Recently, my laptop got a virus, and i had to completely uninstall the operating system to get the laptop running smoothly again. Well, it is starting to run slowly again, and acting very funny; even though the operating system was removed, the old history still shows up in internet explorer. how can i completely clear the history (i think that the virus is somewhere in there), and how can i get my computer to run faster and smoother.
2006-08-27 11:54:37 · 6 answers · asked by pilotmanitalia 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Go into better detail about your problem, there could be many things that could make a computer and especially a laptop go slowly. From a memory problem in a bank to a virus and spyware. There should be specific tasks you tell us about (what were you doing when it slows down?) Does it happen from startup? Is it going slow from startup? Do you have alot of programs installed that are memory intesive?
2006-08-27 12:07:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well to delete the history you would first go to your history and you can do a select all and then push delete. It may take a while though. Maybe its running slow because of all the programs you have if you have a lot of stuff loaded maybe remove some. Also, sometimes the internet works slow, especially if you are wireless.
2006-08-27 19:01:51 · answer #2 · answered by Kaish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
goto www.ewido.net and use the free version to run a scan.
Here are someof the others that I use.
Spybots search and Destroy http://www.download.com/3000-8022-10122137.html?tag=pao
adaware se> http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=lst-0-1
http://www.webroot.com/land/freescan.php
a-squared Free> http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_frame.asp
http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/
X -Cleaner Micro Edition scan http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Spywareguard too.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/
2006-08-27 19:13:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u probally went to a website or downloaded something with a virus
2006-08-27 18:59:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
may be you need to get rid of some of the files you don't need
2006-08-27 19:09:18 · answer #5 · answered by elizabeth_davis28 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sling it and get a mac powerbook G4 !
2006-08-27 19:04:12 · answer #6 · answered by frank t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋