Re: Slow Computer Response:

On Jan 14, 9:34 am, "Daave" <dcwashNOS...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Robert" <magine...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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I actually don't think I have any malware though Trend Micro found the
Http Cookie, which I deleted and then re-ran at its suggestion and
came out clean and Kapersky found the Malware Exploit.JS.XMLcore.b,
which I deleted

I now have AVG, Spybot, A-Squared, Kapersky, Trend Micro and Comodo on
my system and would think I should be protected.

Chances are you don't have malware. But since you *did* have malware at
one point (the XML exploit), I was concerned there might be other
undetected infections.

How are Kaspersky and Trend Micro configured? You should not have them
running at the same time! (That is, if they both are monitoring/scanning
your system at the same time, you will have problems.)

I thought I did the Hijack before and posted it in one of my replies?
However I ran it again and this time posted it to Bleeping Computer.

I haven't seen your log. What is your handle on Bleeping Computer?

I ran Process Explorer but really don't know what I'm looking for. In
any event here are some results:

If you have any resource/memory hogs, you will be able to quickly tell
what they are with Process Explorer. It's similar to Task Manager, but
it provides more information, including the full paths of your running
processes.

CPU Usage 3.08% - 8.90% (keeps changing)
Commit Charge 18.16% 404.7MB
Processes 47 I.O.
36.1Kb

Commit Charge:
Current 414,400
Limit 2,286,352
Peak 439,484

I think I ran something similar before, Everest? By the way I noticed
I have Speed fan, is that just to monitor the internal feather fan and
do I need it? Or can I delete it?

You saw these figures previously with Task Manager (Performance tab).
You don't need SpeedFan. You may as well uninstall it since Everest can
give you the same information.

Clean Boot seems a bit advanced as it talks about going into msconfig
and changing the registry, and I'm VERY leary of doing this one so I
backed out of it.

If you image your hard drive and things go wrong, you can always put
that image back and you'll be fine.

Seems very complicated and at the beginning it says you must know how
to recover from msconfig, oh great! Do I really need to do this?

Not necessarily. Chances are all you need to do is put in more memory.
But if you ever want to pinpoint any particular problems (such as a
particular problem spinning its wheels), clean boot troubleshooting is a
sure thing.

At this point I've done everything you and Gerry have advised with
only a couple of exceptions such as Clean Boot. Unless you have
further recommendations or suggestions I'll call StarMicro to make
sure they have the RAM in stock and if so place an order for (2)
sticks of 256 RAM following Gerry's advise. If they work, then I will
place an order for two more.

That's good advice. You already have 256 MB. Installing another 512 MB
will bring you up to 768 MB, which should be more than enough,
considering your Current and Peak Commit Charge figures.



Hello Daave,

Chances are you don't have malware. But since you *did* have malware
at
one point (the XML exploit), I was concerned there might be other
undetected infections.

I understand

How are Kaspersky and Trend Micro configured? You should not have
them
running at the same time! (That is, if they both are monitoring/
scanning
your system at the same time, you will have problems.)

I never run any of my scans simultaneously but one at a time. I
realize I don't have Trend Micro, I just did their free online scan.
As far as my Kapersky settings, here they are(I think):

Run Mode - manually
FTP Passive mode - yes
Connection timeout - 60 seconds
User proxy server - Automatically detect the proxy server settings
(exclude local addresses)
Rescan Quarantine - yes
Region - Autodetection
Update Application rules - yes

I thought I did the Hijack before and posted it in one of my replies?
However I ran it again and this time posted it to Bleeping Computer.
I haven't seen your log. What is your handle on Bleeping Computer?

My handle is Navyguy, I apparently posted it in the wrong forum and
didn't do it right as it was moved by a moderator.

I ran Process Explorer but really don't know what I'm looking for. In
any event here are some results:
If you have any resource/memory hogs, you will be able to quickly
tell
what they are with Process Explorer. It's similar to Task Manager,
but
it provides more information, including the full paths of your
running
processes.

I suppose my biggest memory hog is my ImageX program(Dell Imagining)
which you and Gerry asked about but it's a program I use quite allot
and I like it very much. However I have been moving the bulk of my jpg
and other files to disk; while I understand this isn't going to make
my computer run faster it should help speed up my scans since those
files are no longer there.

You saw these figures previously with Task Manager (Performance tab).
You don't need SpeedFan. You may as well uninstall it since Everest
can
give you the same information.

I uninstalled Speed Fan

Clean Boot seems a bit advanced as it talks about going into
msconfig
and changing the registry, and I'm VERY leary of doing this one so I
backed out of it.

If you image your hard drive and things go wrong, you can always put
that image back and you'll be fine.

How do I image my hard drive?

Seems very complicated and at the beginning it says you must know how
to recover from msconfig, oh great! Do I really need to do this?

Not necessarily. Chances are all you need to do is put in more
memory.
But if you ever want to pinpoint any particular problems (such as a
particular problem spinning its wheels), clean boot troubleshooting is
a
sure thing.

I'll give it a try if you tell me how to image my hard drive. (It kind
of sounds like cloning my drive to a external backup) I do have System
Restore but I assume what your talking about is a true imagin of my
operating system.

At this point I've done everything you and Gerry have advised with
only a couple of exceptions such as Clean Boot. Unless you have
further recommendations or suggestions I'll call StarMicro to make
sure they have the RAM in stock and if so place an order for (2)
sticks of 256 RAM following Gerry's advise. If they work, then I will
place an order for two more.

I called StarMicro to make sure they had the parts in stock and also
because most of the positive reviews on Pricewatch called beforehand.
So I will be placing the order soon.

That's good advice. You already have 256 MB. Installing another 512
MB
will bring you up to 768 MB, which should be more than enough,
considering your Current and Peak Commit Charge figures.

Thanks again for all your great advice, I appreciate it.

Robert
.

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