ok so i got a virus that seemed to make my internet very slow, and i got spyware that had a little yellow triangle with an exclamation point near my clock that gave me tons of pop ups. so i downloaded avg 7.5, avg anti spyware, ad aware se personal, and spybot. now all of these programs with 2 days of thorough scans seemed to support what i thought. i had a trojan virus and lots of spyware, but these programs did nothing to help only detect. after searching specifically for these problems i found that people used avast! antivirus for the trojan, and SUPERantispyware for the yellow triangle problem. 1 day later they both got taken care. The next day i did scans with all programs including those and nothing is detected. BUT BUT my internet is dsl and is going as slow or slower than dial up. this has nothing to do with the modem seeing as i play my ps3 lag free, so i dont know what the problem is but i want it fixed. please help!
2007-10-29 15:09:22 · 4 answers · asked by ilovepurerubbish 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
i dont know how to reply to the answers but rebooting was the first thing i tried and i did not have an early enough date. ive tried doing the safe mode a few times already. and i dont know what a defrag is. like i said all my programs say my computer is clean now but the only problem is that my internet is going very very slow.
2007-10-29 15:25:29 · update #1
Use this procedure.
1) Update AVG, Ad-aware, Spybot, whatever else you got.
2) Reboot into safe mode
3) Turn off restore points.
4) Run everything and let them clean up.
5) Reboot into normal mode
6) Turn restore points back on.
2007-10-29 15:17:35 · answer #1 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First of all, the absolutel best advice I can give you is to take your computer to a reliable and qualified tech shop or get a reliable and qualified tech over to your place... with all of the crap you are loading on your computer it is no wonder you are having all of these issues... this is the danger of people who do not know what they are doing from taking advice from other people on here who either do not know what they are doing, are giving you wrong information to make thihngs worse, or are providing advanced instructions that you do not know how to deal with.
You've got TONS of programs you don't need on your computer just to deal with something you didn't have to install any of them to deal with. This tells me you probably have tons of other programs slowing down your system, probably malware eating it up, and it's no wonder things are slow.
You need to stop messing with your computer and have a reliable and qualified technician sort it out AND give you tips on how to properly deal with basic computer maintenance, basic security awareness, and hopefully you will take this as a sign to use more common sense.
Installing more than one antivirus on your computer will not only cause them to conflict with each other but will cause neither to work properly.. and the fact that you do not have proper security on there in the first place is a major issue.
I would strongly recomend you back up any important documents and deal with the issue properly before you lose it all.
Again, clearly you have no idea what you are doing and really need to stop before you lose it all... multiple antispyware, multiple browsers, multiple antivirus... when are you going to learn???
Good Luck
2007-10-30 00:05:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do a system restore on your PC.
click on Strart, go to programs, click Accessories, then go to system tools and click on System restore. fallow the directions, very easy to do. you will want to choose a date from a later time, choose a day when you know you computer worked good last.... a few weeks back or so.
2007-10-29 22:15:13 · answer #3 · answered by diciccos351 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
try a defrag and disc clean up
2007-10-29 22:18:59 · answer #4 · answered by crengle60 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋