slow performance after spyware removal

[GaryW]

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I removed peopleonpage and approposmedia spyware through spybot but was
still having problems.A webpage told me to remove items from the
registry manually, but the only thing I had that they listed was hkey-
local-machine\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run so I deleted
the autoupdater entry in that section as instructed. The popups have
stopped but now when I click a shortcut, it takes 20 seconds to a minute
for programs to load. Reboots fail and I end up having to turn the
computer off without shutting down. I know you've heard it before but I
swear I didn't touch anything else in the registry!!

 

[SWAT]

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Maybe you can consider doing a repair on fresh install of window.

"garyw" wrote:

> I removed peopleonpage and approposmedia spyware through spybot but was
> still having problems.A webpage told me to remove items from the
> registry manually, but the only thing I had that they listed was hkey-
> local-machine\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run so I deleted
> the autoupdater entry in that section as instructed. The popups have
> stopped but now when I click a shortcut, it takes 20 seconds to a minute
> for programs to load. Reboots fail and I end up having to turn the
> computer off without shutting down. I know you've heard it before but I
> swear I didn't touch anything else in the registry!!
>

 

[GaryW]

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garyw <garygrantham@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
news:1112504585.8c7817c74814a864cc28d5c7f3c14bd3@teranews:

> I removed peopleonpage and approposmedia spyware through spybot but
> was still having problems.A webpage told me to remove items from
the
> registry manually, but the only thing I had that they listed was
hkey-
> local-machine\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run so I
> deleted the autoupdater entry in that section as instructed. The
> popups have stopped but now when I click a shortcut, it takes 20
> seconds to a minute for programs to load. Reboots fail and I end up
> having to turn the computer off without shutting down. I know
you've
> heard it before but I swear I didn't touch anything else in the
> registry!!
>

Also, I thought about doing a system restore, but wouldn't that put
me
right back with the junk causing the popups?

 

[johnf]

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"A webpage told me" - FFS?
Why not stick to approved sites?

Have you tried system restore?


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johnf

>I removed peopleonpage and approposmedia spyware through spybot but was
> still having problems.A webpage told me to remove items from the
> registry manually, but the only thing I had that they listed was hkey-
> local-machine\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run so I deleted
> the autoupdater entry in that section as instructed. The popups have
> stopped but now when I click a shortcut, it takes 20 seconds to a minute
> for programs to load. Reboots fail and I end up having to turn the
> computer off without shutting down. I know you've heard it before but I
> swear I didn't touch anything else in the registry!!

 

[GaryW]

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"=?Utf-8?B?c3dhdA==?=" <swat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:19CF98F7-74E7-48C4-AEAF-6EDD16FB4AF0@microsoft.com:

Ok, I did a system restore and now all programs load as fast as
before,
but...I've now got the popups happening again. Also, when I try to
delete autoupdate.exe and libexpat.dll as well as the autoupdate
folder
in Programs (this is the spyware) I get a message that says another
program is using the file or the disk is full and therefore I cannot
delete them.

> Maybe you can consider doing a repair on fresh install of window.
>
> "garyw" wrote:
>
>> I removed peopleonpage and approposmedia spyware through spybot
but
>> was still having problems.A webpage told me to remove items from
the
>> registry manually, but the only thing I had that they listed was
>> hkey- local-machine\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
so
>> I deleted the autoupdater entry in that section as instructed.
The
>> popups have stopped but now when I click a shortcut, it takes 20
>> seconds to a minute for programs to load. Reboots fail and I end
up
>> having to turn the computer off without shutting down. I know
you've
>> heard it before but I swear I didn't touch anything else in the
>> registry!!
>>
>