Laptop's running slow - any suggestions?

EverDecreasingCircles

I'm running Avast, I've recently run CCleaner and Windows firewall in on.

Should I run anything else or run any other scans? It's running slower than usual at the moment - or am I worrying over nothing?

debitcardmayhem

Is it slower all the time? or only when not plugged in to the charger?

EverDecreasingCircles

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Is it slower all the time? or only when not plugged in to the charger?

All the time - I keep it plugged in all the time as the battery's always been c**p.

ddoris

If you use ccleaner/tools/startup you can see how many progs startup automatically - disable as many as poss.

debitcardmayhem

EverDecreasingCircles wrote: »

All the time - I keep it plugged in all the time as the battery's always been c**p.

Ok if it's slower than usual it's worth running Malwarebytes and posting the log on this thread. The link is here download Malwarebytes(top right download latest), then having downloaded , start it up then select the UPDATE tab, and update it (get's the latest database) Then scan and post the results.

As a by the by is the lappy generally or just on the Internet ?

jack_spratt_2

Just a suggestion are you running the new avast program and has this problem started recently !!
I have had to remove Avast from two computers recently since the change to the new interface and it sorted out the problems !!
Now using MSE

EverDecreasingCircles

I've finally managed to run Malwarebytes - here's the log:

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.44
Database version: 3909
Windows 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18882
25/03/2010 20:07:08
mbam-log-2010-03-25 (20-07-08).txt
Scan type: Full Scan (C:\|D:\|)
Objects scanned: 248699
Time elapsed: 2 hour(s), 29 minute(s), 4 second(s)
Memory Processes Infected: 0
Memory Modules Infected: 0
Registry Keys Infected: 1
Registry Values Infected: 0
Registry Data Items Infected: 0
Folders Infected: 0
Files Infected: 1
Memory Processes Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Memory Modules Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Keys Infected:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{1d4db7d2-6ec9-47a3-bd87-1e41684e07bb} (Adware.MyWebSearch) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.
Registry Values Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data Items Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Folders Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Files Infected:
C:\Windows\Tasks\{5B57CF47-0BFA-43c6-ACF9-3B3653DCADBA}.job (Trojan.FakeAlert) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.

aliEnRIK

Im suprised you never ran malwarebytes before
It saved you last time too

EverDecreasingCircles

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Im suprised you never ran malwarebytes before
It saved you last time too

I know Rik, but I just follow instructions - I usually have no idea what I'm actually doing! You clever guys tell me what to do - I do it

EDC x

aliEnRIK

In future, if you think your in trouble then update and run malwarebytes