Wondering about malware, and how they effect sync problems

[snafubaby]

I converted a movie to DivX using Avi.net. It looked beautiful, but had sync issues. I tried to fix things with Virtualdub, but couldn't do a very good job. I then thought that there was something wrong, because usually with Virtualdub, i can do a pretty good job fixing sync issues. I decided to do a virus scan, and gee whiz, i found so many critters lurking around on my HDD. I think i found and zapped most of them. I know that viruses and other malware can affect the speed of a PC, so i think it should be a pre-requisite to do a virusscan before ever doing any video processing of any kind. I think i'll finally be able to fix my DivX movie.

If anyone has any comments, let's hear them.

[guns1inger]

The likelihood of the virii directly causing the sync issues is pretty low, however the overall effect on your system may be a contributing factor. It would depend on just what they were, and what they were doing.

I would be concerned that these didn't show up until you actually ran a scan. This would imply that either you aren't running a real time scanner, or that they were dormant inside an archive that hadn't been opened yet, in which case they were doing anything to your system (yet)