Comp is being gay.

[penguinpunk555]

My computer has been running REALY slow lately. I can't run more then 2 things at a time. I can't open multiple browsers. I have run every adware,spyware,and virus scan I have.



What can this be?

[dwab3000]

uh, maybe a trojan.....

[Kevmaster]

lemme guess...

Windows? How'd I know...

[penguinpunk555]

It is only doing it on my Name though.....

I stopped lookin at porn too.... So I know it isn't that....

[mixwell2]

Can you be more specific about your setup...connection type...etc
Is it only running slow online??
Dail up: Try changing numbers
Cable/dsl: Try reseting your modem (unplug, wait 5 minutes, plug back in

Clear off history, cache, etc.

Did you update your adware/spyware/virus protection before you ran it??
Contact your ISP to see if they are having connection problems in your area

Then again it could just be Windows. If it is a older system with Win 95, 98, or ME you really should upgrade...if you can find a copy of Windows 2000 pro. Really good for online but the plug and play sucks

If not you may have to fork out cash for Win XP

Just curious how many browsers do you need running at the same time??

[punkncat]

I have been having a similar problem for about a week. Really slow loading pages , taking a long time to navigate , slow to close windows and programs.

Then earlier today I became unable to open or send emails with it.

Just a few minutes ago while I was messing around looking for a problem the connection for the shared internet just went away entirely.

I have run my antivirus and spybot , but nothing shows up.

I got on another computer I have on the same connection and its rocking right along , opens email , works fine. Looks like I may loose a bunch of files on the other.....what options do I have other than reformat?

[Remington]

I would UNintstall all of your anti-virus, anti-spyware stuff (unless it's Norton or McAfee or a similarily well know program) because all of the supposed "anti-spyware" programs you're downloading are probably doing MORE harm than good and are probably putting MORE pop-ups on your computer (thus slowing down your computer by taking up memory) rather than less. After you uninstall, go into your program manager (Alt + Tab + Delete) and end any program that looks suspicious or doesn't have "SYSTEM" next to it. Good luck, the process I just went through usually works for me but it's not guaranteed to work for everyone.

[fire1811]

lemme guess...

Windows? How'd I know...

because if he was using linux the title would be "my computer wont do anything"

have you tried to defrag?
delete temporary internet files and cookies?

[penguinpunk555]

thanks guys. I'll get back to you on it.

[Kevmaster]

because if he was using linux the title would be "my computer wont do anything"

and if it were a Mac the title would be "My computer won't run any programs"

[FragTek]

Time to defrag!

[penguinpunk555]

defraging takes forever.....

[Warewolf50]

jsut reformat it fixes everythign.

[painball]

I personally would reformat.

[MarkM]

More information is needed.....
Spyware or anti spyware does indeed cause a lot of issues that were never there before you installed them but that is a too easy answer.

What specs is the machine you are running
Chip
RAM
HD size/s and speeds and free space on either
OS
how many peices of hardware do you have installed.....HD's, CD roms, floppy's, USB cards, firewire cards, fans, fan controllers. and what wattage power supply do you have.

I will put a guess in before this infomation is posted and say you will have less than 25% of free space on your hardrive and or too little RAM, lots of add on's and a small power supply that is causing a bottle neck slowing the access time down to the HD's. Let us see the information I have asked for and lets see how close all of the advice is so far.