Is Defender the problem?

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febsr

Guest
My Pavilion Vista laptop has been running slower and slower. Especially

while on the web. Pages take forever to come up. Even program files or

the All Programs menu. I have tried disabling Windows Defender thinking

it might be scanning everything. Is this a possibility? Thanks.

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febsr

 
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Charlie Tame

Guest
febsr wrote:<span style="color:blue">

> My Pavilion Vista laptop has been running slower and slower. Especially

> while on the web. Pages take forever to come up. Even program files or

> the All Programs menu. I have tried disabling Windows Defender thinking

> it might be scanning everything. Is this a possibility? Thanks.

>

> </span>

I have had problems with defender so it might be. Did you disable it?

What anti spyware software do you use? Web speed could be due to a

number of things but spyware is one.

 
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Mr. Arnold

Guest
"febsr" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message

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>

> My Pavilion Vista laptop has been running slower and slower. Especially

> while on the web. Pages take forever to come up. Even program files or

> the All Programs menu. I have tried disabling Windows Defender thinking

> it might be scanning everything. Is this a possibility? Thanks.

></span>

It sounds like you have some kind of malware running on the computer that's

slowing it down.

 
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febsr

Guest
I use AVG and Adaware regularly. And I run disk cleanup almost daily. I

have noticed a small difference since disabling Defender, but not much.

I've tried to eliminate the most obvious causes, but still this Vista

unit runs much slower than any previous OS I've used. Way too many

services are running but eliminating any which seemed unnecessary caused

problems and I had to restore them. Any suggestions?

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febsr

 
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Mr. Arnold

Guest
"febsr" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message

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>

> I use AVG and Adaware regularly. And I run disk cleanup almost daily. I

> have noticed a small difference since disabling Defender, but not much.

> I've tried to eliminate the most obvious causes, but still this Vista

> unit runs much slower than any previous OS I've used. Way too many

> services are running but eliminating any which seemed unnecessary caused

> problems and I had to restore them. Any suggestions?

></span>

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how+t...sta&btnG=Search

Each one of the solutions you mentioned above can miss an exploit.

<http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Hidden_Backdoors_Trojan_Horses_and_Rootkit_Tools_in_a_Windows_Environment.html>

use Currports as Active Ports doesn't run on Vista.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

 
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febsr

Guest
What do you suggest I use to scan? I haven't found any program that

finds and removes rootkits.

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febsr

 
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Mr. Arnold

Guest
"febsr" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message

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> What do you suggest I use to scan? I haven't found any program that

> finds and removes rootkits.

></span>

I am not saying you have to do anything, but you at least have to go look

for yourself with the proper tools and how to detect something on your own

without having some program do it for you, which the "hidden backdoor link

shows you how".

<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/25e27bed-b251-4af4-b30a-c2a2a93a80d9.aspx>

I will say that you need to learn how to reply post. I will suggest that to

you.

 
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NoBloatwarePlease

Guest
Not only did I notice the same slowdown, but the program seems to disrespect

any installed suite that already does the same thing. I have a perfectly

good virus/spam protector that doesn't need any freakin' help, thank you very

much. Windows Offender keeps popping up and (worse) quietly disrupting the

performance of my own virus/spam/spyware program. Either they made this

product for (a) lightweights, (style_emoticons/ to limit MS liability or

 
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febsr

Guest
Sorry for any confusion. I was asking for suggestions. I am just a

grandmother who is trying to keep my computers running smoothly. I do

need to rely on programs because my technical background is limited. I

don't know how to reply to a post as I don't post very much. If there

are some guidelines I'd be glad to read them. Thank you for your help.

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febsr

 
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Beoweolf

Guest
When you run Vista - you really need to be sure you have the hardware to

match the horsepower it takes to make it work. Vista is very sensitive to

misconfiguration, driver problems, correct hardware configuration - much

more so than XP, XP-Pro or any of the 2K family.

Just how often do you clear your IE history and logs?

"febsr" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message

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>

> My Pavilion Vista laptop has been running slower and slower. Especially

> while on the web. Pages take forever to come up. Even program files or

> the All Programs menu. I have tried disabling Windows Defender thinking

> it might be scanning everything. Is this a possibility? Thanks.

>

>

> --

> febsr </span>

 
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febsr

Guest
I regularly clean them out about once a week. Disabling windows defender

helped some, but programs have begun hanging. I have 2gb ram which

seemed fine at first. Nothing obvious has changed except for the slowed

down performance.

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febsr

 
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Anna

Guest
my nephew builds computers and he said it takes a lot of memory just to run

vista,mine is slow on startup and certain pages i open also .

"febsr" wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

>

> My Pavilion Vista laptop has been running slower and slower. Especially

> while on the web. Pages take forever to come up. Even program files or

> the All Programs menu. I have tried disabling Windows Defender thinking

> it might be scanning everything. Is this a possibility? Thanks.

>

>

> --

> febsr

> </span>

 
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Mr. Arnold

Guest
"febsr" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message

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>

> I regularly clean them out about once a week. Disabling windows defender

> helped some, but programs have begun hanging. I have 2gb ram which

> seemed fine at first. Nothing obvious has changed except for the slowed

> down performance.

>

></span>

Fsbsr, do you see how I am replying to you and everyone else in this thread

are replying to you? You don't keep posting to your original post with your

reply posts. You select the poster you are replying to and you reply to

them, like I am replying to you.

 
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Mick Murphy

Guest
Spybot Search & Destroy will.

Download and install it, then scan in Safe Mode.

All info below.

http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html

Spybot Search & Destroy 1.5.2 is a very good, FREE Anti-Spyware Program.

Download, install, update, and immunize your System with it.

Then SCAN with it.

Update it, and scan your System once a fortnight.

Important re: Safe Mode

If you happen to find a problem that you can’t uninstall / delete, reboot

the computer, and go into Safe Mode.

To get into Safe mode, tap F8 right at Power On / Startup, and use UP arrow

key to get to Safe Mode, then hit ENTER.

RESCAN your computer with your Anti-virus and Spybot S & D while in Safe Mode.

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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia

"febsr" wrote:

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>

> What do you suggest I use to scan? I haven't found any program that

> finds and removes rootkits.

>

>

> --

> febsr

> </span>

 
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Charles W Davis

Guest
"febsr" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message

news:c1d676789fc84252eb07ca9318920e47@nntp-gateway.com...<span style="color:blue">

>

> I use AVG and Adaware regularly. And I run disk cleanup almost daily. I

> have noticed a small difference since disabling Defender, but not much.

> I've tried to eliminate the most obvious causes, but still this Vista

> unit runs much slower than any previous OS I've used. Way too many

> services are running but eliminating any which seemed unnecessary caused

> problems and I had to restore them. Any suggestions?

>

>

> --

> febsr</span>

Enable Windows Defender. Have you installed all Microsoft udates? It seems

that malware is rampant. An updated Defender will help.

Have you downloaded and installed AVG Free 8.0? It now incluces an

anti-spyware facility. Go to the direct download page here:

http://tinyurl.com/6g6497

 
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Charles W Davis

Guest
"Anna" <Anna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B50390C1-1EBD-4093-8E78-7BC9EC9C7F50@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue">

> my nephew builds computers and he said it takes a lot of memory just to

> run

> vista,mine is slow on startup and certain pages i open also .

>

> "febsr" wrote:

><span style="color:green">

>>

>> My Pavilion Vista laptop has been running slower and slower. Especially

>> while on the web. Pages take forever to come up. Even program files or

>> the All Programs menu. I have tried disabling Windows Defender thinking

>> it might be scanning everything. Is this a possibility? Thanks.

>>

>>

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>> febsr

>></span></span>

Minimum 2GB

 
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febsr

Guest
Yes, I have updated AVG to 8.0 although I don't like it as much as 7.5.

Disabling Windows defender did help speed it up somewhat. And I have

done all windows updates except for SP1 for Vista as I have heard there

are still some problems which I am hoping to temporarily avoid.

febsr

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febsr

 
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