Well about 2 weeks ago i noticed my computer being really sluggish and taking 5-10 minutes longer to load any games etc but in the past week i've noticed my internet has gone to shit, despite being on a 20mb line. I've done a virus scan and also spybot scans but even if i don't use the internet while doing the spybot scan if i do a consecutive one afterwards all the same malware and shit is there. Virus scan removed 1 virus but i have a feeling there's still more.
Would a virus cause my computer to be this slow? I'm downloading hijackthis and it's 1.3mb file and it's been going for 20 minutes and it's only about 1/4 way through, although a month ago i downloaded hitman blood money in about 15 minutes. I've had to resort to using my iphone and 3G internet to check facebook and facepunch since even using 'wireless' internet from like a mile away is still quicker than using a 20mb line linked directly to the router. I can no longer watch youtube videos at all unless i leave the video to buffer for about 35 minutes and HD videos are impossible to watch. It's really pissing me off because i do want to reformat my computer but i have way to much music and shit to put on a memory stick and for all i know there may be a virus hidden in there or something.
Can anyone help because i'm no PC technician and i've done what i thought would help but i guess not :(
boot into safemode, get malwarebytes, scan
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;27974909]get malwarebytes[/QUOTE]
Nah, go the whole hog and get combofix or hitman pro.
download more ram
Care to post computer specs?
i might jut reinstall windows...
Re-Install windows is a good solution :) Will clean ur pc and make it faster
Also do SLOW FORMAT :)
[QUOTE=ineedateam1;27985775]i might jut reinstall windows...[/QUOTE]
I'm going to do this for my ex after I slim down the Windows 7 SP1 DVD with vLite. There's alot of bloat on the disc that she doesn't need, and once I have the image perfected, I'm going to install it via USB. Her system should run much faster when I'm done. She'll have a lean and mean Windows 7 Home Premium vs the bloated 7 Ultimate that came preinstalled.
Computer Specs are:
2.4ghz Dual Core (It's some shitty old dell one, one of the first dual cores to be released)
ATI Radeon 5700
2gb Ram (Don't know the speed or anything unfortunately)
Internal 1TB harddrive
250GB harddrive
It's one of those prebuilt ones you get from dell but it's really old and has a newer graphics card in.
Yeah just do a reformat man - high level format
[QUOTE=Gareth;27985917]2.4ghz Dual Core (It's some shitty old dell one, one of the first dual cores to be released)[/QUOTE]
Dell doesn't make processors.
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