Re: web loading slowly !

1- If you have anti-virus and anti-spyware programs already installed on your computer, update the programs and scan your computer. With luck, the programs will detect and remove the problem.

2- If the scan doesn't produce results, contact the program's technical support. Most of the major anti-virus/spyware programs will help you to remove an infection that their software did not detect.

3- Scan your system with /several/ of the better free online scanners, such as (no order implied):

Kaspersky Antivirus (http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner)
NOD32 (http://www.eset.com/download/index.php) - free 30-day trial
Trend Micro Housecall (http://housecall.trendmicro.com)
Panda ActiveScan (http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan)
Sophos (http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/sophos-threat-detection-test.ht ml)
Avast! (http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html)
GrisSoft AVG (http://www.grisoft.com/doc/34/ww/crp/0)

4- HijackThis is a hijacker detector and remover, but expanded with a lot of other checks against hijacker tricks. It is continually updated to detect and remove new hijacks. More information here:

http://www.whatthetech.com/hijackthis_v2/

You can post your HiJack This logs in several forums (NOT here), such as this one:

http://forums.whatthetech.com/HijackThis_Logs_and_Infections_Removal_f27.h tml

If none of the above remove the malware, you may want to show the computer to a professional.

There may be nothing you can do to remove an infection, no matter what you try. That's because some infections compromise your computer to the point where you can no longer rely on what the operating system is telling you. Rootkits are an example of this kind of infection. In that case, your only way out is to erase your hard disk and reinstall everything from scratch.

"Help I Got Hacked. Now What Do I Do?"
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/secmgmt/sm0504.mspx

"So how did I get infected in the first place?"
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=60955


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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

hrlyjoe43 wrote:
recently , my web connection has been just crawling along . it seems like days for a page to load . no drastic changes have been made . and the internet connection was working at a good speed before . it is a dsl connection , hard wired -not wireless . no new software loaded on computer but a ton of svchost connections in task manager (8-10 at times). i run avg professional anti-virus , windows firewall and windows defender . any help or ideas would be fantastic .
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