My computer is VERY SLOW!

Before even looking at your HJT log I can see the fact that you mention you are running two Anti-Virus is never a wise idea, there will be much inner conflict as the two programs fight for control over system files.

If you do have both installed and running you need to uninstall Avast Home Edition if you have just paid for Trend's IS


Further more besides a HJT log what could also be useful to the others who willw help you out is if you were to take some screenshots of programs that you currently have running at start up.

1) You mention you already have Ccleaner installed, so go to Tools > start-Up and take some screenshot(s) of what you see there.

2) Also open up your task manager.. make sure you "show processes for all users" to give the full picture of what's going on, maximise the window and screenshot this also for us.

Best of luck
Kes13!

 

I cannot comment on what I think is a better scanner as I have never personally ever used a paid for anti virus, certainly never Trend's Suite.. I have always used freeware antivirus such as AVG and am currently using Avast Home Edition myself. I tend to favour a stand alone AV over a paid for SUITE which tend to always bog down machines due to all the extra special little featufes they include into the mix, which have never appealed to me.

If you do go for Avast...and the choice would be yours....it would just be a pity that you'd already forked out and spent cash on the paid for suite In any case you need to make a decision and successfully disable/shut down one of the two programs now....reboot your machine and take it from there.

 

You're very welcome

As you can see from your log

Both Trend Micro and Avast have 4 services each running ... this will be the cause of most of the slowness...

 

use a photo hosting site like I do such as flickr.com and upload your image to there...what browser do you use there? If using Firefox:

• Once you have uploladed your image, click to make it the largest size
• right click the image > copy image location
• come back to the forum where you are posting, hit the "insert image" button on the top toolbar > right click and paste in the URL > preview post to ensure it's been done correctly

 

your two above attachments are blank (at least they are to me) perhaps if you were to simply use paint instead of pasting into a word doc/

Take your screenshot > go into paint > edit and paste > save as .PNG for best quality image for us to see

 

I'm retiring ..it's 7.10am :wave
Someone will swing by to continue helping you out with your problems....those screenshots worked out just fine

best of luck, I'll keep an eye on the thread
Kes13!

 

It would be a very good idea for you to now install some kind of start up manager if you haven't already got one installed. The one I use and can recommend is Start-UpCPL

This is wise to use as opposed to using or abusing MSCONFIG to control your start ups....even wiser than using Ccleaner
Then others can help assist you on what to lose using start-upCPL to free up resources

Kes13!

 

OK

Yes...fully aware of that hence i posted it in the early hours of this morning.

more info that could be useful

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/...-internet-security-2005200620072008-manually/

 

Sorry but this is not true. CCleaner still uses the MSconfig registry keys and it just does not mark the
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\state] registry key to show you that you are in selective startup mode like MSconfig does. The problem is that now this keys look like they are orphans.

For example, if you use CCleaner to disable 2 startups for McAfee and one for ZoneAlarm, here is what the registry keys for MSconfig will look like.

What Halo said was the CCleaner does not enable selective startup mode which is true. However it does use the MSconfig registry keys and it does make them look like orphans that need to be cleaned up. Thus I don't recommend using CCleaner to control startups as stated in Dealing with Startup Processes

 

Note: The current version is 6 update 10 and it is available at MGs: Sun Java Runtime Environment

 

yes funnily enough the three machines I run java 6.10 on have experienced no problems, "severe" or otherwise...I run Firefox 3 on them all! and funnily enough...the people that go thru the R&R ... 100's of them.. also don't come back complaining.

 

I suggest we now stop hijacking the OP's thread with debates over Java PM Chaslang if you wish to continue such discussions and think that his methods of doing things is wrong