This is sounding more and more like a root kit of some sort! -- richard "John Aldrich" <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote on 07/06/2011 12:38:41 PM:
> Another thing is that when you go to add/remove programs, it never shows any > programs in there... not sure if it's "hidden" or if it's just so slow it's > taking too long to show. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 10:09 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Weird machine issue (home user) > > One of my former co-workers asked me to look at his computer awhile back. I > cleaned a piece of malware off it and he was happy. A few weeks back he > called me and said it was acting strange again, so i took a look at it and > ran the usual tests (malware bytes, Vipre Rescue) and nothing was found. I > ran the "autoruns" and found a few "suspicious" or unnecessary things at > startup so I disabled those. > > The computer in question is a few years old Dell running XP Media Center. > It has Vipre Home Premium on it. This afternoon I ran TDSSKiller on it and > *that* didn't find anything. > > The main symptoms are just general sluggishness opening *any* app and > severe sluggishness on the internet. The internet *could* be the ISP. He's > getting about 2.5 mb/sec down and should be getting at least 10, from what > I've been told. > > Anyway, just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on any other utilities > I could try or any other suggestions? > -- > Thanks, > John Aldrich > Blueridge Industries > IT Manager > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software. > com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
