PC keeps hanging
08 January 2004, 08:10 PM
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My pc is going nuts every now & then, everything slows down seriously. I'm keeping task manager open all the time now & it looks like windows explorer is using 90%-100% of CPU resources & this is causing it to slow everything down. Surely explorer shouldn't be using this much resources? Have run ad aware/spybot & AVG anti virus so my pc should be totally clear. How can I find what's causing it??
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08 January 2004, 08:13 PM
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It sounds like a Klez virus. It tags itself to your network settings - e.g. SVCHOST and then passes 100% of CPU time to this - it does not damage computer, but you'll need and extraction tool from www.symantec.com
08 January 2004, 09:04 PM
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There are a lot of diffrent Klez viruses, start ending all the SVCHOST files running in processes, if the computer locks you out and starts a countdown timer, its normally a variant of the W32 Klez.
08 January 2004, 09:05 PM
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Reboot ... press F8 as it enters windows . and select safe mode .
Now do a disk defrag (programs->accessories-> system tools -> disk defragmenter )and it may help performance ..
[Edited by Redkop - 1/20/2004 9:42:25 PM]
08 January 2004, 09:17 PM
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Deffo not a defrag issue as I do that at least once a week & only defragged C: 2 days ago.
Can anyone reccomend some decent AV software as AVG isn't doing its job
Cool, I'll try ending svchost & see what happens next time it starts playing up.
It's real odd it'll go nuts for about 10-15mins at 100% cpu then it'll go back down to 0 & be fine for a while.
[Edited by JayPSC - 1/8/2004 9:21:30 PM]
Can anyone reccomend some decent AV software as AVG isn't doing its job
Cool, I'll try ending svchost & see what happens next time it starts playing up.
It's real odd it'll go nuts for about 10-15mins at 100% cpu then it'll go back down to 0 & be fine for a while.
[Edited by JayPSC - 1/8/2004 9:21:30 PM]
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08 January 2004, 09:26 PM
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Sort of.......go here http://www.merijn.org/downloads.html and download HiJack This, it will find anything running that shouldn't be but don't delete everything it finds and then try here www.free-av.com
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