Re: Do I have a worm OR virus...computer going very slow and ...



From: "writer" <writer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

| Thanks in advance for you time...but my computer has all of a sudden gone
| very slow in it operations. I have run my virus software (AVG free version)
| as well as ad aware for spam and have found nothing. I checked the speed of
| my cable signal and it is around 3000 which is very fast. I rebooted my
| cable modem and got rid of all the internet files and it made no difference.
| Interesting when I try to log out i get this message that i must close all
| files otherwise I will lose the information. SO I have to click on something
| to close down my computer. THis is wierd because I have no known files
| running. IS all this a sign that there is a problem with a worm or virus? HOw
| do I find out what is going on especially since my software for viruses does
| not show anything. I Have had this problem before where the anti-virus
| software does not show a worm.....any suggestions you have would be most
| appreciated...
| thanks...
| --
| writer


For non-viral malware...

Please download, install and update the following software...

* Ad-aware SE v1.06
http://www.lavasoft.de/
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

* SpyBot Search and Destroy v1.4
http://security.kolla.de/

After the software is updated, I suggest scanning the system in Safe Mode.

I also suggest downloading, installing and updating BHODemon for any Browser Helper Objects
that may be on the PC.

* BHODemon
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm

For viral malware...

* Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm


* * * Please report back your results * * *


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm


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