Why does firefox keep freezing/not responding?

October 26, 2009

I’m running firefox and it constantly freezes and says not responding at the top. It does this for about 30 seconds and then comes back but its happening more often now. I tried scanning my computer for viruses, malware, and cleaned the registry but nothing.
Where do I check about the plugins and extensions?

Why does my computer run so slow?

October 25, 2009

I have 3079 mb ram memory, am running vista, and still it takes forever to open programs. Just opening a file with thumbnail images takes a good 30 secs to a min. I have run multiple malware scans, anti-virus scans….have cleaned all my temp files and unused registry entries. Why does my computer still run so slow?

My computer is freezing when windows update tries to install updates, how do I fix this?

October 23, 2009

So yea, I did the registry cleaner thing, antivirus scan, and malwarebytes scan, and my computer was rnning great again. However, maybe after a minute or 2, windows tells me that it cannot install anyupdates and click here to solve the problem. At that very moment when i get that message, my whole computer starts to freeze up again. And I know its not a virus or malware. What could be the problem? Should I Just completely turn off windows updates? Best answer for 10 points.

Whats wrong with my computer, its slow and wont start up some programs?

October 21, 2009

I have avg installed, no viruses, used malwarbytes, no malware. Used a good registry cleaner(registry cleaner) all taken cared of, I did disk clean up, all good, I even tweaked with the virtual memory and its still slow. I even tried to install super anti spyware and i cant, I get some type of error. I even tried to do system restore, but the pc wont let me open it(turned of by group). Is it just that I need more ram? Because i tried to run disk defragment, but it never finished(maybe because Im using vista, and I dont have enough ram. A little help please? Best answer for 10 points.

SVCHOST.EXE QUESTION?

October 13, 2009

Hi there.
This is a serious question for programmers and other interested parties.

Recently I experienced a general slowing down of my machine. I use Norton 360 V3 But I realized that this program was not finding the malware in the registry.

After some investigation, I realized that I needed some extra help.
I downloaded Malwarebytes ; CCleaner and I already had a StormSoft Registry Cleaner. Well, the Stomsoft registry cleaner world not run,and I guess this was because whatever malware was still in the machine was fighting this program to load (and still won’t run).

I installed and ram Malwarebytes three or four times and ws pleased with this program’s abilities. Well done Malwarebytes. Then I ran CCleaner a few times, and this also seemed to work quite well, too.

Now my question is this… I know that svchost.exe is supposed to be in C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe (01/19/2008) attribute ‘a’
But I have also discovered it in …..
C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-services-svchost_31bf3865ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_b5bb59a1054dbde5\svchost.exe ***(DATED 05/29/2008) Attribute ‘a’ ***

C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-services-svchost_31bf3865ad364e35_6.0.6000.18000_none_b5bb59a1054dbde5\svchost.exe ***(DATED 11/02/2006) Attribute ‘a’ ***

Apart from the dates, the only other difference is 6000. rather than 6001 as with the later one above this.

Should this be here? Should I delete these two files and what do they do?

Any help in understanding this issue would be most appreciated.
Victor
I am weary of downloading SpiceWorks . Mainly because so many free (let’s fix your PC programs) downloads actually put malware unto your computer. Your thoughts would be helpful.