Actually, I only run Norton Antivirus and Zone Alarm during start up in
system tray (Msconfig). I also defragged recently.
Thanks for the other suggestions thou, I will do that.
Frank


"Bill Ridgeway" <info@1001solutions.co.uk> wrote in message
news:erknle$v18$1@aioe.org...
> You have <<Zone Alarm fire wall, Spybot Search and Destroy, Lavasoft
> Adaware, Webroot Spy Sweeper and Spyware Blaster>> running. That's
> somewhat over the top, they are all using resource and, possibly
> 'fighting' with each other. You could reduce the antispyware products
> from 3 to 2 and, possibly, also do without Lavasoft Adaware.
>
> You could have too many applications running at start-up.
>
> Part of the solution may be to stop applications running at start up.
> Have a look (Windows explorer- Documents and settings) at all Start
> Menu-Programs-Start Up. These are only icons so it is safe to delete all
> that are not absolutely essential. You could also look at System
> Configuration Utility (Msconfig) and untick anything you don't want to
> start at start-up - but be careful for some strange results -although they
> can be rectified.
>
> Another part of a solution may be to defragment the hard disk.
>
> Yet another possible solution is to clean the Registry using something
> like Registry Mechanic.
>
> Regards.
>
> Bill Ridgeway
> Computer Solutions
>
> "frank777" <frank777@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Kvidnfm8sekYSUDYnZ2dnUVZ_tunnZ2d@adelphia.com ...
>> Hi, I have had virus /Trojans and spyware on my computer a while ago.
>> They were all eliminated. My computer is Dell 9200 with Windows XP SP2
>> and Explorer 6. I clean internet temp. files and cookies regularly.
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>> I have all the MS critical updates installed and use Norton System Works
>> (w/ Antivirus)2006 scan every day.
>> I also have installed Zone Alarm fire wall, Spybot Search and Destroy,
>> Lavasoft Adaware, Webroot Spy Sweeper and Spyware Blaster, all updated
>> regularly. Only things that ever comes up during scans are some tracking
>> cookies discovered by Adaware. I even scanned my computer in safe mode
>> but nothing showed up.
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>> Having sad all that, my computer is still acting strangely.
>> It runs slower then it used to, even thou not all the time. It takes
>> quite along time for some applications to open and run.
>> Sometimes computer won't shut down, just hanging before turning itself
>> down.
>> I can hear my hard disk running a lot or screen comes back on at random
>> (computer wakes up) even when no application is used and no key pressed.
>> There are about 25 files in Internet temp. folder and one other internet
>> clutter file that can't be deleted either manually or by Norton "One
>> Button" check up.
>>
>> Can anybody suggest what to do and how can I be sure there are no
>> malicious programs running on my computer?
>> Thanks a lot,
>> Frank
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