things opening REALLY slowly???

Discussion in 'Software' started by justagirl82, Nov 7, 2004.

  1. justagirl82

    justagirl82 Private E-2

    Well, for some reason things have begun to open really slowly on my computer. Especially IE windows. I click to open open and it takes a few minutes for one to even pop up! Also, things like My Computer, Control Panel, Notepad, etc Pretty much everything, really. Once you get something opened up it generally works fine (except for IE pages which sometimes jam up). This is so annoying. I've run Spybot S&D, AdAware, Spy Sweeper & Trendmicro. This all started after I had run a routine sweep with Spy Sweeper and deleted out the quarantined items. I've also run a pc performance test from pcpitstop.com but it showed nothing.

    Any ideas???
     
  2. Kodo

    Kodo SNATCHSQUATCH

    Please follow all the steps in this Sticky thread <READ ME FIRST BEFORE ASKING FOR SUPPORT: Basic Spyware, Trojan And Virus Removal >


    If you already have any of the programs linked in the tutorial please double check your version to make sure you have the latest one and that you have any/all updates for the programs.

    NOTE: In order to resolve the issues you are having it is very important that you at least try to perform all the steps as outlined. If you have any difficulty please post back letting us know what steps you have completed, what you found while doing the scans if anything and details about any problems you have encountered in completing the steps. The more details you can provide the better.
     
  3. justagirl82

    justagirl82 Private E-2

    I know... read the thing first - but they're soooo long and complicated, lol

    Well, off I go to view it - but I will post something else here as well. I was on an MSN message board and I tried posting but I couldn't get the other window you write your post in to pop up. When I clicked to post, in the bottom left-hand side on my IE window it said something about javascript with an icon of a page or something, with a little exclamation point.

    Huh?
     
  4. justagirl82

    justagirl82 Private E-2

    Thankyou!!!


    Well, I printed the instructions in the sticky thread you mentioned and downloaded what programs I didn't have and went through the steps. I also had a look at the Add-ons (under Tools on IE - maxspeed was disabled. I don't know what that is, but I enabled it again because I thought I had seen it had been enabled before.)

    I took a few notes if anyone wanted to see what I found:

    CWShredder found & fixed/removed CWS.Mupdate

    Spybot S&D found and removed DSO Exploit (had 5 entries). -> DSO Exploit is FOREVER on my system. Along with Apropis & People On Page.

    CCleaner removed 292.6Mb worth


    Ad-Aware SE:
    References detected during the scan:

    »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»

    Ad-Popper(TAC index:6):16 total references

    EzuLa(TAC index:6):8 total references

    Golden Palace Casino(TAC index:4):2 total references

    iWon(TAC index:5):3 total references

    MRU List(TAC index:0):24 total references

    PeopleOnPage(TAC index:9):1 total references

    Possible Browser Hijack attempt(TAC index:3):4 total references

    SahAgent(TAC index:9):4 total references

    StatBlaster(TAC index:8):5 total references

    Tracking Cookie(TAC index:3):1 total references




    THANK YOU! Now everything is opening up fine. (I'm VERY impatient, so I can't stand a computer c r a w l i n g.

    Does anyone know what MaxSpeed is??
     
  5. Tater

    Tater Tot

    Not sure about maxspeed but don't forget to defrag after deleting 292 MEG with Ccleaner. Glad it's running faster for you now.
     
  6. suesman

    suesman First Sergeant

    Also look into some kind of Registry cleaner. I use RegSupreme, there are some free ones as well, but remember you get what you pay for. I have never had an issue when removing registry entries with RegSupreme.

    When the registry gets clogged up with Invalid Entries, it can & will slow down everything.
     

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