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My internet used to be really quick but now it takes ages. I can't access hotmail via msn, the laptop is constantly making a noise (the fan), when I type it doesn't appear on the screen straight away, when I try and click it'll take a while and it's the same with scrolling. It's like the computer freezes every 3 seconds for 2 seconds then goes again. I can tell it's this long by looking at this smiley  ;goodvevil;

Anyone have any suggestions/advice?

Thank you x

You've got a virus/spyware/malware infection.

or you need to clean your fan...

how long have you had it ?

Sounds like the hard drive could be on the way out, may have bad sectors.

Other thoughts include problems with spyware or viruses compromising the machine.

I'd say not - fan is running because it's getting hot as the CPU is running all the time which is why the computer is slow.

maybe the CPU is getting hot because the fan is not working.....

Poppet feel the bottom of the laptop, is it very hot?

First things first, do an online scan:-

http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php

Some b'stards installed Norton Anti Virus onto your computer?

LOL at Bongo... he obviously knows how much time I spend onl the laptop!

I've had it a year, it was second hand off of my dads mate and it's been perfect up until a week or so ago.

You said spyware/viruses... what is the best way to get rid?

Flushy - I felt underneath the laptop and it's warm but I have noticed it to get boiling sometimes as well as the sides of the laptop by the keys.

Just scanning now and the suspicious file is Casino-on-Net and is asking if I want to remove it

Its very possible u have a lot of dust around the fan, it happened to my laptop. Ran crap for ages, i suddenly thought about the fan, opened up the lappy cleaned it out (it was full of shit) and now it runs fine.

Remove everything that it warns you about, it creates a save point so don't worry about what it removes.
My lappy gets very hot, in fact every one i've ever owned has (5 now)

Ever cleaned it out?

Well this is great! When I try and remove casino on net it doesn't go any further and crashes... arrrggghhhh

I've only ever opened one up (hard disk failed and i needed to try it on another pc) and it was ok.
Buggers to open up though.

Hmm, download adaware and also run your anti virus scanner.

http://www.snapfiles.com/php/download.php?id=100156

What antivirus software have you got poppet?

What OS are you running?

I found adaware se on my laptop so I'm running that, 80 critical at the moment.

Did you update it before you ran it?

Yeah because I hadn't run it for 200-odd days!

140 critical now, grrr

i clicked on your link IFM and it brought up 2 viruses now i have do a full sweep
i have netgaurd and it shows them up straight away grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I removed all the crap but it hasn't made a difference to my computer

Adaware won't detect all the nasties (i'd guess it picks up <50%).

Anyways what Antivirus program do you run? Is it up to date? When was the last time you ran a scan?

No viruses mate, your firewall just detected the scan (which at least means it's working).
The link is 100% good, it is one of the very best scanners out there.

That surprises me i always thought it was the best adware scanner?

I meant anti virus not firewall.
I can promise that the link has no viruses.

Bit out of date now but here's an article:

http://windowssecrets.com/comp/050127/#story1

GIANT was bought by MS and is now MS Defender or whatever they call it.

Best advice is to use more than one for scans.

Interesting, i have 3 different scanners:
microsoft
spybot
adaware
If i run them in that order adaware still seems to find something the others missed.
What do you think the best one is?

TBH they all seem to find something the others haven't picked up, which is why I wouldn't rely on only one.

SpySweeper has also been handy in the past removing an infection on a clients machine that wouldn't budge any other way (even manually!).

I've restarted and it seems to be working better now. Thanks so much for your help everyone.