entire system hangs & then after 30 sec. releases, only to hang ag

[Guest]

About 2 months ago, my system really slowed down and began hanging. I'm sure
I probably picked something up off of the Internet. I tired to use Spybout
and adware, and then defrag. But it is still hanging. Should I hang it up
and buy a new PC? My is about 2 years old.

 

[Guest]

Try using the Kaspersky or Nod32 antivirus programs. Or try a free online
virus scanner.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=online+virus+scanner

If this does not help, try doing a ctrl+alt+del and see which programs are
using most processor resources when the slow-down happens. Perhaps you've
through installing a certain program activated a windows service which uses a
large ammount of system resources.

You can learn more about it by simply entering the full name of the file
using high ammounts of resources in to google.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Besides Spybot and Ad Aware, try:

Microsoft AntiSpyware
Trend Micro's online Housecall scan.


If these do not help, you can always re-format and re-install your XP.
Buying new PC is still a bit extreme for your problem.