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(Solved) Desktop pc suddenly slow
Lady:
I did CCleaner registry and JRT. CCleaner gave a LOT of entries, almost all for Silverlight. JRT logfile is attached. If I'm correct in reading the file the pc is so squeaky clean now that JRT couldn't find anything interesting anymore. :smiley: Doesn't CCleaner give a log somewhere? Might be interesting for you.
Can we wait with disabling MBAM real-time and first see if the slow returns? I feel so very nicely protected now. :smiley:
I can very easily disable real-time in MBAM settings. They have 2: against malware and malicious websites.
Lady:
Bad news: I've been checking the pc a few times this evening and it has become superslow again. I just now made a pic of Process Explorer to check its values with tomorrow morning after a fresh start.
Is it a memory leak, Boggin? How can it be that the pc can be really fast with the same amount of tabs in Firefox, MBAM and BG running in real-time etc. and become so slow, when I'm not doing anything different?
Is it time for a WR? I mean, it's obvious something has corrupted parts of the system, hasn't it?
Can you ask Shane whether a WR can be done with dynamic discs? And will a restore point work?
Also, a re-install is becoming an option for me more and more. If you assist me. :smiley: I've had major problems with this pc since I bought it in Dec. 2013. It's crazy and it's driving me crazy. I think we should delete everything and make it a brand new one.
Boggin:
Yes, if it no longer slows then you can leave things as they are.
However, the normal MBAM if the free version isn't an active scanner so there is no need for it to run in the background when you boot up and having its service disabled will have no effect on it when you boot it up.
I also have all items under the Startup tab in msconfig disabled as well as some non-MS services under the Services tab.
My AV program - Norton Security sits under the Services tab, although some AVs can be listed under the Startup tab and may not reinstate themselves after being unchecked and the Apply button clicked.
Strangely enough, when I used CCleaner to check my registry there was also quite a lot of Silverlight entries which I had it delete after creating the back up it offered.
EDIT - Just seen your recent post - I noticed from your last TM pic that the memory usage was still on the high side, but if that didn't affect anything then that could be left.
Normally when a machine becomes slow the longer you use it, that can sometimes point to an overheating problem but something is eating up the memory.
What did Shane say last time about running WR with your Dynamic disks.
I tend to distrust restore points when it comes to running a major program like WR and would create a full system image, which includes the Recovery partition where there is one, onto external media before I would run the program.
Doing that pulled me out of the mire when I tried Uniblue's Power Suite in my naivety, which is a tune up program and which damaged files beyond repair - but on a couple of occasions when I've used my restore points, the laptop has froze and the only way to do anything with it was to power shut it down.
This results in just a black screen with a big white cursor arrow and the only way out of that with an OEM machine is to factory reset with the Recovery disks which some vendors allow you to make.
As another precaution, it's best to go into the Setup (BIOS) and change the boot order to permanently check the disk drive and USB if applicable before it checks the HDD for an OS to boot up.
Boggin:
Shane says that you are okay to run WR.
Lady:
I have the paid version of MBAM, it's active on malware and on malicious websites. I really want it to stay active. I just now updated my YouTubeDownloaderHD and MBAM always picks out and deletes their OpenCandyPUP.
I've been rereading some of my older posts and as far as I can recall Shane and I never discussed WR in connection to the dynamic discs. When I did a WR in Nov. 2014 on my desktop pc I didn't know yet about the DDs. :tongue:
Maybe I'm all wrong but I can stop all kinds of features from running but that won't erase the cause of the memory leak. Yesterday I looked at the TM of a friend's laptop. She has 4 Gb RAM and a high memory usage, I believe it was 2.9 or 3.4 or something, and no problems with slowness.
I made a full system image backup on 15-09-2015 after I learned how to do that on my laptop, remember? After removing all the Lenovo bloatware crap. If I make a system image backup now, won't I be backing up the memory leak monster as well?
I don't think my desktop is an OEM. I had it custom-made in a pc shop and I asked for a W7 cd-rom.
Very nice recommendation, your precaution. Remind me please if we get to that point.
I read the site page by Leo which you recommended. https://askleo.com/how_do_i_fix_this_high_cpu_usage_svchost_virus_or_whatever_it_is/
But I see it's about WindowsXP in 2007 and there has been a Microsoft fix for that. It did give me the info that svchosts are often the place for viruses to hide.
First I'll go to the Dutch IT website which specializes in malware etc. Maybe they can find our monster. :cheesy:
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