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To be honest, it could take an age to find what is causing the slowdown. You've probably got a load of gunk or 'cruft' leftover from previous os's plus a load of things running in the background that may not be necessary. Multiple issues most likely. The simplest solution is a totally clean install (assuming your Win10 upgrade is properly activated)
Interesting, it could have been outdated or redirected, pretty easy to do, even for a mobile number.
In that case try CCleaner + Wise Care Free + you can also download and run this as admin:
Last edited by TairikuOkami; 05 Sep 2015 at 13:12.
First off, there isn't any virus on your PC, because it certainly would have been caught. Pretty much everything can be found in the registry which is just a libraby that is all over the files, if there truly was a trojan then you would have experienced bigger problems.
Second, a slow pc has many causes, from fragmentation to too many programs installed to system file problems.
My bet would be system file problems since you as you say don't have much installed.
I did TDSS and I found McAfee rootkit as well.
I ran both of them twice.
I deleted them like usual after I ran them and I decided to check the trash bin to make sure they were there.
I found 3,142 files in there !
Something was doing it's job. I don't know if it was Regseeker, TDSS, McAfee Rootkit or where all those files came from , but they were not there yesterday.
Take Whyme's advice. Do a clean install. In addition, forget all the anti virus crap. Just use Windows Defender & Malware Bytes free version and watch your behind when surfing the internet and do not open strange emails.
In addition, use Macrium Reflect Free to make a backup image.
Thanks, I'll do that.
After I ran TDSS and McAfee antiroot it said that no trojans were found.
I hope they are right.
I have another unique problem as well.
The clock on the bottom right says it is 28 August and 831 pm.
But it is 5 September and 1 06 pm.
I right clicked on the clock and went to settings and it says that the clock function is set for automatic updates.
I restarted the computer , hoping it would reset but no luck .
I can't find any function that suggests that I can correct the time or date manually.
Any suggestions?.