Still sluggish (father's laptop)

Not too much left to do. Just some minor junkware tweaking that we will get to. The sluggishess may just be due to what is running. I suggest that you get rid of the Norton Checkup stuff I se running and also uninstall all the AVG stuff below. Make sure it all gets removed including their junk toolbar.

AVG PC TuneUp 2014
AVG Web TuneUp

Please download OTM by Old Timer and save it to your Desktop.

• Run OTM.exe by double clicking on it (Note: if using Vista, Win7 or Win8, don't double click, use right click and select Run As Administrator).
• Copy the lines from the below codebox to the clipboard by highlighting ALL of them and pressing CTRL + C
  (or, after highlighting, right-click and choose Copy): Do not include the word Code: which is just a title line of
  the code box

Code:

:Processes
explorer.exe
:Files
C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\swnadu0x.default\smartbar

:Reg
[-HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-101812110-1645898070-3990150495-1000\Software\AppDataLow\Software\SmartBar]
[-HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-101812110-1645898070-3990150495-1000\Software\Conduit]
:Commands
[purity]
[EmptyTemp]
[start explorer]
[Reboot]

• Return to OTM, right click in the Paste List of Files/Folders to Move window (under the yellow bar
  ) and choose Paste.
• Now click the large http://forums.majorgeeks.com/chaslang/images/MoveIt!.png button.
• If OTM asks to reboot your computer, allow it to do so. The report should appear in Notepad after the reboot.
• Close OTM.

Now navigate to the C:\_OTM\MovedFiles folder ( assuming your Windows drive is C). This is where your log will be
saved in the form of Date and Time mmddyyyy_hhmmss.log. Just look for the most recent .log file. Attach
this log file to your next message.

Now please download Junkware Removal Tool to your desktop.

• Shut down your protection software now to avoid potential conflicts.
• Run the tool by double-clicking it. If you are using Windows Vista or Seven, right-mouse click it and select Run as Administrator.
• The tool will open and start scanning your system.
• Note: That JRT may reset your home page to a google default so you will need to restore your home page setting if this happens.
• Please be patient as this can take a while to complete depending on your system's specifications.
• On completion, a log (JRT.txt) is saved to your desktop and will automatically open.
• Attach JRT.txt to your next message.

Now run the C:\MGtools\GetLogs.bat file by double clicking on it (Note: if using Vista, Win7 or Win8, don't double click, use right click and select Run As Administrator).

Then attach the below logs:

• the C:\_OTM\MovedFiles log
• the JRT.TXT log
• C:\MGlogs.zip

Make sure you tell me how things are working now!

 

The only suggestions I can give you are to try seeing if your throughput issues are related to your protection software. So besides getting rid of all AVG, and I Symantec Security scan which was still showing in your last logs, also give a temporary try to uninstalling Kaspersky to see what happens.

You can try the below program to see if it helps with AVG

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/avg_remover.html