Why the long wait?

[Deano888]

To those of you who dont know I recently had a host of viruss and had to have my computer wiped.The trouble now is that there is a big pause during operations, even the simplist of tasks.
Eg-just double clicking on IE results in a minute wait whereas before it used to be instant.
Any help most appreciated thank you

Its doing my head in lol

[BANDITS]

Just a thought but i had simular problem when my computer was infested with spyware! Some internet sites would take forever to open but when i ran a spyware fix program all was good again!
hope this helps?

[Deano888]

Originally Posted by BANDITS

Just a thought but i had simular problem when my computer was infested with spyware! Some internet sites would take forever to open but when i ran a spyware fix program all was good again!
hope this helps?

cheers, can anyone recommend a safe fix program where you dont have to sign up or register please

[adydb]

Trend Micro mate...

Trend Micro HouseCall - Free Online Virus and Spyware Scan - Trend Micro UK

takes an age to run (2-3 hours) but with good solid results.

[millview53]

Originally Posted by Deano888

To those of you who dont know I recently had a host of viruss and had to have my computer wiped.The trouble now is that there is a big pause during operations, even the simplist of tasks.
Eg-just double clicking on IE results in a minute wait whereas before it used to be instant.
Any help most appreciated thank you

Its doing my head in lol

Delete the contents of the folder C/windows/prefetch,
this speeds up my internet when i empty it.

[Deano888]

Originally Posted by adydb

Trend Micro mate...

Trend Micro HouseCall - Free Online Virus and Spyware Scan - Trend Micro UK

takes an age to run (2-3 hours) but with good solid results.

Cheers Ady,give it a go tomorrow

[adydb]

Originally Posted by millview53

Delete the contents of the folder C/windows/prefetch,
this speeds up my internet when i empty it.

And perfectly safe too, something I do on a regular basis....this was designed for the dial-up days...prefetching a page so it don't have to reread the whole thing---history now!

In addition to millview...*delete your temp and %temp% files (via start>run)

*Make a note of your passwords though!

[Deano888]

Originally Posted by millview53

Delete the contents of the folder C/windows/prefetch,
this speeds up my internet when i empty it.

Thanks millview

[Gazeyre1966]

I swear by this!!! It's helped out no end on my PC and literally repaired 3 PC's heading for the bin. Spybot Search & Destroy....updated every few days too.

The home of Spybot-S&D!

[Deano888]

Originally Posted by adydb

And perfectly safe too, something I do on a regular basis....this was designed for the dial-up days...prefetching a page so it don't have to reread the whole thing---history now!

In addition to millview...*delete your temp and %temp% files (via start>run)

*Make a note of your passwords though!

Cheers again Ady,my heads mashed tonight so Ill start afresh tomorrow.

Off topic-Getting ready for another order from chillipepperpete,my stocks are nearly depleted