computer help?

Question

My computer is doing some really weird stuff. I'm about ready to throw it out the window

*It's running slow....i mean bad slow. I have to stop and wait to see what i've typed

*Pop ups are about to drive me crazy

*It's always wanting to send an error report on every program i run, including internet explorer

*When i try to access my spyware program it shuts down and restarts

*When it starts up it comes to a screen where it says: you're new client name _____

I don't know what's going on with it, but i would really appreciate any help anyone can give me on what to do with it.

Answer 1

sounds like its crawling with trojans and viruses .. i would backup and reformat ...

Answer 2

Sounds like you have spyware.

If you have been downloading a lot of stuff, you problably have spyware.

Spyware is a vague term used to describe any software that installs onto your computer without your permission. Most often, it is used in order to display ads on your computer. However, it is also commonly used to record your keystrokes, thus stealing your passwords. Spyware only exists for Microsoft Windows, not Linux, BSD, Mac, or any other operating system.

The easiest way to remove spyware and keep it away is to remove Windows. I would recommend an upgrade to Ubuntu Linux. It is free, as is almost all the software for it. You will find it to be much easier to use, more reliable, and far more customizable than Windows.
http://ubuntu.com

If you do stick with Windows, either because you cannot switch or are just being stupid, follow these steps to get and keep your computer relatively clean of spyware.

Remove It:
Removing spyware can be a tricky process. For this reason, you should use multiple applications to scan your computer for spyware and remove it. This way if one application misses something, another will get it.

I recommend installing and using two of the following for good protection (links point to reviews of the software. Download link can be found on the page):
http://www.2-spyware.com/review-spyware-...
http://www.2-spyware.com/review-spy-swee...
http://www.2-spyware.com/review-spybot-s...


Avoid Getting It:
No amount of anti-spyware software is going to keep you completely clean. Anyway, do you really want to be going through the removal process multiple times per week? To supplement your anti-sypware software, use common sense and be careful what you install. Most spyware comes into your system bundled in freeware applications. Only download software from trustworthy sources such as download.com, softipedia, and SourceForge.


For more information on spyware and spyware removal, see http://2-spyware.com

And remember, as I stated in the beginning of the article, all of this trouble is needless. You can just switch to Linux and get rid of it all. Why everyone does not do so is beyond me.
http://ubuntu.com

Answer 3

As several other people have mentioned, you've probably got all kinds of malware infecting your PC. If that's the case, you may have to take extraordinary measures to clean off the bad stuff.

If you're able to burn a CD, go here:

http://www.ubcd4win.com/downloads.htm

You'll be downloading an ISO image - use your CD burning software to burn it to disk, then boot your machine from the resulting CD.

Go through all the antivirus and antispyware tools, first updating them and then scanning your drive. Remove any infected files detected by the scanners.

When you're done, remove the CD from the drive, reboot your PC, and hope for the best. Doing it this way gives you a clean system to boot from, so you've got a better chance of successfully removing all the garbage.

Answer 4

Sounds like a virus to me:
A lot of viruses, spyware & adware sit in RAM, the registry and System Restore and because of the latter will return even after deleting or re-booting. Removing can be quite time consuming but thankfully not impossible.

First of all turn off System Restore by right clicking on ‘My Computer’ > Properties > System Restore. Now enable “Turn off system restore on all drives” > click apply > click ok.

Re-boot your computer in Safe Mode – (achieved by pressing F8 continually during boot up) this should clear out the viruses and spies in RAM and the registry. Now run your anti virus and anti spyware and anti adware software and delete or quarantine any viruses or spies found.

Re-boot your computer in normal mode and complete another virus check. If all comes back clean turn on System Restore.

Free downloads for keeping your system clean:
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php?PHPSESSID=4d7a50f66c1740616ac9a4e452aab17a


Also free Zone Alarm Firewall:
http://www.download.com/3000-2092-10039884.html


WDW

Answer 5

Using a registry cleaner can fix your computer and then make your computer faster,Why?the reason is that there may be some regsitry errors and remnant,corrupt files and temp files in your computer to cause "computer slow".
Everytime you install and uninstall software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the computer registry.over time, the registry can grow to enormous proportions, especially if the various programs you've installed do not do a good job of deleting and/or updating it's Registry entries.You need to scan and clean your computer with registry cleaner to make it fast.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your computer and Internet performance dramatically!It even can speed up your computer by 300% or more!
There are some comparison and review of TOP 5 registry cleaners.
http://www.make-pc-fast.info/index.php?t=makepcf
You can download and scan your computer for free.

Answer 6

Don't throw your computer away..:-)

You may have a virus.

If you've run your antivirus program and it hasn't fixed the problem, then what I'd do is reformat the hard drive and reinstal Windows.

You don't say what operating system you use. WinXP and Vista have pop-up stoppers. Make sure you have them enabled.

If it's a different OS, there are free pop-up stopper programs you can download from the Internet.

http://www.download.com/Pop-Up-Stopper-Free-Edition/3000-7786-10048866.html
.

Answer 7

Try pc booster: http://www.pc-booster.info
It contains all the secrets to speeding up and optimizing your PC, without spending a single $ on hardware. It turbo-charges your PC to make it much more stable by preventing system inefficiencies that cause crashes, lockups and slowdowns of your computer. By running PC Booster's Auto Tune, you'll be left with a faster and more responsive system that is less prone to crashes and fatal error messages. So you have no more troubles running important programs or memory consuming multimedia or Internet applications.
pc booster: http://www.pc-booster.info

Answer 8

You seem to have had a very bad case of malware infection

goto microsoft.com and get the malware remover tool from there . it will help

otherwise trendmicro offers an online pc scan .. run it and it will fix some of the problems allowing you to run some programs to fix this mess

Answer 9

Hi,
your system sounds like it's really has problems, i would backup and then do a Clean Reinstall and get your system working again, and this time please install "AVG" as well. This will help you.

Answer 10

Try this computer speedup tool:
http://boost-pc-performance.info
It works very well.