Computer running slow, cpu @ 100%

janeys

I'm afraid to say I have been here before with almost the same problem. My husband is the culprit and I can not educate him, he keeps adding security until they can't work together anymore the computer slows, I remove all he put on and use avast and he keeps saying 'don't come running to me to sort it when you get infected' well I managed a whole year without any problems, we bought a new pc, (supposed to be mine) and when i looked at all the things to remove I had not added one of them. I'm just glad you techie people don't judge me. God knows what he will say when he sees that the desktop is practically empty, Ooops

closed

backup properly, then you dont need to run.

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

janeys

Thank you closed, I'm getting to old to run Have downloaded this and will use.
Should I be removing anything else from the hijack this report?

janeys

Ok, have just looked at the downloaded Macrium file and I need to understand it before I start using it, will do this tomorrow.

closed

just don't choose the clone option, there is a video in the speedup sticky

Party_Animal

closed wrote: »

backup properly, then you dont need to run.

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

Thanks for the link. Tried downloading but it failed. The message was "disable your firewall or download in safe mode". I'm a bit wary about disabling my firewall.

grumpycrab

^ looks like an issue with the Macrium site. Try download.com instead
http://download.cnet.com/Macrium-Reflect-Free/3000-2242_4-10845728.html
(safe but just READ the pop-ups and DESELECT anything that isn't Macrium)

Party_Animal

grumpycrab wrote: »

^ looks like an issue with the Macrium site. Try download.com instead
http://download.cnet.com/Macrium-Reflect-Free/3000-2242_4-10845728.html
(safe but just the pop-ups and DESELECT anything that isn't Macrium)

Cheers, same problem. That's where I ended up before. I have downloaded from that site before. What about the safe mode option, will it leave me vulnerable?

grumpycrab

Shouldn't need to do anything special to download something. Are you running a non-windows firewall?

Party_Animal

I'm running Symantec