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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Security / May 2008after malware removal computer is slow
what could be causing my computer to boot up so slowly? If anything i thought it would be faster since I just removed a bunch of spyware and a virus too. I had to use stopzilla because live one care was not detecting it .I could see a trojan in my files so I bought stopzilla and it found no less than 34 infections, I removed them all and now is when i actually notice weird behavior from my computer. any suggestions? thank you. Hello newbie, Have a look here: Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/129972/> Good luck - -- --- > what could be causing my computer to boot up so slowly? If anything i thought > it would be faster since I just removed a bunch of spyware and a virus too. I > had to use stopzilla because live one care was not detecting it .I could see > a trojan in my files so I bought stopzilla and it found no less than 34 > infections, I removed them all and now is when i actually notice weird > behavior from my computer. any suggestions? thank you. since a takes me awhile to do these things i wanted to say thanks for your quick reply. :)  Signature> Hello newbie, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > infections, I removed them all and now is when i actually notice weird > > behavior from my computer. any suggestions? thank you. >what could be causing my computer to boot up so slowly? If anything i thought >it would be faster since I just removed a bunch of spyware and a virus too. How did you verify that your computer is actually clean? >I had to use stopzilla because live one care was not detecting it .I could see >a trojan in my files so I bought stopzilla and it found no less than 34 >infections, I removed them all and now is when i actually notice weird >behavior from my computer. any suggestions? thank you. You need to revert to a known clean state. If you have no other ways of achieving this, it ultimately means flatten and rebuild. Then you need to implement a security concept for the future in order to keep malware out instead of relying on removal tools. to: engel, thanks for your suggestion but the link you provided is no longer available and microsoft support(posts)does not have any info on actually recovering after removal of malware, at least i couldnt find any and to: straight talk , i guess i never did verify my comp.is clean now because i dont know how, where can i find instructions on how to make sure my computer is clean? i though by running one care and stopzilla together along with windows defender it would be sufficient, but my computer is definetly acting weird and i would like to know how to" flatten and rebuild" thank you all so much Signature> >what could be causing my computer to boot up so slowly? If anything i thought > >it would be faster since I just removed a bunch of spyware and a virus too. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Then you need to implement a security concept for the future in order > to keep malware out instead of relying on removal tools. > to: engel, thanks for your suggestion but the link you provided is no longer > available and microsoft support(posts)does not have any info on actually [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > weird and i would like to know how to" flatten and rebuild" thank you all so > much http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows Try this if youre in the US / CANADA 1-866 727 2338 ( that’s Microsoft Security ) also Pcsafety as far as I know can proceed with your final cleanup concerns since there are / has been significant change in the systems performance after clean up. as you indicated was there any malware / spyware detected by both Onecare ( or previous Windows Defender ). > to: engel, thanks for your suggestion but the link you provided is no > longer [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> Then you need to implement a security concept for the future in order >> to keep malware out instead of relying on removal tools. > what could be causing my computer to boot up so slowly? If anything i > thought [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > infections, I removed them all and now is when i actually notice weird > behavior from my computer. any suggestions? thank you. I suggest that you scan your computer with additional antispyware programs. There's a good chance there are more bugs that need to be removed. Try SuperAntiSpyware Free and Spybot Search & Destroy: www.superantispyware.com http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html thanks victek ,i did run spybot and did find additional spyware! dont know why im suprised, however my computer is still acting funny so i uninstalled stopzilla because thats when the really weird behavior began, but i dont know if maybe it removed something that was not supposed to be removed or if stopzilla itself was the problem, its only been a few hours since removal of sz and my computer is running much faster but ill need time to see if it helped the weird behavior at all, its strange how i didnt notice any weirdness until after i installed sz, but sz DID find and remove desktop virii which i could see but couldnt remove before sz soo... maybe sraight talk was right and i should flatten and rebuild. thank you. Signature> > what could be causing my computer to boot up so slowly? If anything i > > thought [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html |
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