Windows Vista memory problem, system using too much memory and running very slowly

Hey guys, I need your help. I'm currently experiencing a problem with my laptop running Windows Vista Ultimate and having 2 Gigs of RAM. My system is running very slowly and is using TONS of memory (up to 97%) even if there are no programs running. Normally, it uses less than 50% memory. I started experiencing this problem after firefox (version 3) did an automatic update to firefox 3.X.x, i forgot the version.

After the automatic update, my system started to run very slowly,became very unresponsive, and used a lot of RAM. I thought the problem was caused by the firefox version I was using so I installed the latest version of firefox, version 3.5.2. After the Firefox update, the problem still occurs and my laptop is still using a lot of memory and running very slowly.

My system has very few programs that run on start-up and has been pretty fast since I bought it several months ago. This is first time that I experienced problems with it.

I did a virus scan and also scanned for malware but both scans didn't find anything. I then tried hijack this and came up with this log file. I hope you guys can help me fix this. Thanks in advance.

 

Re: Windows Vista memory problem, system using too much memory and running very slowl

It may not be malware at all. Have a good look at the Processes tab in Task Manager to identify exactly which processes are using abnormal amounts of CPU time (I'm assuming you mean CPU, not memory).

 

Re: Windows Vista memory problem, system using too much memory and running very slowl

btw, if I'm wrong and you do really mean memory, the Task Manager's Resource Monitor will tell you which processes are using how much RAM.