stop using avg. its a crappy AV.
best free ones are avira or avast imho.
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I have avira/spybot/ad aware and scotty watchdog installed have not had a speed decrease or virus/malaware in years.
Using most clean up or virus/spyware removal tools in safe mode can also reap benefits. as can doing a defrag under safe mode. use safe mode with networking and see if the internet is still slow if not then you know something in full mode is screwing it up.
under the start command type msconfig and look to see if there is anything in the start up tab that could be slowing you down, do you have stuff like mywebsearch installed, all that crap can gum it up.
Try MS malicious software removal that is good
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AD724AE0-E72D-4F54-9AB3-75B8E...displaylang=en
http://us.trendmicro.com/us/housecall/
is something I have used to good effect.PAL/NTSC problem solver.
USED TO BE A UK Equipment owner., NOW FINISHED WITH VHS CONVERSIONS-THANKS
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My mistake. I did not see that you were using Norton.
When my computer slowed down it was an AVG problem. How I found it might work for any slow down computer problem. Open the "Windows Task Manager" and click on "Processes". Google the file names of the executable files that are active - that you can visually see running by changes in the "CPU" and "Mem Usage" readings. Look for high readings or just any activity at all while most other files are static.
In my case it was "avgchsvx.exe" and other avg files. If they are problem files Google results will show other people having the same difficulties.Depends what the definition of the word inhale is.
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make sure your chipset (Southbridge) drivers are current
ocgw
peacei7 2700K @ 4.4Ghz 16GB DDR3 1600 Samsung Pro 840 128GB Seagate 2TB HDD EVGA GTX 650
https://forum.videohelp.com/topic368691.html
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An earlier post noted TeaTimer.EXE was running. I believe that belongs to SpyBot Search and Destroy. I found TeaTimer totally bogged down a machine I had it on. Granted, it was an older machine. I got rid of TeaTimer and the performance came back. After that I stopped using SpyBot and switched to MalwareBytes.
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i have cookies disabled except for a dozen sites i need to log-in.
my firewall blocks webscripts/ads.
i run spybot once a year and it hasnt found a single thing in 3 years lol..
i tried malwarebytes and it didnt find anything either. personally, i've heard
more bad things about adaware than spybot. never had a problem with it, but
as said, i dont really need it either.
ps: iirc teatimer is spybot's realtime protection against malware.
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ok guys, some weird trojans/malware/spyware is on my computer that causes it to strangely redirect me. i.e. when I search for something in google, and I try to click on the links, it redirects me to another weird website. Also this weird google ad keeps popping up. I think it is some survey or something. I use Malwarebytes AntiMalware and SuperAntispyware and Adaware and have removed the stuff but it keeps on coming back.
I'm trying to use PC Tools Spyware Doctor and CC Cleaner now, but it just seems like a hit and miss with these programs. My computer is weird so I cannot reboot in safe mode to use SUPERantispyware's Bootsafe. Always gets hosed up and freezes whenever I try to restart computer.
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I guess the best thing to do is reformat. Is there any free programs I should immediately install that automatically keeps these viruses and malware from getting into computer when browsing? I know these programs can do a full scan on your computer, but none prevents real time (automatic prevention)
So many programs, does anyone really know what works and what doesnt? (as apparent that Malwarebytes AntiMalware and SUPERantiSpyware didnt work for my situation- even though these two are recommended by everyone)
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The paid version of SuperAntiSpyware has real-time protection.
The best defense is to not download files from torrent sites and not visit malicious websites. View your email with Outlook(so the AV can scan it) or view from the web based site(eg yahoo.com), Outlook Express is the worst program you can view your email from.
It sounds like your PC is messed up pretty bad, a reformat is your best bet.
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One thread per subject is enough. Continue in your newer thread: https://forum.videohelp.com/topic377249.html#2034240
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