Re: System slowed down
From: Jan Hyde (StellaDrinker_at_REMOVE.ME.uboot.com)
Date: 08/23/04
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:43:21 +0100
Daisy <DaisyL@emailaccount.com>'s wild thoughts were
released on Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:22:43 +1200 bearing the
following fruit:
>On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:20:45 -0700, "Ronnie Vernon MVP"
><ronv@mvps.org> wrote:
>
>>Daisy wrote:
>>> I am finding my system becoming slower and slower even though I am on
>>> Broadband. I have the following programs on start-up: Symantec
>>> anti-virus, Sygate Personal Firewall and MSN Messenger.
>>>
>>> Can someone tell me how to check that I don't have anything else
>>> installed in my start-up menu that is slowing things down. I use
>>> Mozilla Thunderbird email - and as this has some form of adaptive
>>> junk-mail feature, it may be this that is making things slower? I
>>> also use Mozilla Firefox as my browser, but I have Internet Explorer
>>> installed elsewhere and can use this if I wish.
>>>
>>> I would be glad of some assistance. I am reasonably
>>> computer-literate - for a middle-aged lady - and can follow
>>> instructions provided they are not TOO complicated!
>>>
>>> Thank you out there.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Daisy
>>
>>The first thing to do is run a complete virus scan and make sure that the
>>virus definitions for NAV are up to date.
>>
>>Next, get the free version of AdAware and run a complete scan for spyware
>>apps. Again, make sure that the reference file is up to date.
>>
>>AdAware
>>http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
>>
>>Go to Start/Run and type msconfig and click OK. Click the Start Up tab
>>to see a list of programs that are started when the computer is first turned
>>on.
>>
>>Post back to this thread if you have any questions about what you find.
>
>Hello again
>
>This is in reply to both responses first from Kevin: I defragged my
>machine 2 days ago. I did a Live Update from Symantec and then ran a
>virus scan today and then I downloaded Ad-aware and ran that scan
>also. Symantic showed no viruses, but the Adaware showed a number of
>attempted hackings (is that a word?) and some other cookies that allow
>popups.
>
>Is it wise to delete cookies? I am not sure about what to do about
>them.
Most of the cookies are junk, some are useful, storing your
username for certain websites etc. My policy is to delete
them all each week, in your case I'd remove any that you
don't recognise.
>My computer is relatively new (less than 6 months old). I have plenty
>of RAM and disk space.
I recommend getting a couple of adware checkers, I've had
several cases of one program giving me a clean bill of
health while the other detects something.
You might consider getting HijackThis if you still have
problems, there are several places on the web that can
analyse the log for you and tell you what can be safely
removed.
I use firefox and almost all these kinds of problems have
stopped for me.
Jan Hyde (VB MVP)
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