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computer is acting very slow and runs programs continously

chrisitnel · 2008-10-10T22:58:51+00:00

Hi, my computer is running extremely strange lately and very slow and programs seems to run on and on??? here is the log , thanking you for your time in this mess. have a wonderful day~ God Bless Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 15:58:05, on 10/10/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16705) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\aawservice.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArcSoft\Connection Service\Bin\ACService.exe C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgwdsvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgr

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Shaba Admin/Teacher Emeritus

October 16, 2008, 2:39 PM UTC

If you click that icon with folder and arrow in the left side of Search, which folder you see?

chrisitnel

October 16, 2008, 5:35 PM UTC

chrisitnel

October 16, 2008, 5:44 PM UTC last edited October 16, 2008, 5:46 PM UTC

Shaba Admin/Teacher Emeritus

October 16, 2008, 5:44 PM UTC

Are you able to find this folder:

C:\Program Files\Common ?

Shaba Admin/Teacher Emeritus

October 20, 2008, 8:43 AM UTC

Sorry I missed that you have edited your post.

Please delete Common folder in Program Files (DON'T delete Common files Folder).

Let me know if it helped.

Shaba Admin/Teacher Emeritus

October 25, 2008, 8:58 AM UTC

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