Re: Windows XP slows to a standstill

Lawrence

What is your security set up in terms of anti-virus, firewall and anti-spyware programmes?

I tried to find information about Backdoor.Generic.284 but drew a blank. The problem is that one Trojan can open the door for spyware so you may find it worthwhile to thoroughly clean the machine. Also no anti-virus or anti-spyware will find all problems.

When dealing with a persistent virus / trojan you need to delete system restore points and not use them as they will contain the virus and put it
back into your system. Turn off System Restore until cleaning is finished. Also run your anti-virus with updated definitions in safe mode. Sometimes you need to run an anti-virus from a floppy and Trend offer one that can be used.

Create a new folder named Sysclean (e.g., C:\Program files\Sysclean, or
just a desktop folder).
Download Sysclean.com (http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp) and
place it in this folder.

Download the latest Controlled Pattern Release zip
(http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp,  e.g., lpt123.zip) and
extract its contents to the same folder. See the Readme text file for
additional instructions.

Delete Temporary Internet Files (IE Tools>Internet Options>General)
accepting the option to delete all offline content. Reboot and delete
contents of all TEMP folders and then your Recycle Bin.

Close all running programs including your anti-virus application, go
offline, and run Sysclean. For best results, do nothing with the machine
until the scan completes.

If the scan shows any infections in System Restore files and you're
running WinXP, create a new Restore Point
(Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore), then delete
all but the most recent Restore Point (Start>Programs>Accessories>System
Tools>Disk Cleanup>More options).

Work through the spyware removal programmes etc in turn in safe mode
until you get no results.

Afterwards, update your own anti-virus application and perform another
full system scan.

Finally run HijackThis and post the HijackThis log to the HijackThis
forum here:
http://aumha.net/

You will need to register with Aumha to be able to post.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Commit Charge is 305M/2481M

Have you ever downloaded any memory boosters or the like? Some web sites
can offer these and it can be easy to accept the offer when they are
best declined!


Nope.

What was the answer to my question about Adobe?


Yes, the Adobe Reader upgrade function kept blinking at me and I succumbed.
It installed Adobe 7 and from then on, coincidental maybe because it had been
cranky for a while, the CPU usage maxed out.

However, although Norton could find no virus, a used eacceleration.com's
virus checker... found it through Google... Set it to work over night and it
pulled up a virus it called Backdoor.Generic.284 It quarantined that and that
seems to have done the trick. Perhaps it had been there a while and the Adobe
upgrade pushed everything over the limits.

I can now type and open files and programmes which is a vast improvement.
Still feels a bit sluggish. But I can see that CPU usage is bouncing around
at 4% rather than the 100% that it had.

So I think I'm probably all fixed up and wondering whether I should prepare
all my programmes and data for an upgrade of a new faster mother board.





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