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scmcginley
By scmcginley
Sep 24, 2008
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  1. 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.
    scmcginley, Sep 24, 2008
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  2. kimsland

    kimsland Ex-TechSpotter Posts: 18,353

    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
    kimsland, Sep 24, 2008
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