Something's lurking in my hard drive

LondonDiva

Hi

I'm not sure if this is the best place for this, but thought I'd give it a go.

I'm convinced there's something untoward on my hard drive & I can't seem to find the nasty beastie. I've got Norton, with a MacAfee firewall (on tight) and I regularly update these with Adaware.

I clean my cookies & internet files regularly, and I access the internet using AOL & use their scans with the new Ms one.

They haven't found anything, but the computers, really slow on the uptake when I go online & almost feels as bad or worse than before I went over to broadband.

I'd be really grateful for any help/advice etc.

thanks

Diva:)

Rex_Mundi

Download HijackThis then save a log file from the scan. Then copy the contents of the log file HERE see what it tells you.

manutd_2

you could download ccleaner it cleanes out useless files and makes your pc faster http://www.ccleaner.com/

alictait

Trend Micros[/URL

Trend Micros do a free online scan of your computer to see if their is a virus lurking.

Are you using anti virus software - if not download AVG (grisoft) free version

from here

gavsto2005

Rex_Mundi wrote:

Download HijackThis then save a log file from the scan. Then copy the contents of the log file HERE see what it tells you.

Rex is right, do this and we can see whats running and try to pin point anything that shouldn't be there

alanrowell

Could just need defragmenting

jezza1O1

Sounds like you have to buy a new PC.

Browntoa

jezza1O1 wrote:

Sounds like you have to buy a new PC.

yeh...helpful post

Joe_Bloggs

This is not an attack on Norton products but try get rid of it on a temporary basis and see if things improve. There are other free alternatives out there that can do the same job. Try Ad-Aware anti spyware, AVG anti virus and Zone Alarm firewall for starters.
J_B.

sgtbee

Do a disk clean up and then defrag it ( how to get there START ALL PROGRAMS ACCESSORIES SYSTEM TOOLS )

Slimeball20

I used to help on CyberTechHelp analysing Hijack This logs, so you could just post the log and I'll help.

Hijack This removes the registry entries associated with a file/application, but the files involved will need to be removed in safe mode.

Other infections require additional tools that an automated scanner would not alert you to i.e. CoolWebSearch.