slow pc should we buy a laptop - advice pls.

closed

It might run better if you upgraded your avast to V5, and ditched all that AOL stuff, however until you post your installed ram and commit charge this is guesswork.

ed2712

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Open notepad

Write anything at all in notepad and save it to your desktop
RIGHT click the .txt file youve just created and select PROPERTIES
Select to OPEN WITH 'Notepad', and SAVE the setting
Try opening the malwarebytes file again

If that fails (it shouldnt if you did it right)
Go here ~
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\Logs\mbam-log-date (time).txt
RIGHT CLICK that file and select OPEN WITH (notepad)

Done - thanks for that.

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46
www.malwarebytes.org
Database version: 4501
Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702
29/08/2010 20:51:27
mbam-log-2010-08-29 (20-51-27).txt
Scan type: Full scan (A:\|C:\|D:\|E:\|)
Objects scanned: 220708
Time elapsed: 5 hour(s), 8 minute(s), 42 second(s)
Memory Processes Infected: 0
Memory Modules Infected: 0
Registry Keys Infected: 0
Registry Values Infected: 0
Registry Data Items Infected: 0
Folders Infected: 0
Files Infected: 0
Memory Processes Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Memory Modules Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Keys Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Values Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data Items Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Folders Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Files Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

ed2712

closed wrote: »

It might run better if you upgraded your avast to V5, and ditched all that AOL stuff, however until you post your installed ram and commit charge this is guesswork.

Where do I find that install ram and commit charge info? thx

aliEnRIK

ed2712 wrote: »

yes I did do PERFORM QUICK SCAN.

Can you post that log too please

closed

See post 14.

Reboot, wait a couple of minutes for things to settle down, then before opening anything (browser etc), go into task manager, performance, and note Physical memory total, commit charge total, commit charge peak

ed2712

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Can you post that log too please

Can't locate the log for this - it did come up with 3 things which I did tick and remove then I did the SCAN.

aliEnRIK

ed2712 wrote: »

Can't locate the log for this - it did come up with 3 things which I did tick and remove then I did the SCAN.

Unless youve removed it, ALL scans are saved under LOGS when you open malwarebytes

ed2712

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Unless youve removed it, ALL scans are saved under LOGS when you open malwarebytes

just checked again and it's defintely not there.

aliEnRIK

Please run COMBOFIX
http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe
Shut down your anti virus
Follow the simple instructions it gives
Post the COMPLETE log it creates here (Split into sections if need be) ~ if there are loads of 'SNAPSHOT' pages then leave them out
If it comes up with a RENAMING error then RIGHT click the exe file and RENAME and call it QWERTY (Making the complete file name 'QWERTY.exe') Or SAVE as 'QWERTY' on download
(If no log comes up or you lose it, COMBOFIX.TXT can be found in C drive)

ed2712

closed wrote: »

see post 14.

Reboot, wait a couple of minutes for things to settle down, then before opening anything (browser etc), go into task manager, performance, and note physical memory total, commit charge total, commit charge peak

pmt 720368
cct 249588
ccp 280608