Its all gone slow!
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My machine seems to have gone on strike - any task seems to take forever - it freezes when I type, switch between different windows, moce the cursor - any and every operationtakes condsiderably longer than it should...
anyone got any idea what is wrong? Virus maybe? Some settings gone haywire? I've not changed/installed/downloaded anything recently.
TIA
Julian
anyone got any idea what is wrong? Virus maybe? Some settings gone haywire? I've not changed/installed/downloaded anything recently.
TIA
Julian
Make sure your virus definitions are up to date and do a full system scan. Also download Spybot, make sure its updated with the latest definitions once installed, and run a scan. Had to sort out a machine a coupke of weeks back that was exhibiting similar symptoms as you describe (takes an age to do anything - launch windows explorer / ie / opening web pages etc etc etc). Found a gazillion spyware / adware etc files, once deleted and rebooted all was OK
grisoft produce a very capable virus checker which is free for personal use, I have used it for the last 2 years and have not had a virus since (have had a number caught however).
See here
www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
See here
www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
OK - fans all seem to be fine, processor is not hot to the touch.
Tried to install Grisoft's AVG only to be told it's 'not a valid Win32 application'.
Hard drive is constantly active. Zone Alarm no longer loads automatically on start up.
I'm going to format the drive and reinstall all the stuff I regularly use.. If that doesn't work, it's going on the bonfire and I'm heading for Dell's website...
Tried to install Grisoft's AVG only to be told it's 'not a valid Win32 application'.
Hard drive is constantly active. Zone Alarm no longer loads automatically on start up.
I'm going to format the drive and reinstall all the stuff I regularly use.. If that doesn't work, it's going on the bonfire and I'm heading for Dell's website...
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