Intermittent severe sluggishness/ hanging?

Fire_Fox

After some help please .... laptop is being weird, browsers are hanging (Chrome, Firefox, Opera; IE is disabled) and other programmes refuse to run properly. This happened last night, fine again all day and occurring again just now. Keyboard also being 'jumpy' repeatedly ending up on the wrong line as typing.

Windows updates itself regularly, I use Filehippo Update Checker and CCleaner regularly so things *should* be up to date. CCleaner has been a little odd for months, very slow when scanning and cleaning out the browsers, quite a lot crops up when I do the registry (always back up).

Yesterday I ran Avira, Malwarebytes and Superantispyware but they found nothing and I did update them all immediately prior to the scan. I don't *think* I need to defrag, that programme won't run properly but I think it's set to check regularly. Opened task manager and there are multiple copies of Chrome running (chrome.exe *32) I closed all but one now there are three again. Not sure if this is normal or denotes an infection?

Wondering if it's most likely that the laptop is full of cat hair and other sh1te and I need to have it cleaned out? That would be the third time if so! :rotfl: Also might explain the keyboard 'jumping'.

Thanks for any replies.

jasocke2

What version of windows is it?
How much HD space have you got left?
What make and model laptop and how old?
Have you noticed the fan coming on more or overheating?

Thanks

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full of sh1te software is more likely, if it does the same thing when the battery is out, post a hijackthis log

Fire_Fox

jasocke2 wrote: »

What version of windows is it?
How much HD space have you got left?
What make and model laptop and how old?
Have you noticed the fan coming on more or overheating?

Thanks

Windows 7
If that is the C drive (? ) 187GB free of 288GB
Sony PCG-7184M
Three to four years old and been in daily use.

It cuts out when it overheats and is not doing so (how I knew it needed cleaning out last time). Might feel cooler underneath than earlier tho and is working fine again. That is since it was switched off and on again, has also been unplugged from the mains but still in use. Will keep an eye on the temperature, thanks.