Laptop Trouble

waddler_8

sharkie wrote: »

tried using an online viru checker like trend and kapersky, then use malwarebytes.

Some people do not like norton/symantec a/v, and some do. I have had many friends and myself catch a virus while using their products, far greater than others including Mcaffee. If only norton/symantec av was as good as their advertizing strategy.

I'd say Norton's detection rates have consistently been better than Trends (backed up by AV-comparatives testing) , but lets not take this off topic by everybody giving their own opinion on what's the "best " AV is and how Norton is apparently rubbish (It won "product of the year" in 2009, coming joint top in 2010, again at AV-Comparatives, also winning a "low system impact" gold award this year")

http://www.av-comparatives.org/en/comparativesreviews/summary-reports

waddler_8

Fish_wobble wrote: »

And my laptop seems to be working fine now ;D

Good. Still do the mbam scan though and post the results.

Fish_wobble

Right, i was about to reply after thanking you, and my laptop said 'Money Saving Expert is not responding' so i waited, and it hass caused my laptop to run incredibly slow, without it crashing. I have tried to load task manager, but it will not load up.

Fish_wobble

Whoah, sorry, after about 5 minutes it just closed money saving expert, recovered my other tabs and seems to be working fine. However, task manager eventually loaded up, and it immediately said 'not responding.' It might be worth noting that this happened almost immediately after i plugged it into charge.

Fish_wobble

After about 10 minutes it started to work fine again.

Fish_wobble

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.60.1.1000

Database version: v2012.02.18.07
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 x86 NTFS
Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421
Callan :: CALLAN-PC [administrator]
18/02/2012 18:08:07
mbam-log-2012-02-18 (18-08-07).txt
Scan type: Quick scan
Scan options enabled: Memory | Startup | Registry | File System | Heuristics/Extra | Heuristics/Shuriken | PUP | PUM
Scan options disabled: P2P
Objects scanned: 171141
Time elapsed: 5 minute(s), 6 second(s)
Memory Processes Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Memory Modules Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Keys Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Values Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data Items Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Folders Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Files Detected: 0
(No malicious items detected)
(end)




This is the scan from malware bytes. Do I need to uninstall the software now, or should I leave it on my laptop?

waddler_8

It won't hurt to leave it on - update it every so often and run a quick scan. If you ever have problems it's good to have a second scanner installed.

Fish_wobble

Thank you very much
So do you think there might be something that got into the laptop, or the computer just has problems? Or maybe i'm just being melodramatic ;D

closed

backup anything important, post a hijackthis log

Fish_wobble

Oh dear. A few minutes ago, I was using my laptop to finish off some homework, and the only window that was open was PowerPoint. After about an hour, it 'stopped responding' again for about 5-10 minutes. I'm defragmenting it now, but if it continues to play up, is there anything I can do about it? Neither Norton or Malware Bytes is picking anything up.