My computer is falling

danyopizzle · 04-22-2008, 03:30 AM

My comps performance has tremendously dropped, in fact in one night, is that a sign of a virus? the performance is now at its worst, looking at the CPU bar just the simplest things will get it fired up like opening the trash can will get it up to 60% And when i dont open things and just have only itunes open and the internet for example as of now is what i have open, that bar is consistent, not calm at all, it goes up and down all the time, like up to even 40% just chilling out and doing nothing else. Whats going on?

Sir Travis D · 04-22-2008, 03:34 AM

What computer is it? (brand, model)
Specs? When did you buy it?

Try downloading Ccleaner, a program that deletes all the junk on a computer. It's free, fixes registry problems (always back up - easy just click save), deletes junk, and uses 35 passes on config.

danyopizzle · 04-22-2008, 03:38 AM

i cant find the brand or model # but it has 2.2 ghz, it has 3 gigs of ram, and 277 tottal of hardrive, ive used only 70 and i remember buying on the first of this month.

danyopizzle · 04-22-2008, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Sir Travis D

What computer is it? (brand, model)
Specs? When did you buy it?

Try downloading Ccleaner, a program that deletes all the junk on a computer. It's free, fixes registry problems (always back up - easy just click save), deletes junk, and uses 35 passes on config.

ive got norton 360 and i havent cleaned the registry for a while, but i dont think that would help, this a big drop in performance which does not make sense

speedyink · 04-22-2008, 05:10 PM

Norton isn't all that great, I'd go with something else. Sounds like you may have a virus. Try trendmicro housecall, ccleaner, advanced windows care, and adaware. Also you could open task manager and find out what process is using all of your CPU. If all the above fail you might need to reformat...

funkysnair · 04-22-2008, 05:13 PM

i have had bad experiences with nortan-

i used zone alarm for a few years with no problems

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danyopizzle New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 20	My computer is falling My comps performance has tremendously dropped, in fact in one night, is that a sign of a virus? the performance is now at its worst, looking at the CPU bar just the simplest things will get it fired up like opening the trash can will get it up to 60% And when i dont open things and just have only itunes open and the internet for example as of now is what i have open, that bar is consistent, not calm at all, it goes up and down all the time, like up to even 40% just chilling out and doing nothing else. Whats going on?

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speedyink Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Vancouver Island, Canada Age: 21 Posts: 1,879	Norton isn't all that great, I'd go with something else. Sounds like you may have a virus. Try trendmicro housecall, ccleaner, advanced windows care, and adaware. Also you could open task manager and find out what process is using all of your CPU. If all the above fail you might need to reformat... __________________ Desktop/Laptop: Acer AM5100/Dell Inspiron 6400 AMD Phenom 9500 Quad core @ 2.2GHZ/Core 2 Duo T5300 @ 1.73ghz 4GB DDR2 RAM/2GB 533mhz RAM 750GB HDD/120 GB HDD 512mb Nvidia GeForce 8800GTS @ 800/2000/1050/256mb Radeon Mobility X1400 HM Vista Ultimate x64/Vista Home Premium Winner of Photo Tournament: Mountains, Cold, Spiders, Engineering My Deviantart

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danyopizzle New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 20	i cant find the brand or model # but it has 2.2 ghz, it has 3 gigs of ram, and 277 tottal of hardrive, ive used only 70 and i remember buying on the first of this month.

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