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From: Paul H on 19 Jul 2010 15:52
Running the programs. Once loaded (very slowly), IE access using Google is
like lightning! Task Manager shows nothing out of the ordinary.

"Bert Hyman" <bert(a)iphouse.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9DBA6A49B4D87VeebleFetzer(a)216.250.188.141...
> In news:4c446496$0$11809$bbae4d71(a)news.suddenlink.net "Paul H"
> <NoSpamphobergNoSpam(a)att.net> wrote:
>
>> I have an Acer Aspire 5515-5831 that is running at about 20% of the
>> normal speed. It drives me crazy! 2 gig memory. Windows Vista home
>> w/service pack 1. Plenty of hard disk. I just cleaned the disk.
>> It's not swapping to disk. I've checked for virus using Avast - the
>> latest version. I've used Malwarebytes and AdAware full scan. They
>> found a few, but I had them cleaned. I ran it again, with zero
>> results the 2nd time. Ideas, anyone? TIA, Paul
>
> What's your measure of speed? Running programs locally, or accessing the
> Internet?
>
> When you run Task Manager and look at the "Performance" tab, what do you
> see?
>
> Look at the "Processes" tab, sorted on CPU; what's at the top? What
> percent of CPU capacity is consumed by the top few processes?
>
> What do you see on the "Networking" tab when you think there's nothing
> going on?
>
> --
> Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert(a)iphouse.com

From: Bob Villa on 19 Jul 2010 19:41
On Jul 19, 2:50 pm, "Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoS...(a)att.net> wrote:
> What is MB?
>
> "Bob Villa" <pheeh.z...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1902ce79-66d4-4697-94c1-11e7f40c82ee(a)y4g2000yqy.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 19, 7:43 am, "Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoS...(a)att.net> wrote:
>
> > I have an Acer Aspire 5515-5831 that is running at about 20% of the normal
> > speed. It drives me crazy! 2 gig memory. Windows Vista home w/service
> > pack 1. Plenty of hard disk. I just cleaned the disk. It's not swapping
> > to disk. I've checked for virus using Avast - the latest version. I've
> > used Malwarebytes and AdAware full scan. They found a few, but I had them
> > cleaned. I ran it again, with zero results the 2nd time. Ideas, anyone?
> > TIA, Paul
>
> You mentioned disk clean-up?  Have you used CCleaner? Run MB in
> SafeMode if you can.

You have it, MalwareBytes.
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