guys this is my first post here ... my computer is really messed .. this is gonna be long so lets start .. okay a couple of days ago i was playing on my computer i turned off the computer and went to sleep .. next morning i woke up ran the pc .. everything is normal .. except that my pc when it closes does a small sound something like "techhh" its normal and it was there since the day i bought but this only happens when i shutdown but what was unnormal that this happened when the pc was running that morning .. if this happened when a game is running the game lags or crashes .. if its a movie then the movie will stop or lag ... if it is a program then the program will stop .. i did not pay much attention and kept living my life normally :D now yesterday that sound happened while i was playing css and the computer crashed i turned it off and went to sleep i woke up today and found that the pc is SOOOOOOOOOOO slow ... really i mean it .. its not like the normal slow no .. IT TAKES 1 HOUR TO START .. just to start ... 1 and half hour to run firefox .. what the hell??? games does not even run and my computer opens after half an hour!! i mean guys thats not normal at all .... this is my laptop that i am typing from .... please help .. is that a virus or hardware / software issue or what ?? ^^ thanks

overheating

what is exactly overheating ?? and what does overheating have to do with slow ??

overheating slow computer http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=... It could also be infected. What do you have installed to stop/remove infections? What have you run? Have you tried booting into Safe Mode?

thanks for the reply john ... i have avast for protection and how do i reboot in safe mod ?? ^^

xp safe mode http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=... Avast is very good. You are going to need someone with good skill level to help you, it will probably get much harder from now on.