my pc is driving me mad!!!

cadmus

my mouse and buttons are just not responding , they are soooooo slow . it takes mer 4 or 5 clicks to open - close a page , open - delete email , typing etc
i have done the steps (1-4 of malware /spyware removal)as the thread advised and if anything my pc is worse .. even slower.
can someone please help and advise me what i can do as i dont know what the hells wrong .. ie virus , spyware or whatever.
im on windows xp and ie 7 .
any tips or advise would be so appreciated .

basmic

Could be a failing harddrive, overheating processor.

Download Speedfan and check your temperatures!

aliEnRIK

Whats the speed of your CPU? How much RAM do you have? Whats the size of your hardrive, and how much space is left?

Im unsure of that thread as ive never actually looked at it

But if you havnt already i really suggest MALWAREBYTES
http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html
UPDATE and SCAN
Post the log on here if it finds anything

motorguy

ctrl - alt - delete and start task manager. how many processes are running?

Whats using up the CPU % if you sort by usage?

Craigoldfield

Is it a corded or wireless mouse?

motorguy

Craigoldfield wrote: »

Is it a corded or wireless mouse?

Cant see that making deleting emails slow?

cadmus

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Whats the speed of your CPU? How much RAM do you have? Whats the size of your hardrive, and how much space is left?

Im unsure of that thread as ive never actually looked at it

But if you havnt already i really suggest MALWAREBYTES
http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html
UPDATE and SCAN
Post the log on here if it finds anything

cpu speed 2660MHZ
total physical memory 1.024 MB
available physical memory 525.93MB
hardrive total 144GB
hardrive free space 102GB

aliEnRIK

Nothing wrong with your computer specs. Thats fine

so.....could be one of a few things really ~
Hard drive on it way out (Does it sound 'noisier' at all?)
Virus/spyware (Malwarebytes and spybot is a good start)
Hardware problem (motherboard ~ thats NOT good)
Program conflicts (Installed anything recently that could have caused it?)
Overheating (NOT overheating if it starts fine though)
Error with the Operating system (should throw errors up though?)
Error with some running software (Boot in SAFE mode, if it runs fine then its looking like this one)

Download CCLEANER
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
Run the top 2 scans (backup the registry when it asks)

Download HIJACK THIS
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis
SCAN and post the log (do NOT stop anything from running)

monkfish72

sounds like a full temp folder (well its the first thing I'd check)
go into my computer, right click on C drive, go to properties, tools, disk cleanup, and just go with the default choices

reboot, see what happens

it might not be this but very often is, sends people looking for spyware and viruses when the answer is much simpler

cadmus

pgilc1 wrote: »

ctrl - alt - delete and start task manager. how many processes are running?

Whats using up the CPU % if you sort by usage?

it running just two processes at the mo - both martin lewis pages. these two processes are using up between 6-12% at present if thats what you meant by last quote .

cadmus

Craigoldfield wrote: »

Is it a corded or wireless mouse?

microsoft wireless mouse thankyou