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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Security / June 2008No viruses, but web browsing is insanely slow
I recently put together a new Vista Ult. box. Unfortunately soon after it got infected with a strain of Vundo, which I think I've erraticated, but somehow the machine still seems compramised. I can FTP, Email, Telnet with no problems, but once I open a web browser the wait for pages to load is painful. I have ClamWin as my main anti-virus software - I"ve scanned in SAFE MODE memory and all partitions And I've ran all these programs in SAFE MODE numerous times to no avail Spybot S&D Ad-aware 2007 Free Super Anti-spyware Windows Defender Malicious Software Removal HijackThis (nothing of concern comes up) Replaced Hosts file Soon after I run these programs web browsing is zippy for a little bit, but then strarts crawling. Images or ads won't load and then pages time out. I'm not sure what else I can check to see what is going on. Other machines on same network work fine. Thanks. Hugh So what happens if you uninstall your AV? >I recently put together a new Vista Ult. box. Unfortunately soon after it >got infected with a strain of Vundo, which I think I've erraticated, but [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Hugh Not sure. Haven't tried. However, Clam isn't real-time protection, so not sure what difference it would make.... Hugh > So what happens if you uninstall your AV? > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> >> Hugh I have no probs using the programs below. Security Programs that I have installed, . Vista’s Firewall works very well. http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html Avast Anti-Virus is Vista compatible (32bit and 64bit Versions), FREE, auto-updating, and a low resources user of your computer. And, only have 1(one) Anti-Virus installed / running on your computer at any one time.. Conflicts may occur if you have more than 1(one). http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html Spybot Search & Destroy 1.5.2 is a very good, FREE Anti-Spyware Program. Download, install, update, and immunize your System with it. Then SCAN with it. Update it, and scan your System once a fortnight. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html SpywareBlaster 4.0 is a non-intrusive, FREE Anti-Spyware Program that runs in the background (no scanning by you!). Update it once a fortnight, and let it do its work in the background!  SignatureMick Murphy - Qld - Australia > Not sure. Haven't tried. However, Clam isn't real-time protection, so not > sure what difference it would make.... [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >> > >> Hugh > I recently put together a new Vista Ult. box. Unfortunately soon after > it got infected with a strain of Vundo, which I think I've erraticated, [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Hugh When you say "A web browser" do you mean IE or do you have an alternative? You could check all your IE settings and disable any add ons you find, or maybe simpler try installing Firefox and see if things improve. If something has attacked IE then using another browser should establish whether the problem is traffic flow per-se or a broken IE. I am not sure why running any of these programs should give you a temporary improvement that goes away after a time. I guess the other possibility is some kind of memory leak, or perhaps a "Temp" folder setting too small. Once this slowdown happens do other things then slow down or are you pretty sure that other things continue as normal? try uninstalling ad aware 2007 I found it made my browser go very slow uninstalled it- it pipped up robin >I recently put together a new Vista Ult. box. Unfortunately soon after it >got infected with a strain of Vundo, which I think I've erraticated, but [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Hugh Hugh,have you tried to use a registry cleaner? The vundo might have monkeyed with your registry before you got rid of it. I also suggest that you post your HijackThis log here 'HiJack This Logs' (http://forum.tweaks.com/forum/Forum29-1.aspx) I'm most certain they can get you right. SignatureCarolinaFaithful Your knowledge is appreciated. One can never learn too much. >Hugh,have you tried to use a registry cleaner? The vundo might have >monkeyed with your registry before you got rid of it. Get ready for the beating you so richly deserve for suggesting the use of a registry cleaner. > I also suggest >that you post your HijackThis log here 'HiJack This Logs' >(http://forum.tweaks.com/forum/Forum29-1.aspx) >I'm most certain they can get you right. Spybot S&D has a useful function that tweaks the hosts file which has the lovely effect of preventing spyware from installing itself on your computer as well as blocking most internet ads. The slowness you report is because your browser still tries to connect and load the ads (many of which are completely benign). If you have the status bar active, you'll see ad.doubleclick.com most often when your browser is clunking along. Programs like eDexter can usually help by loading a generic image in the place of ads, but I'm having trouble finding a way to apply this to Spybot. Some of the other programs you use probably tinker with the hosts file too. It can get a bit confusing. SignatureThe A Team |
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