| Subject: Computer running SOOO SLOW |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/11/2008 12:59:48 PM |
| From: "Denise" [Email Address Protection] |
Hi, i've been running my computer pretty much without problems. Recently I have noticed a real slow down in performance. I currently have Spybot S&D, and the purchased version of AVG installed. Thinking that perhaps one of these programs may be causing some kind of problem, I disabled both of them, but to no avail. I run spyware searches and virus searches daily, which never really show up any thing of concern. I delete cookies etc on a daily basis too. My computer doesnt need defragged. Could anyone give me any ideas as to what could be slowing it down so much. I tried to access my company site to process some work stuff and it took forever and a day to load what would normally be a couple of seconds. My computer is only about 8 months old, Intel Core Duo CPU, Memory 2047MB, 32 Bit O.S, with a Windows experience Index rating of 5.5. Any help or advice greatly appreciated, P.S, running Vista Professional. Denise |
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| Subject: Re: Computer running SOOO SLOW |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/11/2008 1:13:45 PM |
| From: "Mr. Arnold" [Email Address Protection] |
"Denise" <denise@microsoft.com> wrote in message news:OtzLj75sIHA.1316@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Hi, > i've been running my computer pretty much without problems. Recently I > have noticed a real slow down in performance. I currently have Spybot > S&D, and the purchased version of AVG installed. They can and do miss zero day exploits, meaning that they can't detect anything 100% of the time, because it's new. > Thinking that perhaps one of these programs may be causing some kind of > problem, I disabled both of them, but to no avail. They are not the problem. > I run spyware searches and virus searches daily, which never really show > up any thing of concern. I delete cookies etc on a daily basis too. My > computer doesnt need defragged. See above > Could anyone give me any ideas as to what could be slowing it down so > much. > I tried to access my company site to process some work stuff and it took > forever and a day to load what would normally be a couple of seconds. > My computer is only about 8 months old, Intel Core Duo CPU, Memory 2047MB, > 32 Bit O.S, with a Windows experience Index rating of 5.5. > Any help or advice greatly appreciated, P.S, running Vista Professional. Now, it may not be malware, but your symptoms seem that you have something running on the computer that you don't know about that could be just that. That's why you must use the proper tools to help you look, Process Explorer is one of them. PE will let you look at running processes. PE will also let you look inside a running process to see what it is hosting, other processes including malware. PE menu Tools/View/Show Lower Pane/Show all DLL(s), which will allow you to look at what processes running in the upper pane that are hosting processes in the lower pane. You can right-click a line in the upper pane and go to Properties to see more information like what process that a given process in the upper pane is using the most processing with in the given process. You can also use CurrPorts to see if there is something connecting to the Internet that you don't know about, which can be used instead of Active Ports that doesn't run on Vista. <http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Hidden_Backdoors_Trojan_Horses_and_Rootkit_Tools_in_a_Windows_Environment.html> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html Sometimes, you have to go look for yourself and see what is running on the computer. |
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| Subject: Re: Computer running SOOO SLOW |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/11/2008 1:40:44 PM |
| From: "Denise" [Email Address Protection] |
"Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arnold@Arnold.com> wrote in message news:%23WnsIO6sIHA.5068@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > "Denise" <denise@microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:OtzLj75sIHA.1316@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Hi, >> i've been running my computer pretty much without problems. Recently I >> have noticed a real slow down in performance. I currently have Spybot >> S&D, and the purchased version of AVG installed. > > They can and do miss zero day exploits, meaning that they can't detect > anything 100% of the time, because it's new. > >> Thinking that perhaps one of these programs may be causing some kind of >> problem, I disabled both of them, but to no avail. > > They are not the problem. > >> I run spyware searches and virus searches daily, which never really show >> up any thing of concern. I delete cookies etc on a daily basis too. My >> computer doesnt need defragged. > > See above > >> Could anyone give me any ideas as to what could be slowing it down so >> much. >> I tried to access my company site to process some work stuff and it took >> forever and a day to load what would normally be a couple of seconds. >> My computer is only about 8 months old, Intel Core Duo CPU, Memory >> 2047MB, 32 Bit O.S, with a Windows experience Index rating of 5.5. >> Any help or advice greatly appreciated, P.S, running Vista Professional. > > Now, it may not be malware, but your symptoms seem that you have something > running on the computer that you don't know about that could be just that. > That's why you must use the proper tools to help you look, Process > Explorer > is one of them. > > PE will let you look at running processes. PE will also let you look > inside > a running process to see what it is hosting, other processes including > malware. > > PE menu Tools/View/Show Lower Pane/Show all DLL(s), which will allow you > to > look at what processes running in the upper pane that are hosting > processes > in the lower pane. > > You can right-click a line in the upper pane and go to Properties to see > more information like what process that a given process in the upper pane > is > using the most processing with in the given process. > > You can also use CurrPorts to see if there is something connecting to the > Internet that you don't know about, which can be used instead of Active > Ports that doesn't run on Vista. > > <http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Hidden_Backdoors_Trojan_Horses_and_Rootkit_Tools_in_a_Windows_Environment.html> > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx > http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html > > Sometimes, you have to go look for yourself and see what is running on the > computer. > > > thanks so much for replying so promptly to my problem. Firstly is Process Explorer easy to interpret? I really am a novice regarding not only computer performance but the running of the things too. I basically hope to switch on and access any necessary sites and information required without hopefully incurring any problems. Obviously something somewhere is causing things to run slowly, so annoying after experiencing a computer that ran so fast and efficiently! Is there any additional info i need prior to accessing Processing Explorer? Thanks for your time in advance Kind Regards Denise |
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| Subject: Re: Computer running SOOO SLOW |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/11/2008 2:12:17 PM |
| From: "Dave" [Email Address Protection] |
Denise wrote: > Hi, > i've been running my computer pretty much without problems. Recently > I have noticed a real slow down in performance. I currently have > Spybot S&D, and the purchased version of AVG installed. Thinking > that perhaps one of these programs may be causing some kind of > problem, I disabled both of them, but to no avail. > I run spyware searches and virus searches daily, which never really > show up any thing of concern. I delete cookies etc on a daily basis > too. My computer doesnt need defragged. > Could anyone give me any ideas as to what could be slowing it down so > much. I tried to access my company site to process some work stuff > and it took forever and a day to load what would normally be a couple > of seconds. My computer is only about 8 months old, Intel Core Duo CPU, Memory > 2047MB, 32 Bit O.S, with a Windows experience Index rating of 5.5. > Any help or advice greatly appreciated, P.S, running Vista > Professional. > Denise You could download and run HijackThis. It's a small program that records everything that is started when you boot your machine up. It looks rather technical but don't let that put you off. It will produce a display (and an optional log file) which you can then compare with the ' Info' information given in the program. When you have run a scan, click on the Info button under 'Other stuff' The entries are described there. Also you can select an item and click on ' Info on selected item' for more information. You can also post the log file here. Somebody may spot something. http://www.download.com/Trend-Micro-HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10227353.html |
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| Subject: Re: Computer running SOOO SLOW |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/11/2008 2:41:05 PM |
| From: "Dave" [Email Address Protection] |
Mr. Arnold wrote: [snip] > You can also use CurrPorts to see if there is something connecting to > the Internet that you don't know about, which can be used instead of > Active Ports that doesn't run on Vista. > > http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html > That looks like a handy tool, thanks for the link. |
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