pre-historicly slow computer for no apparent reason!?!?!?!

[trailrider894]

so all the sudden one day my computer just slows down so much that it takes it more than a minute to open my mozzila firefox. it won't run any sort of program without freezing witch causes a restart. even opening my documents is a evening long task!!! not quite sure what spiked this. i did load up the hard drive with some stuff from another computer that i was backing up (the computer had no internet access so no viruses/spyware/malware etc.... would have been spread though this process.) i am just not sure what caused this, any one have any ideas. the computer is a windows XP SP2 with the SP3 update that i downloaded from the microsoft site. i am a computer geek but can not figure this one out.

 

[Druid]

I don't know man. It is still sounds like a virus to me. I have no other ideas.

 

[trailrider894]

even though it has been this way for a few months?? and it doesn't get any worse or any better as every day goes on. and if it is a virus then how does my scans come up clean?? is there some way i can get some help to find out if i do or not?

 

[Ethan_Kaizer]

Sounds like a virus. You can either go through Osiris' spyware guide and all that jazz, or reinstall your OS.

 

[Lexluethar]

Spyware, when in doubt and your computer is acting extremely slow out of 'nowhere' you usually have a virus or adware.

 

[KSoD]

http://www.techist.com/forums/f51/spyware-removal-guide-osiris-updated-11-13-2008-a-165828/