after malware removal computer is slow

[newbie]

what could be causing my computer to boot up so slowly? If anything i thought
it would be faster since I just removed a bunch of spyware and a virus too. I
had to use stopzilla because live one care was not detecting it .I could see
a trojan in my files so I bought stopzilla and it found no less than 34
infections, I removed them all and now is when i actually notice weird
behavior from my computer. any suggestions? thank you.

 

[Engel]

Hello newbie,

Have a look here:

Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery



Good luck
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"newbie" wrote:

> what could be causing my computer to boot up so slowly? If anything i thought
> it would be faster since I just removed a bunch of spyware and a virus too. I
> had to use stopzilla because live one care was not detecting it .I could see
> a trojan in my files so I bought stopzilla and it found no less than 34
> infections, I removed them all and now is when i actually notice weird
> behavior from my computer. any suggestions? thank you.

 

[newbie]

since a takes me awhile to do these things i wanted to say thanks for your
quick reply.

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"Engel" wrote:

> Hello newbie,
>
> Have a look here:
>
> Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery
>
>
>
> Good luck
> - -- ---
>
>
> "newbie" wrote:
>
> > what could be causing my computer to boot up so slowly? If anything i thought
> > it would be faster since I just removed a bunch of spyware and a virus too. I
> > had to use stopzilla because live one care was not detecting it .I could see
> > a trojan in my files so I bought stopzilla and it found no less than 34
> > infections, I removed them all and now is when i actually notice weird
> > behavior from my computer. any suggestions? thank you.

 

[Straight Talk]

On Sat, 17 May 2008 15:10:00 -0700, newbie
wrote:

>what could be causing my computer to boot up so slowly? If anything i thought
>it would be faster since I just removed a bunch of spyware and a virus too.

How did you verify that your computer is actually clean?

>I had to use stopzilla because live one care was not detecting it .I could see
>a trojan in my files so I bought stopzilla and it found no less than 34
>infections, I removed them all and now is when i actually notice weird
>behavior from my computer. any suggestions? thank you.

You need to revert to a known clean state. If you have no other ways
of achieving this, it ultimately means flatten and rebuild.

Then you need to implement a security concept for the future in order
to keep malware out instead of relying on removal tools.

 

[newbie]

to: engel, thanks for your suggestion but the link you provided is no longer
available and microsoft support(posts)does not have any info on actually
recovering after removal of malware, at least i couldnt find any and to:
straight talk , i guess i never did verify my comp.is clean now because i
dont know how, where can i find instructions on how to make sure my computer
is clean? i though by running one care and stopzilla together along with
windows defender it would be sufficient, but my computer is definetly acting
weird and i would like to know how to" flatten and rebuild" thank you all so
much
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"Straight Talk" wrote:

> On Sat, 17 May 2008 15:10:00 -0700, newbie
> wrote:
>
> >what could be causing my computer to boot up so slowly? If anything i thought
> >it would be faster since I just removed a bunch of spyware and a virus too.
>
> How did you verify that your computer is actually clean?
>
> >I had to use stopzilla because live one care was not detecting it .I could see
> >a trojan in my files so I bought stopzilla and it found no less than 34
> >infections, I removed them all and now is when i actually notice weird
> >behavior from my computer. any suggestions? thank you.
>
> You need to revert to a known clean state. If you have no other ways
> of achieving this, it ultimately means flatten and rebuild.
>
> Then you need to implement a security concept for the future in order
> to keep malware out instead of relying on removal tools.
>

 

[Kayman]

On Sat, 17 May 2008 16:28:00 -0700, newbie wrote:

> to: engel, thanks for your suggestion but the link you provided is no longer
> available and microsoft support(posts)does not have any info on actually
> recovering after removal of malware, at least i couldnt find any and to:
> straight talk , i guess i never did verify my comp.is clean now because i
> dont know how, where can i find instructions on how to make sure my computer
> is clean? i though by running one care and stopzilla together along with
> windows defender it would be sufficient, but my computer is definetly acting
> weird and i would like to know how to" flatten and rebuild" thank you all so
> much

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2....talling_Windows

 

[Victek]

> what could be causing my computer to boot up so slowly? If anything i
> thought
> it would be faster since I just removed a bunch of spyware and a virus
> too. I
> had to use stopzilla because live one care was not detecting it .I could
> see
> a trojan in my files so I bought stopzilla and it found no less than 34
> infections, I removed them all and now is when i actually notice weird
> behavior from my computer. any suggestions? thank you.
>
I suggest that you scan your computer with additional antispyware programs.
There's a good chance there are more bugs that need to be removed. Try
SuperAntiSpyware Free and Spybot Search & Destroy:

www.superantispyware.com

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

 

[Milo]

Try this if youre in the US / CANADA

1-866 727 2338 ( that’s Microsoft Security )

also Pcsafety as far as I know can proceed with your final cleanup concerns
since there are / has been significant change in the systems
performance after clean up. as you indicated was there any malware / spyware
detected by both Onecare ( or previous Windows Defender ).



"newbie" wrote in message
news:C627EEC0-A4A4-4A6B-8AB5-5367200E45E5@microsoft.com...
> to: engel, thanks for your suggestion but the link you provided is no
> longer
> available and microsoft support(posts)does not have any info on actually
> recovering after removal of malware, at least i couldnt find any and to:
> straight talk , i guess i never did verify my comp.is clean now because i
> dont know how, where can i find instructions on how to make sure my
> computer
> is clean? i though by running one care and stopzilla together along with
> windows defender it would be sufficient, but my computer is definetly
> acting
> weird and i would like to know how to" flatten and rebuild" thank you all
> so
> much
> --
>
>
>
> "Straight Talk" wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 17 May 2008 15:10:00 -0700, newbie
>> wrote:
>>
>> >what could be causing my computer to boot up so slowly? If anything i
>> >thought
>> >it would be faster since I just removed a bunch of spyware and a virus
>> >too.
>>
>> How did you verify that your computer is actually clean?
>>
>> >I had to use stopzilla because live one care was not detecting it .I
>> >could see
>> >a trojan in my files so I bought stopzilla and it found no less than 34
>> >infections, I removed them all and now is when i actually notice weird
>> >behavior from my computer. any suggestions? thank you.
>>
>> You need to revert to a known clean state. If you have no other ways
>> of achieving this, it ultimately means flatten and rebuild.
>>
>> Then you need to implement a security concept for the future in order
>> to keep malware out instead of relying on removal tools.
>>

 

[newbie]

thanks victek ,i did run spybot and did find additional spyware! dont know
why im suprised, however my computer is still acting funny so i uninstalled
stopzilla because thats when the really weird behavior began, but i dont know
if maybe it removed something that was not supposed to be removed or if
stopzilla itself was the problem, its only been a few hours since removal of
sz and my computer is running much faster but ill need time to see if it
helped the weird behavior at all, its strange how i didnt notice any
weirdness until after i installed sz, but sz DID find and remove desktop
virii which i could see but couldnt remove before sz soo... maybe sraight
talk was right and i should flatten and rebuild. thank you.
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"Victek" wrote:

> > what could be causing my computer to boot up so slowly? If anything i
> > thought
> > it would be faster since I just removed a bunch of spyware and a virus
> > too. I
> > had to use stopzilla because live one care was not detecting it .I could
> > see
> > a trojan in my files so I bought stopzilla and it found no less than 34
> > infections, I removed them all and now is when i actually notice weird
> > behavior from my computer. any suggestions? thank you.
> >
> I suggest that you scan your computer with additional antispyware programs.
> There's a good chance there are more bugs that need to be removed. Try
> SuperAntiSpyware Free and Spybot Search & Destroy:
>
> www.superantispyware.com
>
> http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
>