new virus or something?

SIRCOOKS · 09-13-2004, 04:50 PM

recently my computer is running slow as hell,, i just built it, its a p4 3.0 ghz 8000fsb with 1gb of ddr ram behind it, with a 128 radeon 9200 8x agp video card, usualy i cann uzip a . rar or .tar file under 5 minutes maybe less, but know its taking me almost a half hour for the same thing, same a s transferring files from one internal drive to another...

i have run ad aware many times, removed any unwanted things, i have norton 03 installed and updated as off september 11th, and that isn't picking up anything, and even that is running slow, it literally stops at a certain point. also i cant keep my homwe page, i think like an unknown trojan is there or something, and everytime i reset it to hotmail, it comes back and gives me another webopage upon opening.

does anyone know of any viruses i dont know about, is there anything else i should do, every program i have installed i need.....im just fed up because i can do things as quick as i use to.....i even defragged a couple of times, and that didn't even work...

holla back plz

**Praetor** · 09-13-2004, 04:51 PM

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8000fsb

I assure you that it's not 8000FSB.

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usualy I cann uzip a . rar or .tar file under 5 minutes maybe less, but know its taking me almost a half hour for the same thing, same a s transferring files from one internal drive to another...

Check DMA/PIO

SIRCOOKS · 09-13-2004, 05:13 PM

would i have to go to the task manager to bring these up, how would i get to these

Lorand · 09-13-2004, 06:07 PM

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gives me another webopage upon opening

What page is that?

jesbax · 09-13-2004, 11:00 PM

i don't know about a virus. It is more likely a worm. I had a customer with the same problem and only thing i came up with is to erase the hard drive and put win xp back on it.

**Praetor** · 09-14-2004, 03:42 PM

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would I have to go to the task manager to bring these up, how would I get to these

1. Start --> Run --> devmgmt.msc
2. Find your HDD controllers, goto properties, advanced and then make sure they (try to) use DMA mode

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i don't know about a virus. It is more likely a worm

Worm, virus, they all classify roughly the same and semantics isnt so important

SIRCOOKS · 09-15-2004, 04:01 PM

also, everytime i go to certain websites, it just automatically switches to another....this !@#$ is !@#$%^& with me....

Lorand · 09-15-2004, 04:07 PM

You didn't answer my question:

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gives me another webpage upon opening

What page is that?

SIRCOOKS · 09-16-2004, 12:36 AM

the homepage i now default to is http://www.iwantsearch.com..is this associated with some virus?

Lorand · 09-16-2004, 12:40 AM

Try this: in "Control Panel" at "Add/Remove Programs" uninstall "SBSoft".

09-13-2004, 04:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
SIRCOOKS Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 86	new virus or something? recently my computer is running slow as hell,, i just built it, its a p4 3.0 ghz 8000fsb with 1gb of ddr ram behind it, with a 128 radeon 9200 8x agp video card, usualy i cann uzip a . rar or .tar file under 5 minutes maybe less, but know its taking me almost a half hour for the same thing, same a s transferring files from one internal drive to another... i have run ad aware many times, removed any unwanted things, i have norton 03 installed and updated as off september 11th, and that isn't picking up anything, and even that is running slow, it literally stops at a certain point. also i cant keep my homwe page, i think like an unknown trojan is there or something, and everytime i reset it to hotmail, it comes back and gives me another webopage upon opening. does anyone know of any viruses i dont know about, is there anything else i should do, every program i have installed i need.....im just fed up because i can do things as quick as i use to.....i even defragged a couple of times, and that didn't even work... holla back plz

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09-13-2004, 05:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
SIRCOOKS Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 86	would i have to go to the task manager to bring these up, how would i get to these

09-13-2004, 11:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
jesbax Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NE Age: 28 Posts: 337	i don't know about a virus. It is more likely a worm. I had a customer with the same problem and only thing i came up with is to erase the hard drive and put win xp back on it.

09-15-2004, 04:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
SIRCOOKS Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 86	also, everytime i go to certain websites, it just automatically switches to another....this !@#$ is !@#$%^& with me....

09-16-2004, 12:36 AM	#9 (permalink)
SIRCOOKS Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 86	the homepage i now default to is http://www.iwantsearch.com..is this associated with some virus?

09-16-2004, 12:40 AM	#10 (permalink)
Lorand VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bucharest Age: 41 Posts: 3,042	Try this: in "Control Panel" at "Add/Remove Programs" uninstall "SBSoft".