Websites loading slow/PC slow

[scmcginley]

My PC has suddenly started running slow. Various websites and webpages open extremely slow or time out after about five minutes. Also, downloading files has also slowed down and takes a much longer time than it use to. Even accessing this forum to post took awhile.

It seems that my entire PC is all of a sudden slow, as if the resources are being sucked up somewhere. My internet connection/speed has been checked through my provider (Charter) and it is working correctly.

Can anyone suggest wheat I can do to speed it up again? Any help would be appreciated.

I attached a recent hijack log if that helps.

 

[kimsland]

With all this starting (and more) I'm not surprised
Symantec
Norton Ghost
Ad-Aware
Spy Sweeper
Dell Media Experience
iTunes
Hewlett-Packard Digital Imaging
iPodService.exe
WINWORD.EXE

Run Startup Control Panel, and untick all non-essential startups
Contemplate removing Symantec Antivirus (just a resource hog)
And try a Free Antivirus like Avast or Avira
And lastly run CCleaner

Then venture over to the New Preliminary Removal Instructions

I'd say all would be good then