Can we get this working properly?

spud17

Avast is a bit lighter than avira, but stick with avira for now, and work on the rest.

Not in my experience, Avira has always been very light, currently 12500 KB on here.
Avira is the best choice in this case because of the lack of RAM.

There's no need to un-install SAS, just open the program, go to the preferences button and under "Startup options",untick, "Start SuperAntiSpyware when Windows starts".

closed

install and run these

Trim startup apps safely - http://www.malwarebytes.org/startuplite.php

Cleanup memory leaks - http://www.pcwintech.com/cleanmem

Go into c:\windows\tasks, clean system memory, schedule, advanced, and change the cleanmem frequency from every 30 mins, to every 2 mins

then post a new hijackthis log and commit figures

Tia_Maria06

These are in my add/remove programmes, and I dont think I do use the, frequently, do I need them, they look quite big files compared to a lot of the other ones.

BT Yahoo Applications 90 mb used frequently


Electronic Library 251.00 mb fused frequently

I'm getting tied now, would you mind if I picked this up in the morning, I dont want to make mistakes. I arent that clever to get it right as it is lol

closed

If you don't use them, uninstall them, but it won't help speed unless they run at startup or have browser plugin elements.

closed

spud17 wrote: »

Not in my experience, Avira has always been very light, currently 12500 KB on here.
Avira is the best choice in this case because of the lack of RAM.

There are a lot of components to Avira - avscan, avguard, sched, avgnt ,update, avcenter, avshadow, avnotify, various drivers etc, when they kick in (eg at boot), it uses a lot of ram, the peak memory usage of the component you are looking at will probably be significantly higher than current commit.

vfcgi

It sounds like you may be better off re-installing Windows if theres nothing on there you particularly need - it will be alot quicker than trying to get rid of some infections, and most PCs no matter how old run much better with a fresh install!

To optimize your PC get a program like Tuneup Utilities or System Mechanic - they'll clean out your disks and registry and also allow you to stop programs from automatically starting when Windows loads - something very useful indeed!

As far as RAM memory - I usually use Crucial - and if you go to their website (just google crucial) it will do an automatic scan of your system and advise the best RAM for your PC.

aliEnRIK

closed wrote: »

There are a lot of components to Avira - avscan, avguard, sched, avgnt ,update, avcenter, avshadow, avnotify, various drivers etc, when they kick in (eg at boot), it uses a lot of ram, the peak memory usage of the component you are looking at will probably be significantly higher than current commit.

I see where your coming from, though mines not like that

Windows 7 Avira10 - idle
avshadow.exe 892k
avguard.exe 8,216k
sched.exe 516k
avgnet.exe 1844k

hardly killer figures

Update 9,220k (On for seconds)

Scanning certainly jumps up ~ 76,500 ish. But then scan time is WAY lower than Avast

gonzo127

i know i have already said it, however it was meant more tounge in cheek at the time since most people would not consider trying it which i understand since it is moving away from something they know, however after having seen how low the system specs are i just want to ask the question

what are you actually planning on using it for?

if it is just basic web and office work i would seriously suggest looking into one of the low spec ubuntu derivatives like xubuntu which is a free operating system and comes with everything most people need such as a built in office program, firefox etc

ok so you cant run certain programs (which have been designed to run on windows and Mac only) such as microsoft office without a little bit more effort (although you can get a lot of them running if they are important) however 99% of all programs you can get on windows have an equivelent program on xubuntu and all the programs are generally shockingly easy to install and most of the time free of charge as well, you also do not need to worry about virus's since it doesnt get any so that free's up extra system resources by not having to have a antivirus running which will make it run even faster

anyways it is just a thought if you are interested you can download and burn of the disk and then run it in LiveCD mode which runs the entire operating system from the CD and your systems RAM and makes NO changes to your hard drive - the only problem with this is that since it is running from the CD and RAM it runs much slower than it would do if installed on your hard drive however it will give you a feel for the operating system and allow you to see if all your hardware is recognised (drivers) before you decide if you want to install it

Tia_Maria06

Morning, well I am now totally confused. It has started up quite quick, and all I will be using this pc for is surfing and putting pics on.

Did that log show anything, or can I delete them now, since they have my name all over them haha!

aliEnRIK

Tia

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Anyways, at a quick glance you should be ok to remove the log. As I teied to say in the PM, im unsure why your concerned as NO ONE would be able to identify you from that

Follow closed advice, he knows what hes doing to remove RAM related problems