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Posted: 22:16 - 01 Mar 2018 Post subject: Win 7 probs, wot do? |
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So, suddenly my laptop has gone a bit mental - took forever to boot up, then won't open any applications, or might open a browser, then freezes when I try and do anything else.
Tried a system restore, which made no difference, then did some googling and ended up running sfc/scannow from the CMD prompt - that hung at 79% an took 45 minutes to tell me it couldn't run.
I've now discovered that everything runs fine if I start in safe mode with networking, which is where I am now.
Samsung lappy, about 3 years old, no changes from standard and I haven't downloaded anything in almost 2 years (AVG says no viruses).
Not very tech savvy, but I can follow instructions, if anyone has any ideas.
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I had exactly the same issue twice in the past few months, also win7.
The first time, after a fresh OS install. The Windows update app failed to update the system, but kept trying regardless, eating up a very reasonable portion of my computing power (70-80% CPU utilisation). Fixed by manually installing updates by the KB codes and all that. A known issue, probably caused by Microsoft themselves to promote win10.
The second time I had this issue, the reason was much simpler. Malware in the system files = antivirus had no clue. I only found out about that as that was the very last thing I tried to fix my computer. How to check for malware? There are a plenty of scan tools around, free of charge and actually working. The issue however is, that the only way how you may get rid of the malware is mostly by removing the infected files. In my case that was the explorer.exe; the programe could not ''just repair it''. So now my PC runs as it should, but every time I boot the OS up, I have to manualy turn the explorer.exe on in the task manager.
EDIT: Microsoft has its own malware scanner tool on their site for free. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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M.C wrote: | andym wrote: | I done a scan with AVG and that found nothing, done a scan with malwarebytes and that found 6 trojans (3 of which were bitminers), after they were cleared out the computer went back to normal. |
That's pretty standard, AVG isn't great but it offers real-time protection, even though half of the alerts seem to be for genuine software. Along with the increased ads that's why I stopped using it. |
AVG is crap, ever since the bought Avast or the other way around, using the free version was not a pleasant experience, with yearly registration, that stopped working for me.
Now I run the MS Security essentials (not part of the w7 install) and I am very happy, as it doesn't bother me with ads, nor registrations etc., and it really only uses the HW resouces when you perform testing + you may limit the amount of CPU utilisation. Does it really protect my PC? Not sure about that, but it seems to run properly, so I'd say yes. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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mpd72 wrote: | The hard drive is fecked. Trust me, I'll put money on it.
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Shame I'm not a gambling man, I would've won large! (not that I would've taken it, I knew that wasn't the problem)
Tried Avast, AVG and Rhyno's suggestion, everything came back clean.
Ran Malwarebytes (Thanks Andy, I had forgotten about that one) found 52 faults, quarantined, problem solved. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
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Pjay wrote: | Shaft wrote: |
Shame I'm not a gambling man, I would've won large! (not that I would've taken it, I knew that wasn't the problem)
Tried Avast, AVG and Rhyno's suggestion, everything came back clean.
Ran Malwarebytes (Thanks Andy, I had forgotten about that one) found 52 faults, quarantined, problem solved. |
You could have just run the simple combofix program I linked at the start and fixed it in no time at all.
Never mind though. |
I did look at it, but even their own website tells you not to use it unless you have an expert to hand; I also read a few reviews that said it caused more problems than it fixed, so I wasn't preparred to take a chance that I could use it properly. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
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