Is this a security issue or something else?

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My win 2000 Pro laptop freezes intermittently and thinking it might be
spyware or something like it I have scanned for everything I can think of
with no reports of invaders. I use AdAware SE, Sybot, Spyware Blaster, ZA
free, NAV, Win Patrol and A-squared, quite a bundle, don't you think? I also
tried Hijack this. All possible updates are current.
Also I have checked and trimmed applications running upon startup and
running services and I clean and defrag regularly. So what could be causing
this annoying problem that continually makes me stop what am doing until it
comes back to normal? Could it be spyware that is undetactable with these
applications?
I'm the only user, it is a free standing system except it's connected by PC
card to the sbcglobal.net ADSL router of my desktop.

In the event viewer there are three consistent error and warning events
which might have something to do with it, if it is not spyware. I will
submit those later if needed. I do not understand these even though googled
them and checked MS site.Please help me fix this, thanks, Josie

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.security (More info?)

Well, you really only told us that you have intermittant "freezes"
and the event long has repeated consistent errors.
Not much to go on really. What are the errors, and how does
the freezing look&feel.
For example, when the UI halts, and the mouse might later do
some jerky catch-up, and the hard disk light is busy, and the
event log is recording ATAPI errors is often a sign of a soon
to fail hard disk.

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA
"Josie" <josie63@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> My win 2000 Pro laptop freezes intermittently and thinking it might be
> spyware or something like it I have scanned for everything I can think of
> with no reports of invaders. I use AdAware SE, Sybot, Spyware Blaster, ZA
> free, NAV, Win Patrol and A-squared, quite a bundle, don't you think? I
also
> tried Hijack this. All possible updates are current.
> Also I have checked and trimmed applications running upon startup and
> running services and I clean and defrag regularly. So what could be
causing
> this annoying problem that continually makes me stop what am doing until
it
> comes back to normal? Could it be spyware that is undetactable with these
> applications?
> I'm the only user, it is a free standing system except it's connected by
PC
> card to the sbcglobal.net ADSL router of my desktop.
>
> In the event viewer there are three consistent error and warning events
> which might have something to do with it, if it is not spyware. I will
> submit those later if needed. I do not understand these even though
googled
> them and checked MS site.Please help me fix this, thanks, Josie
>
>
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