Re: Am I missing something here or perhaps I am paranoid? (No I don't see dead people.)

From: Jupiter Jones (jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com)
Date: 04/05/03 

From: "Jupiter Jones" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 00:09:54 -0700

Sean;
Has Spybot and AVG both been updated recently?
Try these if you already haven't:
Run an updated virus scan.
Run Disk Cleanup checking all boxes except "Compress old files"
Run Defrag.
If you have file sharing software such as Kazaa, disable it.
Check this link:
http://www.aumha.org/a/noads.php
Run Ad-Aware (free version) or Spybot to check for spyware:
http://www.lavasoft.de/
Or
http://spybot.eon.net.au/

When you go to Task Manager (Ctrl/Alt/Del), what are the processes
using the most?
Is the system managing the paging file?
If no, what are the settings? 

-- 
Jupiter Jones
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"Sean" <res1sozz@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:uE6xXnz#CHA.1820@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I am and old DOS man, just finished my degree in Computer Networking
and I'm
> embarrassed to ask for help however I am at my wits end.
>
> Situation:
>   Running XP Home (System was an Xmas gift) to be used for personal
use.
> System suffered a complete and unrecoverable crash 1 week prior to
SP1. XP
> Home has since been reinstalled (Wife likes it now.
[Prefer/Educated in
> Win2K] ) and the system seems to be starting the same course towards
another
> crash.  I'm running SpyBotSD and AVG using XP's Firewall.  I had
been using
> Norton's Internet Security and AV, but they seem to be resource
hogs.
>   1.2G Processor, 512MB RAM, cheap Video card came with the system.
VoDSL
> connection with dynamic IP.  40 GB HD
>
> Problem:
>   System Resources are steadily being eaten away with no app's
running
> Files are starting to come up missing and when I'm online gaming
(DSL) it
> lags so bad.  Now when I am playing offline the game is lagging when
before
> I had no problems whatsoever.   XP is telling me that I am running
out of
> Virtual Memory and the app I am using dumps.
>
> Questions:
>   Is this a system issue or security issue?
>   If it is a security problem how can I prevent further issues,
where to
> look for answers?
>
>
> Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated.  Thank you,
>         Sean, (the old dog trying to learn a few new tricks....)
>
>

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