, none at all. While most of
our clients, their friends, and family we know, do not experience any
issues, it could be due to the fact that their systems are not already
compromised.

You don't have the balls to state this on
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress

I have more than 80 residents between two sororities that are using OE
with Norton AV and AVG (and one with Panda) that are not having any
issues with it, not last year and not this year.

If you know people that are having problems, maybe they have other
stability issues with their system.

From: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

Antivirus software invades the Outlook Express program to try and intercept
(incoming and, in some cases, outgoing) messages that might contain virus.
The problem with this approach is that the antivirus software can trigger
the destruction of an entire message folder or the entire message store,
when it attempts to remove a message containing a potential virus.

Because of the fragility of the OE message store structure and its
propensity for destruction, this applies to just about any antivirus program
that touches the OE message store. So its best to follow these instructions
regardless of what antivirus program you use.

To prevent the possibility of such destruction occuring, turn off email
scanning in your antivirus software. You will still be protected against
infection. If you attempt to open a message attachment containing a
potential virus, then your antivirus software will recognize that your are
attempting to infect your system, and will block you from doing so.

The best practice on the user's part is to save an attachment to disk and
then scan it with the antivirus software prior to opening it. Messages
opened themselves (if you have the latest security updates from Windows
Update) will not infect your system -- only attachments. You do not need
additional email scanning on top of your system being continuosly scanned by
antivirus software, so turn off email scanning to prevent destruction of
your message store.

From a newsgroup post by Frank Saunders, MS-MVP:
From
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...nDocument&src=tr&Highlight=0,email,protection

Disabling email protection does not leave you vulnerable to viruses and
malicious software in email. It is a separate layer of protection in
addition to Auto-Protect. Auto-Protect scans any incoming files, including
email, as they are saved to your hard drive. As long as you keep your virus
definitions up to date with LiveUpdate, and keep Auto-Protect enabled and
set to scan files as they are created or downloaded, your system is fully
protected.

See also the section on "Is it safe to disable email scanning" here:
http://service1.symantec.com/support/sharedtech.nsf/docid/2002071214223706

Cody

 

[Leythos]

Why do you attempt to download virus infected email in the first place?
That's like having sex in the red light district and crossing your
fingers hoping that your condom doesn't break.

If you don't download your email, how would you know if it had an
attachment in the first place. Unless you do some form of check that
doesn't pull the actual email you can't tell if it's a malicious
attachment or not - that is for people without a firewall with an SMTP
Proxy.

 

[Leythos]

The best practice on the user's part is to save an attachment to disk and
then scan it with the antivirus software prior to opening it. Messages
opened themselves (if you have the latest security updates from Windows
Update) will not infect your system -- only attachments. You do not need
additional email scanning on top of your system being continuosly scanned by
antivirus software, so turn off email scanning to prevent destruction of
your message store.

You misunderstand how it works - the email is scanned in the POP session
between the computer and the ISP, it's not scanned in the Outlook
message file on the workstation. No-one scans the message file that
outlook uses, same with the exchange store files, you scan the SESSION
(port traffic) between your application pulling on POP and the ISP
server - the virus scanner sits between the two and has nothing to do
with the Outlook Message File on your computer.

You should really understand before you start ranting.