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whenever i click on start and then on search my cpu usage goes to 100 % and then the whole start menu and task bar sort of freeze so i cant do anything the desktop and icons still work though does anyone know whats wrong i already checked for viruses and i found one but i deleted it so dont know whats wrong
Open Task Manager and see if there are any suspicious looking Processes running in the background especially when this 100% cpu usage happens.
ive done that and theres nothing i dont recognize
Is that the only thing that causes the problem ? does it do it all the time ?
yeah thats the only thing that causes the problem and it does it all the time
is your computer all updated/patched and virus/trogan checked? Just a quick check to rule out trivial causes. Maybe an online check would be good, as new virus' can actually disable the checker and make it skip over the infected file. You said you did find a virus, what was it and effects?
How long does the taskbar freeze for, do you have to reset etc?
good luck anyway.
the taskbar stops responding period so i have to restart i do have all the updates and patches and i forgot what the virus was called sorry
You might wanna try SFC /SCANNOW to see if it finds any missing or corrupt Windows files...
ok im going to go do that right now
i ran sfc /scannow and everything was ok
Through Task Manager you should be able to see the Process that is responsible for eating up all the cpu resources. What Anti-virus and Firewall program are you using?
im using mcafee and avg and my firewall is mcafee and zonealarm
You have 2 anti-virus programs and 2 firewall programs running at the same time?
yeah is that bad?
Yes, that is the reason why your PC is freezing. Just use 1 anti-virus and 1 firewall.Quote:
Originally posted by biker666_05
yeah is that bad?
but it only occurs when i click on search my computer wont freeze until i press search
Well try doing the search again with just 1 anti-virus and 1 firewall running. I'm sure you can deactivate either 1 of them temporarily without having to uninstall.
i tried it with avg and zonealarm on and my start menu and taskbar still doesnt work but my desktop does
Temporarily disable the AV, firewall, and any other background program.
Then run search, and if it freezes wait for about 10-20 minutes until it unfreezes.
Then shut off the search companion. To do that click the "change preferences" option in the window on the left of the search screen.
Then click search:
"WITHOUT AN ANIMATED Screen CHARACTER"
It could be that the character is slowing down your PC causing the freezing.
One thing, what are your system specs?
Also try click the WINDOWS KEY, and F for a file search. and the Windows Key + F1 for a "my computer" search.
:D
i waited 15 min and it doesnt unfreeze i disabled all my av and firewalls i already had the dumb dog disabled i have an athlon at 2 ghz with 256 mb of ram
What else do you have running on that particular machine?
Also did you try the windows key + the F key? What result did you find?
How did you disable the dog, if you can't get into the search program itself?
i disabled the dog with registry i did try the windows key+ f and the same thing happend
by running do u mean the processes or hardware
spyware
download
www.lavasoftusa.com
ad-aware
just to be sure
something is holding your hard drive
might be hd starting to go
egghead
i already used ad aware and spybot no spyware my hd is 6 years old is that too old:D
You should back up important data, that drive is too old, it may go soon!Quote:
Originally posted by biker666_05
i already used ad aware and spybot no spyware my hd is 6 years old is that too old:D
well thanx everyone for your help
i still think i can get a couple of more years out of it:D
biker666_05 you need to do as Conan suggest. Backup your data and see if you can get one of those $49 80gig hard drive's at Best Buy, also one more stick of ram will do wonders for your puter ;)
At the least you should reinstall Windows, Mcafee and Zonealarm install deep into your system and even if you uninstall them they leave parts that can cause problems. Plus you don't know what that virus really did but it seems that you have some bad problem after the fact.
Use AVG anti-virus and Sygate firewall, you can get both for free and they work excellent plus if you unistall them they do a clean job.
Keep in touch
yeah i already backed up my hd on cdr's and im planning to get a bigger hd this x-mas
When did you last defrag the HDD ??
Might be worth running a Disk Defrag.
HDD is a little too old for the specs of your computer, it becomes a real bottle neck, especially when its start to use virtual-memory. I had similar problem on upgrade computer, upgrade everything to latest, except kept 10gb OLD HD, this thing was grinding by the time all progs installed. Waited until special on 80GB, then DriveCopy contents across :D All is sweet and dandy now, system response is amazing.
i ran the defrag like three days ago
6 years is certainly too old! I had an old 3GB seagate bought with the computer about 8 years ago. 4 years down the seagate crashed, suffering from the "stickion" problem. (Ok so I decided never to buy seagate ever again from on) I replaced it with another 3Gb Fujitsu but 4 years old now and its suffering multiple drive errors. I am losing clusters with evey boot. But don't worry, that computer is now my sister's! I am using a brand-new one. hehe. But she keeps pestering me to "fix" the drive errors. I just know its time to trash the old computer...I have another computer (a Gateway)now 3 years old, the Quantum Fireball in it is still good. I use a Dell 8300. I wonder if Hitachi drives is reliable or not? I know Maxtor is still the best!:DQuote:
my hd is 6 years old is that too old
In recent hardware reviews the Hitachi drives are proving to be quite good and are top performers!Quote:
Originally posted by joshsiao
I wonder if Hitachi drives is reliable or not? I know Maxtor is still the best!:D
I think the WD Raptors are the best when it comes to performance (non SCSI) then the Hitachi drives second. I use a Maxtor which I think is middle of the road now a days, nothing wrong with middle of the road ;)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 review
try this go to msconfig and uncheck everything in there reboot...then go into the search. and see if it locks up if it doesnt try clicking on one at a time till it does lock up then you got the little booger.
Yes, Msconfig solves my similar problem.
If you find a entry by the name of "Intrenat.exe"
you've got Trojaned.
Also look at this article.:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com...l.lemir.e.html