slow machine - no malware detected

Hi all,

i have gone through all recommended malware removal instructions provided on this forum and posted all logs. please see this thread http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=1447038#post1447038

i have been informed that as no malware was found maybe my ridiculously slow machine may be due to a software issue.

Any help would be appreciated.

My machine was running fine at one point then it started running really slow. I have 1GB of RAM.

thanks in advance

 

Slow in general or just slow on the internet? Any errors in your device manager? Any recent upgrades or added software?

 

Hi there andybe what is your OS ?
If XP type in run %temp% and delete all the files that you see.
If Vista type the same in start and delete all files, don't worry if you see loads of files these are only temp files and aren't any good to you !
Then download this tool from this link http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=208809 even though you have ran ccleaner in the malware forum, this tool lets you clean all old registry items out, and also defrag your registry, and has an uninstall utility with which you can uninstall any old programs you may not want !
After doing this i suggest you defrag using defraggler http://majorgeeks.com/Defraggler_d5777.html from piriform, defragging a PC can sometimes take a very long time, so its maybe best to do this through the night when your in bed, just unplug it from the net and then start defragging !

Hope this helps you out !

Rusty !

 

thanks guys,

Windows xp professional sp3.


brandypeppy - slow in general - opening applications, even a window explorer window.no issues reported in device manager.

i recently had a clean out of a lot of software i didnt want on my machine anymore. a bunch of p2p players, spybot, adaware and some other things.

rustyjack - the temp folder has 2 files. will download the tools now and do as you say. i'll let you know what i find.

thanks

 

rustyjack - i followed the link you gave and it just leads to the "read and run me first -malware removal page" what tool are you asking me to run prior to the debugger and with which options?

thanks

 

NAV isn't the problem
I've had this edition "10.1" running for a few years now.
Thanks anyway

 

rustyjack. can you repost the url to the registry cleaner you mentioned?
thanks