Programs opening slow

[moogz75]

hi everyone im all new to this so bare with me. my pc a pentium 4 ,2.67ghz 1gb ram all of a sudden the programs are opening slow internet works fine ive cleaned the registry defraged the hd gone to msconfig uncheck the boxes i dont wont to open at start up and its still running slow WHAT THE .... CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THIS

 

[woody1191]

You may have a virus possibly, try following some of these instructions on this thread below.

"Preliminary Removal Instructions" - https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic109461.html

 

[gbhall]

How much spare space have you got? Any PC will slow up dramtically at 5% free, but still fairly sure to be a virus etc.

 

[moogz75]

still 80gb on hd i scanned it with avast pro and malwarebytes and come up with nothing dont know what to do

 

[moogz75]

thanks woody ill give it a go