So slow

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by dfijas, Apr 1, 2012.

  1. dfijas

    dfijas Private E-2

    Hi guys. I'm hoping you can rescue me again. My sons computer is running so slowly it is unusable. It takes 5 or 10 minutes just to open windows explorer. However, it runs just fine in safe mode.

    My logs are attached. Please let me know if you see anything.

    Thanks,
    Dave
     

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  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Your logs are clean. This is not a malware issue. I suggest that you post in the software forum. You might want to try opening msconfig and disabling all of your start up programs to see if that makes a difference. Then enable them one or two at a time until you find the culprit.

    Since you are not having any malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:

    1. We recommend you keep SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware. Unless you purchase them, they provide no real time protection. They do not use any significant amount of resources ( except a little disk space ) until you run a scan.We recommend them for doing backup scans when you suspect a malware infection.
    2. If we had you use ComboFix, uninstall ComboFix (This uninstall will only work as written if you installed ComboFix on your Desktop like we requested.)
      • Click START then RUN and enter the below into the run box and then click OK. Note the quotes are required
      • "%userprofile%\Desktop\combofix" /uninstall
        • Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /uninstall, it must be there.
        • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.


    3. Go back to step 6 of the READ ME and renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it.
    4. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
    5. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
    6. If running Vista, it is time to make sure you have reenabled UAC by double clicking on the C:\MGtools\enableUAC.reg file and allowing it to be added to the registry.
    7. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
    8. Goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click on this file to run this cleanup program that will remove files and folders related to MGtools and some other items from our cleaning procedures.
    9. If you are running Win 7, Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
      • Refer to the cleaning procedures pointed to by step 7 of the READ ME
        for your Window version and see the instructions to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
      • Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.

    10. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:


    Malware removal from a National Chain = $149
    Malware removal from MajorGeeks = $0
     
  3. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Possibly McAfee is the culprit.
     
  4. dfijas

    dfijas Private E-2

    Thanks for the help, guys. It turns out that Steam was the culprit.

    I have to admit that I expect it to be McAfee as well. I don't know why I keep using that monstrosity!

    Thanks again.
     
  5. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Yes this has been known to cause problems too. Especially PC startup times.
     
  6. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    You are most welcome. Safe surfing. :)
     

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