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I just finished fixing my laptop of the trojan vundo virus. No signs of it at all, and believe me, I'm stoked about that. But now when I try loading any type of video, it is slower than I've ever known. Playback is choppy and buffer times are endless. And its not just videos, overall downloading speed on webpages has dropped. As a point of reference, all these things were running perfectly at full speed before the virus. Can someone help me fix these problems?
Try reinstalling the chipset & graphics drivers.
How would I do that? Please explain as I am not anywhere close to being an expert on computers.
Can't help without knowing your system specs or at least the make/model number of your laptop.
Oh, its a Toshiba M115-S3154
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No I wasn't. I'm quite new to this site and I read thats one of the things you should mention in the beginning. Computer talk is completely foreign to me.
we all had to learn from the beginning, no problem. One of the things I do before I ask a question in here is I google the problem myself first to see if I can find a good answer. If that doesn't help, then I ask my question, but I still keep searching online for a solution at the same time Sometimes I find the cure and then immediately add that to my post so others will benefit from the solution.
I'm thinking you still may have a virus problem on your PC.
Try running Trojan Remover
http://www.simplysup.com/tremover/d...
and Hitman Pro
http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro
There may still be a rootkit on your PC causing those problems.
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Ok, well I can say that mostly what I've been trying so far is cleaning the internet stuff using ATF Cleaner. I used ComboFix a few times to get rid of the trojan. I have NAV and Spysweeper running in the back. Under system properties it says Windows XP Pack 3. 1.60GHz 504mb RAM.
try the 2 things I mentioned.
Try uninstalling NAV and see if that helps. Norton is not the best AV like it's cranked up to be and will slow a PC to a crawl at the best of times.
Also try uninstalling SP3 and revert back to SP2, that may help too.Some HELP in posting on Computing.net plus free progs and instructions Cheers
Uninstalling NAV, can do. SP3, should just go through control panel right?
yes, uninstall sp3 in add/remove Be sure to use the norton uninstaller from the website:
http://service1.symantec.com/Suppor...If you don't use the uninstaller, it will still be imbedded in the registry and nothing else will work.
You will then need an anti-virus. I would suggest Avast Free (i've used it for over 9 years and the best I've found) or AVG
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Oh wait, I didnt see that update before. Let me try those. I think something is still on here too. I want to add that downloading the programs mentioned has also been a problem. Not as far as getting it, but the transfer rate falls down to virtually nothing and sometimes just stops.
Just ran Hitman Pro 3. It found one file and called it suspicious. It said it would remove it, but I dont think it did. Waiting now for the trojan remover to download.
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