win xp sp3

[Ken Blake, MVP]

AVG 8.0 now includes the functionality (but not the UI) of AVG Anti-Spyware
(FKA Ewido), Ken, so I'm not suprised that it's finding more.

Thanks, Robear, I didn't know that.

At any rate, he's since clarified that all but one of these were just
tracking cookies, so it's not the enormous number it seemed at first.

 

[Larry]

Hey Ken I told you I'm not real smart, again I'm sorry I think this is the
link you want Larry

http://forums.techguy.org/malware-removal-hijackthis-logs/712186-pc-slow-infection-again.html

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Thanks.

May I ask why you chose to post your log there (again)? Looks like no one
ever replied to either of your earlier threads:

http://forums.techguy.org/malware-removal-hijackthis-logs/703986-combl-log-fix-log-hjt.html
(Apr-08)

http://forums.techguy.org/malware-removal-hijackthis-logs/675545-hijackthis-log.html
(Jan-08)

 

[Larry]

Your right, I don't know why. I guess I has hoping someone wood answer.

 

[Larry]

Pa Bear I did some unstalling of Advanced Windows Care, and my though is
that that program was using up all my resources. After uninstall, Apps. open
faster, IE7 is more responsive as well. I think for now I'll call this one
"solved" Thanks to you and Ken for all your thoughts Larry

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

YW. That was my prime suspect, too.

Make sure you have the courtesy to post this in a reply to your techguy.org
forum thread, too.

How did it come to be installed in the first place?

[Think your Registry needs "cleaning" or "repairing"? Read
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw your own conclusions.]

 

[Larry]

It came to be installed because I was downloading nearly everything I could
find to cleanup virus spyware adware malware. I used advanced win clr and it
found alot of issues, it had what is called a memory cleaner, which each time
I ran that it freed up my memory for a day anyhow. I thought it was the fix I
was looking for, wrong. Anyway things are much better now I'll stay away
from that software and any registry cleaners. I read the link you set up, I
don't need to get into all of that. Like I said before, I'm not real tech
smart, but I know just enough to get myself in trouble. I did post on TECH
Guys that that post was resolved. Again Thanks for the help Larry

YW. That was my prime suspect, too.

Make sure you have the courtesy to post this in a reply to your techguy.org
forum thread, too.

How did it come to be installed in the first place?

[Think your Registry needs "cleaning" or "repairing"? Read
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw your own conclusions.]
--
~PA Bear

Pa Bear I did some unstalling of Advanced Windows Care, and my though is
that that program was using up all my resources. After uninstall, Apps.
open faster, IE7 is more responsive as well. I think for now I'll call
this
one "solved" Thanks to you and Ken for all your thoughts Larry

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

If you ever need help with such issues again, post at http://aumha.net
instead, Larry.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

It came to be installed because I was downloading nearly everything I
could
find to cleanup virus spyware adware malware. I used advanced win clr and
it
found alot of issues, it had what is called a memory cleaner, which each
time I ran that it freed up my memory for a day anyhow. I thought it was
the fix I was looking for, wrong. Anyway things are much better now I'll
stay away from that software and any registry cleaners. I read the link
you set up, I don't need to get into all of that. Like I said before, I'm
not real tech smart, but I know just enough to get myself in trouble. I
did
post on TECH Guys that that post was resolved. Again Thanks for the help
Larry

YW. That was my prime suspect, too.

Make sure you have the courtesy to post this in a reply to your
techguy.org
forum thread, too.

How did it come to be installed in the first place?

[Think your Registry needs "cleaning" or "repairing"? Read
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw your own conclusions.]
--
~PA Bear

Pa Bear I did some unstalling of Advanced Windows Care, and my though
is
that that program was using up all my resources. After uninstall, Apps.
open faster, IE7 is more responsive as well. I think for now I'll call
this
one "solved" Thanks to you and Ken for all your thoughts Larry

:
Thanks.

May I ask why you chose to post your log there (again)? Looks like no
one
ever replied to either of your earlier threads:

http://forums.techguy.org/malware-removal-hijackthis-logs/703986-combl-log-fix-log-hjt.html
(Apr-08)

http://forums.techguy.org/malware-removal-hijackthis-logs/675545-hijackthis-log.html
(Jan-08)
--
~PA Bear


Larry wrote:
Hey Ken I told you I'm not real smart, again I'm sorry I think this
is
the link you want Larry

http://forums.techguy.org/malware-removal-hijackthis-logs/712186-pc-slow-infection-again.html


:

Close but no cigar. That's a link to THIS thread. I'm asking for a
link
to your thread at http://forums.techguy.org.

Larry wrote:
Pa Bear Here is the link you requested

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...eral&mid=2ebb2d16-7a92-412c-af54-01f660d0e70b



:

A link is the URL (http://......) that's displayed in Address Bar
when
you've opened your forum thread.

Larry wrote:
I am not real tech smart, so don't laugh, but what is a link and
how
do
you
post one. Larry

:

Please post a link to your thread, Larry.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since
2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Larry wrote:
Ken I also forget to mention that I did a hijackthis scan and
sent
the
log
file to a web site called Tech Guys for their inspection, a
little
while
ago, this afternoon 5/14/08 Larry

:

On Wed, 14 May 2008 10:05:16 -0700, Larry

Hello Ken Blake I appoligize, yes I ment 512 mb of ram.
The
pc
is
slow to boot and open apps. as well. I use the disk cleaner
each
day
I
defrag every day. I have software called advanced windows care
v-2
personnal I use each day, along with it's memory cleaner. A
couple
of
weeks ago I downloaded AVG 8.0 free, ran the scan and after an
hour
the
results was 24568 warnings of possible infections.



That's an *enormous* number. If you were that badly infected,
there's
an excellent chance that not everything was cleaned properly,
and
you
are still infected.

I'm usually very reluctant to recommend that someone reformat
and
clean install, but with a system that badly compromised, that's
likely
your best course.


I used the clean button to remove all of these, don't
know if that was the right thing to do. My pc's software is
nothing
all
that spectacular, Quicken 2005, Openoffice 2.4, Mozillia
Firefox,
Broderbund, ( a will making app.) and family search ( a
geneology
app.)
Thats about all I use. So I don't know what is going on. If
it
help's
my
disk space is 37 gb with 84% free Larry

:

On Wed, 14 May 2008 08:47:03 -0700, Larry

Just wondering, is sp3 eating up all my ram or not. Since
windows
updated it to my pc, The pc is painfully slow, (like 6
minutes
to
reach
my desktop, or is somthing else going on. On my disk space
I
still
have 84% available. The ram I have is just 520 mg, so this
might
the
problem?



Several points:

1. Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a
counterproductive desire. Windows is designed to use all, or
most,
of
your memory, all the time, and that's good not bad. Free
memory
is
wasted memory. You paid for it all and shouldn't want to see
any
of
it
wasted.

Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have
all
the
time. For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will
use
that
part for caching, then give it back when your apps later need
it.
In
this way Windows keeps all your memory working for you all
the
time.

2. Is the computer just slow to boot, or is it also slow
after
booting?

3. You say "The ram I have is just 520 mg." I assume you mean
512MB.
For most people, that's fine. How much RAM you need for good
performance is *not* a one-size-fits-all situation. You get
good
performance if the amount of RAM you have keeps you from
using
the
page file, and that depends on what apps you run. Most people
running
a typical range of business applications find that somewhere
around
256-384MB works well, others need 512MB.

 

[Bill Sharpe]

520MB?!! Don't even think about it with less than 2GB

I installed SP3 on my six-year-old laptop with only 256 mb RAM. Yes,
it's slow starting -- but not nearly six minutes -- but once started
programs run just fine. I don't do much multitasking with this machine
-- but Office 2007 programs run reasonably well, one at a time.

Not surprisingly, SP3 installation took three times as long on the
laptop as it did on my desktop, which has 1 gb RAM

Bill

 

[Bill Sharpe]

Hello Ken Blake I appoligize, yes I ment 512 mb of ram. The pc is slow
to boot and open apps. as well. I use the disk cleaner each day I defrag
every day. I have software called advanced windows care v-2 personnal I use
each day, along with it's memory cleaner. A couple of weeks ago I downloaded
AVG 8.0 free, ran the scan and after an hour the results was 24568 warnings
of possible infections. I used the clean button to remove all of these, don't
know if that was the right thing to do. My pc's software is nothing all that
spectacular, Quicken 2005, Openoffice 2.4, Mozillia Firefox, Broderbund, ( a
will making app.) and family search ( a geneology app.) Thats about all I
use. So I don't know what is going on. If it help's my disk space is 37 gb
with 84% free Larry

AVG 8.0 has been reported as being a resource hog, which may be slowing
your system down. Do a Google search or see
http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=15584

Bill

 

[SWAMPPY]

i installed windows xp sp3 on my gateway laptop and i have 2 gb of ram amd
athlon 64 x2 1.7 ghz and it slowed it way down vista faster on it so i un
installed is there going to be any fixes for it any time soon

 

[PD43]

i installed windows xp sp3 on my gateway laptop and i have 2 gb of ram amd
athlon 64 x2 1.7 ghz and it slowed it way down vista faster on it so i un
installed is there going to be any fixes for it any time soon

No.