RE: Very Slow (even worse now)

From: larry (larry_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/01/04 

Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 14:54:02 -0800

You need to do 2 things. One run spybot to remove maleware registry items
interferring with your internet browsing. Two use Highjackthis to remove
software with startup entries that were installed from free internet sites
that bog down your pc processor.

1) If you don't have reliable spyware/maleware removal, you can get it
with spybot free at :
 http://www.net-integration.net/index.php?page=spybotsd#clean

I suggest you run the spybot scan. It will run awhile. WHen finished ,clean
recommended. Some entries will be in memory. The program ask if you would
like to fix at next boot up. Reply yes

It has an automatic backup so you can restore fixes.

2) You'll also need to remove startup registry items after running
spybot. Highjackthis is available free at:

 http://www.net-integration.net/index.php?

They can help you with interpreting logs. Just follow their instructions.
You can wait for their interpretation or you can look for 04 startup entries.
I suggest you delete any software startup thats not store bought software.

If you don't have virus protection, Symantec test your computer's exposer to
online threats.
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym

I suggest you get virus protection, or your asking for trouble.

"Chris" wrote:

> Hi, I wrote a message a few days ago about my computer being very slow.
> Before there was a process running called MP3PC but I do not know how this
> program got onto my computer (I searched for the pgoram, and only found one
> file associated with the program in the prefetch folder, I deleted it but it
> had no effect). I followed all of the steps before but it did not help.
> There are other process running that sometimes take over 200mB of memory
> usage, including dnsdb, eulaexp and others. I do not know how to get rid of
> these processes (when I end it, it just pops up again). Please help me, it
> took me 40 minutes to open up the window to type of this mesage. Thank you,
>
> Chris