Recently my computer has been running extremely slow. My virus and spyware scans (avast, adaware, zonealarm spyware scan, counterspy, microsoft malicious software removal toool) turned up about eight or so problems. My computer is running slightly faster now, but it is still a lot slower than it was a few days ago. I have heard some people say that system restore is a good idea, but others have said its not. What do you all recommend?
2006-12-26 13:30:55 · 8 answers · asked by jubbz 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Do this first: Update your anti-virus program with the latest virus definitions. Then reboot into Safe Mode and run your anti-virus program for a complete check. Based on what you said, you probably will find a problem(s) which you can then take care of. BUT, assuming that some virus or trojan is found, chances are that it has also infected your system restore points. So, you really need to go to the system restore window and check the box that says "Turn Off System Restore On All Drives". What that does is delete all the previous restore points, all of which are probably infected anyway. Then run your antivirus in Safe Mode again, and when all is clear, reboot and then go back to System Restore and uncheck that box. Hope this helps.
2006-12-26 15:54:20 · answer #1 · answered by Jolly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-22 11:51:02 · answer #2 · answered by Tracie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you don't need to do a system restore, you need to get rid of a few redundant things. You don't need ZoneAlarm and counterspy and microsoft malicious software removal tool. You do need Ad-Aware. Uninstall everything else. ZoneAlarm is particularly bad about resource hogging and slowing down your computer. You might need a good firewall, and I recommend Comodo. However, if you have Windows XP, Windows' firewall isn't too bad.
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
When was the last time you defragged your hard disk and performed a disk cleanup? or Cleaned the registry?
All these things will help the computer run faster and smoother because it doesn't have to work so hard to find things. Do the disk cleanup before or after the registry scan, but before defragging: Click on Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools and Disk Cleanup. Remove everything it finds.
Safe Registry Cleanup: Microsoft's Live OneCare Cleanup Scan:
http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/center/cleanup.htm
Disk Defrag: Auslogics Disk Defrag, much better and faster than Windows: http://www.auslogics.
2006-12-26 13:48:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Working with a slow computer can be time consuming as programs/ applications take a long time to start. This problem is more pronounced in computers which have been used for 6 or more months. More information at http://fixit.in/slowcomputer.html
2006-12-26 17:54:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well system restore is good if u having or seeing some faulty situation.. i would recommend u go to ccleaner.com and get the free tool and run it and clean ur internet cache,, temporary files and also i would suggest doing disk degragmentation nd cleaning.. take care
2006-12-26 13:40:03 · answer #5 · answered by Neo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to http://www.ca.com and click on home & office then anti-virus (Ca Anti-Virus)
This is a site for everything
http://www.filehippo.com
Go to Start>Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs and delete any programs that you are not needing.
Go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Defragment (Defrag Your Pc)>Then run the Disc Clean Up.
Go to the top of this screen and click on Tools Then on Internet Options and delete cookies, files & history
I would not do a system restore until i done all of this and if it does not help them perform it.
http://www.hp-at-home.com (Click on chat)
http://www.geeksquad.com (Click on contact then chat)
Good luck
2006-12-26 13:57:16 · answer #6 · answered by ஐ♥Julian'sMommy♥ஐ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you have InterAcutal participant? if so, it has a browser outfitted in that may no longer plagued via the virus. in case you have it, receive advert-conscious, replace it, and test it. it is going to eliminate the virus. in case you dont have it, I dont know what to tell you. perhaps receive adaware on yet another workstation, pass it to a USB force or CD, then set up it on your workstation. Or, attempt taking it to terrific purchase or Circut city to have it repaired.
2016-11-23 18:47:16 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
system restore is good but will not fix the problem you need to remove the spyware . use avg-antispyware
2006-12-26 15:52:20 · answer #8 · answered by wiz_on_line 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋