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HijackThis log - please help

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  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I mentioned the fingerprint software as its possible its infected somehow!
    :idea:
  • KEM
    KEM Posts: 212 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Any idea how we could check it out?

    Acer Bio Protection appears in the startup list in CCleaner so I could disable it and see what happens?
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    If you dont use it then surely its best to disable it
    :idea:
  • KEM
    KEM Posts: 212 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    aliEnRIK - just wanted to say another thank you for all your time and effort the other day.

    It seems like the laptop is now running a bit better and as you suggest we'll just disable various startup items from within ccleaner to see if it makes any further difference.

    At least I can be pretty confident that the laptop itself is clear of nasties and assume that it is some of Acer's "stuff" that was pre-loaded that is still causing it to be a bit slow.

    Many thanks - I appreciate it. :beer:
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Most manufacturers extra cr*p will slow down computers

    First thing I did when I got my DELL was disable the lot :p
    :idea:
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