The CPU usage high mad after DL anti virus

Hi, I hope someone can help me! I have an XP machine running Microsoft Security Essentials for a long time without any problem. Recently, my PC slowed to a crawl, so I ran the utility system to clean programs, disk clean up/Defrag, etc. I then noticed by Control Alt Delete I had a program that took a ton of memory. I googled the program and (sorry don't have the name because I am now in a different pc). But Google search resulted in the guilty being Security Essentials. I removed SE and downloaded Nod32 and had the same problem, although this time the culprit was nod32. I am under SP3 and am very * on updates, etc. I have that turns off the PC until I know what is the cause. It seems that no matter what AV program installed my machine is very slow. Any ideas or suggestions? Thank you!

The specs of this machine are?

  • Processor (manufacturer, number of cores, speed)?
  • Amount of (RAM RAM)?
  • Manufacturer of the video card (* is shared with system memory)?
  • Size of the hard disk (free space total and current)
  • Windows XP is at least patched with Service Pack 3?

Download (FREE) MalwareBytes and SuperAntiSpyware (FREE) on another computer and carry them / set them on the first computer and perform complete system analysis - remove anything they find.

Perform a full scan of the system with eSet NOD32 antivirus - it may take some time.

Defragment the hard drive.

CHKDSK of the hard drive.

Use AutoRuns to determine that everything is put into service with the system or when you connect and then reduce how much starts until you need by changing the configuration of applications you need not necessarily to start up every time.

Have you ever visited the system manufacturer (or its components manufacturer (s)) to check if they have newer drivers for the hardware on your system for Windows XP?  Motherboard chipset, video, peripheral device audio, network device and the likes?

If you're low on space (or simply to clean):

If you are comfortable with the stability of your system, you can delete the uninstall of patches which has installed Windows XP...
http://www3.TELUS.NET/dandemar/spack.htm
(Especially of interest here - #4)
(Variant: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm )

You can run disk - integrated into Windows XP - cleanup to erase everything except your last restore point and yet more 'free '... files cleaning

How to use disk cleanup
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310312

You can disable hibernation if it is enabled and you do not...

When you Hibernate your computer, Windows saves the contents of the system memory in the hiberfil.sys file. As a result, the size of the hiberfil.sys file will always be equal to the amount of physical memory in your system. If you don't use the Hibernate feature and want to reclaim the space used by Windows for the hiberfil.sys file, perform the following steps:

-Start the Control Panel Power Options applet (go to start, settings, Control Panel, and then click Power Options).
-Select the Hibernate tab, uncheck "Activate the hibernation", and then click OK. Although you might think otherwise, selecting never under "Hibernate" option on the power management tab does not delete the hiberfil.sys file.
-Windows remove the "Hibernate" option on the power management tab and delete the hiberfil.sys file.

You can control the amount of space your system restore can use...

1. Click Start, right click my computer and then click Properties.
2. click on the System Restore tab.
3. highlight one of your readers (or C: If you only) and click on the button "settings".
4 change the percentage of disk space you want to allow... I suggest moving the slider until you have about 1 GB (1024 MB or close to that...)
5. click on OK. Then click OK again.

You can use an application that scans your system for the log files and temporary files and use it to get rid of those who:

CCleaner (free!)
http://www.CCleaner.com/
(just disk cleanup - do not play with the part of the registry for the moment)

Other ways to free up space...

SequoiaView
http://www.win.Tue.nl/SequoiaView/

JDiskReport
http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/JDiskReport/index.html

Those who can help you discover visually where all space is used.

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