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01/31/14 at 08:06:35

Im having some real "slowdown" issues. I opened task manager & closed tabs. CPU use went from over 50% to next to nothing, opened Firefox again, CPU use spiked, dropped back to 4%, working fast.. in 10 minutes, CPU use is back up to over 50 %, I have 3 tabs open, Suzukisavage, Illuminattiguzzisti & Infowars, back to slow & setting the cursor with a mouseclick to autoscroll makes it herky jerky,,

Should I uninstall Firefox & reinstall? Ive got a bug somewhere,, how do I find it & stomp it?

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28657 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Dear Geeks Reply #1 - 01/31/14 at 08:12:03 Download malwarebytes and let it do a scan...(follow their instructions, they may want you to scan in safe mode)... malwarebytes has a free version... http://www.malwarebytes.org/lp/lp4/?gclid=CKO4x6XnqLwCFQPhQgodtCUAfg
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Reply #2 - 01/31/14 at 09:30:50

I'll second that. Since it seems to be firefox doing it, are there several video ads playing in one of the screens? A few video ads can create some slowdown. I've had this problem before especially if several of them are flash or even some flash based websites have caused slowdowns.

Definitely determine if you have a malware problem. That can be some bad stuff.

We are assuming you have funcioning anti-virus? If not, you can download a pretty decent free antivirus from http://free.avg.com.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Dear Geeks Reply #3 - 01/31/14 at 09:39:21 I used to use avg, then I got a virus.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Dear Geeks Reply #4 - 01/31/14 at 10:10:53 MMkay, Rowboat,, Im loadin it now,,Ive got McAfee that warns me off of some sites, but after I spent a few hours on Craigs List huntin a car it got way wonky & never said WHOOAA!! Are you sure you want to go there?
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Dear Geeks Reply #5 - 01/31/14 at 10:27:33 Well,, POOT! It asks "what do you want to do?" Options Save cancel I hit save,, It didnt ask where, no "Run" option,, I have no clue where it is..
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Reply #6 - 01/31/14 at 10:36:22

I havent run anti-malware in a bit ( work does it for me at work) havent been using the home PC much.
But I do third the anti-malware

Another test would be to hit both suzukisavage and guzzi websites but not infowars.. and see what happends over time. i susupect that the infowars page is running some "scripts" which uses your PC's CPU to power. If the problem goes away you know its them. If it does not go away then yeah... most likely a trojan on your system.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Dear Geeks Reply #7 - 01/31/14 at 10:51:15 Killed Infowars, went from 54% cpu TO 53% sTILL SLOW AS CRAP.. I cant run the program, since I cant find it.. Im using XP, so, anyone who can tell me how to make this work, Im ready,, If nothing else, Ill delete firefox & reload it,, cuz when I close that, CPU use goes to almost nuthin,,
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2538 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: Dear Geeks Reply #8 - 01/31/14 at 11:55:02 Firefox screen has a down arrow icon, in the upper right area of the screen, next to the "home" icon. That is where the downloads are. Click, you should see the dowloads. Right click on a file and you can open the "containing folder" OR C:\Documents and Settings\xxxxxx\My Documents\Downloads At least that is where mine go.
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Reply #9 - 01/31/14 at 14:23:05

Okay! Its right where ya said,,,It says close all windows & disable antivirus & firewalls,, I have the free AVG,, I cant figure out how to disable it, & I have no idea if I even have a firewall,
Thanks guys for the help,, Ive built a few puters, motherboard, power supply, disk drives & all installed & formatted & installed the OS & they worked, but this stuff isnt what I know,, & I never wanna build another one, either,,

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28657 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Dear Geeks Reply #10 - 01/31/14 at 14:28:35 Put a shortcut to m-bytes on you desktop... then shut sown... boot back up holding down the F8 key and you should go to safe mode... Try running it from there... (I think that will bypass your AVG and firewall)l... Anybody.. feel free to tell me I'm wrong... I ain't that computer clever either... ...
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Re: Dear Geeks
Reply #12 - 01/31/14 at 15:40:54

Serowbot wrote on 01/31/14 at 14:28:35:

Put a shortcut to m-bytes on you desktop... then shut sown...
boot back up holding down the F8 key and you should go to safe mode...
Try running it from there... (I think that will bypass your AVG and firewall)l...

Anybody.. feel free to tell me I'm wrong... I ain't that computer clever either...
Huh

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Nuh UHH! Not till ya tel me how to Get OUTTA there..

Is Kaperski Free?

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28657 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Dear Geeks Reply #13 - 01/31/14 at 16:25:12 Out of safe mode?... you do the same as you normally do... Jes' click "Turn off da' computer"...
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2538 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: Dear Geeks Reply #14 - 01/31/14 at 16:42:24 JOG in safe mode. The mere suggestion boggles the mind...
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