My computer is really slow...

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My computer (both online and offline) is running very
slowly. It gets jammed up really easily. When i log on to
the internet loads of adverts load and the internet
freezes all the time. I have run anti-virus and got
nothing and my computer space is less than 1/2 full. Can
anyone help? Im running windows XP and don't know a great
deal about computers! Thanks, Tom
 
You didn't mention 'which' anti-virus you used, if you
used a basic one it could've only checked for trojans - if
this is the case try a Spyware searcher - the problem
could be spyware that your av did not detect is monitoring
your actions slowing your PC as in a lot of cases

DanielJWalker
 
Tom said:
My computer (both online and offline) is running very
slowly. It gets jammed up really easily. When i log on to
the internet loads of adverts load and the internet
freezes all the time. I have run anti-virus and got
nothing and my computer space is less than 1/2 full. Can
anyone help? Im running windows XP and don't know a great
deal about computers! Thanks, Tom
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You need to scan your computer for spyware as well
as viruses. Download "Ad-Aware Personal" from
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/, and "Spybot Search &
Destroy" from http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/.
(Both are free.) Run them both. Also, upgrade to at least
256MB of memory if your computer has less.

-- Bob Day
http://bobday.vze.com
 
DanielJWalker said:
You didn't mention 'which' anti-virus you used, if you
used a basic one it could've only checked for trojans - if
this is the case try a Spyware searcher - the problem
could be spyware that your av did not detect is monitoring
your actions slowing your PC as in a lot of cases
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Or could it be that AVPs are designed to detect viruses and not spyware...?
Learn the difference.
 
/Tom/ said:
My computer (both online and offline) is running very
slowly. It gets jammed up really easily. When i log on to
the internet loads of adverts load and the internet
freezes all the time. I have run anti-virus and got
nothing and my computer space is less than 1/2 full. Can
anyone help? Im running windows XP and don't know a great
deal about computers! Thanks, Tom
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http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spyware.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/northrup/restoreperf.asp
 
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