Hi all,

2 days ago my machine was running sweet although firefox was freezing a bit. Since then my entire system has come to a standstill and I am completely out of ideas.

The taskbar and start menu are completely unresponsive. the computer is rediculously slow and it seems as if something is running. I have been into safe mode and it works great, fast and everything. I have done scans and removed everything I even ran the malicious removal tool and it says theres a Zlob Trojan but it only partially removed it and didnt give me any indication as to where it was. as soon as I boot normally its as if I have done nothing and the problem persists.

Please help I am using Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit.

Many thanks

Kal

What sort of anti-virus are you running? Have you run a scan in safe mode?

It might be worth using a LiveCD of a Linux distribution or putting your HD into another PC in order to run a virus scan.

The easiest thing from a users perspective would be to back up their data to an external drive, (booting from a Live CD if needs be) then re-installing Windows, (making sure you wipe the hard drive first).

No, really. Life is too short to spend it investigating PC slowdown problems. Just wipe it and start again. That's what I'd do... and do do on a regular basis.

Thanks guys,

yeah I know your right, wiping and re-installing is so much easier, at the moment I cant do that because I have way too much valuable data and no where to put it lol.

I ran several scans in safe mode, but strangely this morning, fingers crossed, its working! for the moment anyway.

Thanks for the help

Kal

run a scan using malwarebytes. It'll clean up any remnants

turn off disable system restore
restart into safe mode then run your scans …

after the scans state you are clean
restart and then turn on reenable system restore and create a new restore point …