Strange Behavior

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

Have you run an up to date virus checker? You can run stinger from Mcafee at:

http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger

To see if there is a process using up all your resources go to task manager by pressing ctrl-shift-esc, and then clicking 'Processes' and then 'CPU' twice, to sort by the highest use. Anything hogging CPU in here?

Regards
Dan

"RadmanX" wrote:

> In the middle of normal use, computer became very slow. Went to reboot and at login screen the password box wouldnt accept any input except the spacebar
>
> was able to login on guest account and switch users bt could not switch back to guest account. Also, computer is extremely slow.
>
> It doesnt appear to be a virus!
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

That sounds very much like virus activity then. What virus scan have you run? Is it up to date? Try running stinger.exe from: http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger

You may need to run it in safe mode.

You can also try an online scan from:
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6 [...] &venid=sym

All the best
Dan


"RadmanX" wrote:

> i did run a complete virus scan
> most of my cpu is used up between explorer.exe and system idle prcsss. I dollowed some advice from another post and ran adaware and spybot in safe mode. When I was done i got all kinds of crazy stuff. when i attempt to open almost any folder or progtram (including control panel or regedit.exe ) I get the following error message: "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folders Option control panel." (which I do not know how to do,. )
>
> So right now my system is ont he brink.
>
> Any ideas how to restore any of this stuff ? Do I need to reinstall windows.
>
> Thanks
>
> "Dantheman" wrote:
>
> > Have you run an up to date virus checker? You can run stinger from Mcafee at:
> >
> > http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger
> >
> > To see if there is a process using up all your resources go to task manager by pressing ctrl-shift-esc, and then clicking 'Processes' and then 'CPU' twice, to sort by the highest use. Anything hogging CPU in here?
> >
> > Regards
> > Dan
> >
> > "RadmanX" wrote:
> >
> > > In the middle of normal use, computer became very slow. Went to reboot and at login screen the password box wouldnt accept any input except the spacebar
> > >
> > > was able to login on guest account and switch users bt could not switch back to guest account. Also, computer is extremely slow.
> > >
> > > It doesnt appear to be a virus!
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.