tallywacker Posted September 26, 2009 ID:133638 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Hi, I have used this forum previouly to remove a Malware infection from my computer. Since the removal my computer has been a little on the slow side, particularly on start up and when on the net.Can anyone suggest a cure for this? I have ran a scan and I have no Malware infections and other than the computer being (frustratingly) slow it is running fine. Please help.Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardbird Posted September 26, 2009 ID:133639 Share Posted September 26, 2009 HI! I've seen you have been in the HJK forum a few times! Is your AV still ESET? regards....EDIT: Please exclude the following files from your antivirus (if using any firewall besides the built in Windows Firewall, exclude them from it as well):For Windows Vista or Windows 7:C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exeC:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exeC:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamservice.exeC:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\rules.refC:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbam.sysC:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbamswissarmy.sysplease post back & let us know if this helped.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacktivity Posted September 27, 2009 ID:134030 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Hi tallywhacker,AdvancedSetup recently posted a lot of information to go through for helping to speed up a slow computer. You can look it over at this post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
srtools1980y Posted September 27, 2009 ID:134068 Share Posted September 27, 2009 XP users will find this link helpful for speeding up a slow computer:Restore Your Computer's Performance with Windows XP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallywacker Posted September 27, 2009 Author ID:134134 Share Posted September 27, 2009 HI! I've seen you have been in the HJK forum a few times! Is your AV still ESET? regards....EDIT: Please exclude the following files from your antivirus (if using any firewall besides the built in Windows Firewall, exclude them from it as well):For Windows Vista or Windows 7:C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exeC:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exeC:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamservice.exeC:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\rules.refC:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbam.sysC:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbamswissarmy.sysplease post back & let us know if this helped.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallywacker Posted September 27, 2009 Author ID:134137 Share Posted September 27, 2009 HI! I've seen you have been in the HJK forum a few times! Is your AV still ESET? regards....EDIT: Please exclude the following files from your antivirus (if using any firewall besides the built in Windows Firewall, exclude them from it as well):For Windows Vista or Windows 7:C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exeC:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exeC:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamservice.exeC:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\rules.refC:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbam.sysC:\Windows\System32\drivers\mbamswissarmy.sysplease post back & let us know if this helped....Hi Yardbird. Please could you let me know how to carry out your instructions above. I am running windows Xp and AVG antivirus. Please explain what you mean by 'Is your AV still ESET?'Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardbird Posted September 27, 2009 ID:134139 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I'm sorry I thought you had another AV program, Can you configure your AVG below: The bold letters are the Malwarebytes files to be trusted any questions please post back...Go to AVG, then add our files to the exclusion list:Right-click the AVG icon in the system tray. On the shortcut menu select Launch Control Center. Click the 'Tools' tab, select Advanced settings...'Scroll down or select 'Exceptions' Click 'Add List' and copy and paste the following list of files:C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\rules.refC:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\mbam.sysC:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\mbamswissarmy.sysC:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exeC:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exeC:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamservice.exeClick OK 3 times. Reboot your PC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noknojon Posted September 27, 2009 ID:134218 Share Posted September 27, 2009 XP users will find this link helpful for speeding up a slow computer:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/northrup_restoreperf.mspx@ srtools1980y Your http links are not coming up as direct links - Could this be because you use 'bold' text for them ??? Try to list them in normal type and see if there is any change - I have followed some, but I needed to retype them - Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted September 28, 2009 Root Admin ID:134250 Share Posted September 28, 2009 No it's not because it's bold. It's due to the fact the software does not recognize .mspx as a hyperlink automatically. I've recoded the link to open by clicking on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calintexas Posted September 28, 2009 ID:134322 Share Posted September 28, 2009 An easy way to insert a hyperlink is to use the "Insert Link" button which is just to the right of the faces (Emoticons?) drop down and then use the "Preview Post" button to ensure that the link displays and works as intended before using the "Add Reply" button. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallywacker Posted October 3, 2009 Author ID:137384 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Hi Guys,Thanks for the advice, I have done several thing including the instructions from yardbird (thanks) deafragmented the CDrive and used the built in XP disc cleanup. It is now running a little faster but appears to take an age to the internet browser (i am using mozilla) Any ideas.ThanksMartin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardbird Posted October 3, 2009 ID:137386 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Have you thought about using another browser? Opera? or Firefox? maybe.....regards... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
srtools1980y Posted October 3, 2009 ID:137388 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Hi tallywacker Just a remainder: Did you go through the contents of the link I posted in post #4 above?Just want to know.Regards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swagger Posted October 3, 2009 ID:137402 Share Posted October 3, 2009 @tallywacker,I believe there is a bug in Firefox that is making it load super slowly on some computers... Firefox 3.5 loads slowlyFirefox 3.5 fiasco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
srtools1980y Posted October 3, 2009 ID:137407 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Just general info:After installing Avast 4.8 pro (the new ver. released some days back) both browsers (IE & Firefox) are taking about 15 to 20 secs. to open google/yahoo homepage.Before that when I had Avira Pre. Sec. Suite, I did'nt find any appreciable slowdown.When I contacted the Avast reseller he told it's for your good it does a scan before opening & he pointed the rotating avast icon ball in the systray! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calintexas Posted October 3, 2009 ID:137474 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I believe there is a bug in Firefox that is making it load super slowly on some computers... Firefox 3.5 loads slowlyFirefox 3.5 fiascoWow, thank you swagger! I looked at the links and cleaned out the cashes, history, and temp files as recommended. Firefox (which has been slow to start) now fires right up. It's strange that Firefox is reading a bunch of IE junk before it starts up. All I ever do with IE is download MS patches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swagger Posted October 3, 2009 ID:137478 Share Posted October 3, 2009 No problem Glad I could help Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny1 Posted October 3, 2009 ID:137492 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I use CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. Download then install and run it:CCleaner v2.24.1010 - Slim - No Toolbarhttp://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds Additional application detection with winapp2.ini:http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showto...;hl=winapp2.ini Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted October 4, 2009 ID:137557 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Additional application detection with winapp2.ini:http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showto...;hl=winapp2.iniMan, I really wish they'd either allow offline/unregistered users to download attachments or add another mirror for that file like they used to have . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny1 Posted October 4, 2009 ID:137579 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I wish they would as well but someone needs to ask them on the forum and I have asked for another mirror before I was banned from there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted October 4, 2009 ID:137582 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Did they ban you specifically for asking for a mirror or was it unrelated? That seems pretty harsh in my opinion.edit: Just made 4,000 posts . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny1 Posted October 4, 2009 ID:137586 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I was critical of the Wipe Free Space function and the lack of IE8 support when IE8 first came out which they still have not fixed in Vista and Windows 7 in that if the index.dat files are chosen to be cleaned then all automatic logon information is lost and the Cookies\Index.dat can not be Excluded because of permission issues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted October 4, 2009 ID:137655 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I don't use the Wipe Free Space tool either, it caused a BSOD on a friend's laptop that I was working on and I had to reboot and delete the massive file it left behind since it couldn't delete it itself after causing the BSOD (which never returned by the way ). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny1 Posted October 4, 2009 ID:137733 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I seem to remember quite a few complaints about BSODs with Wipe Free Space on the forum but I never bothered to find out if it was ever fixed. The option to overwite deleted files with Secure file deletion can lead to problems as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swagger Posted October 4, 2009 ID:137861 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I am a registered member on the Piriform forum although I don't post there as often as I used to. If you need me to post a request just let me know. If I ever want to wipe free space, I use Eraser. Or Eraser portable to be specific...@exile,Congrats on 4,000+, helpful & relevant posts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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