QuarkQuarkQuark2001 Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 I have used my computer hard disk for over 6 months. However, after many installating of softwares, my computer speed went down.Moreover, There are many execution process "eat" my computer's memory. I believe in some way that I can help improve the rate of my computer. What can I do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerpetualYnquisitive Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 On your desktop, double click My Computer icon. Highlight your C:\ drive and right click. Click Properties and goto Tools Tab. Run the Scandisk/Errorcheck and then run the Defragmentor. After that is done, press Start button, goto run and type msconfig. This will allow you to pick which applications run at startup by going to the Startup Tab. Turn off things like Quicktime, Adobe Reader etc. to regain some CPU cycles. If you are using Windows 98/98se, ME and XP it is included, if you are using Windows 2000 or 95 you can download it here: http://www.perfectdrivers.com/howto/msconfig.html Under Windows 2000/XP you must logon as Administrator to run or highlight the msconfig.exe and hold shift-control and right click. Your menu will now have the Run As option, allowing you to run it without logging out and back on as Admin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossoi Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 There are many execution process "eat" my computer's memory. I would also check for malware - download and run Adaware (from Lavasoft) to see what that finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarkQuarkQuark2001 Posted July 8, 2004 Author Share Posted July 8, 2004 thanks How about a program called "spooler.exe" Is it necessary for Window startup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiral_ju00 Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Last time I checked, the good ol' Microsoft had a recommendation to reformat an HDD about once a year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 thanksHow about a program called "spooler.exe" Does it necessary for Window startup? http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32soberb.html You have caught the Sober-B worm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerpetualYnquisitive Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Last time I checked, the good ol' Microsoft had a recommendation to reformat an HDD about once a year or so. I would recommend that you pick up a little app called "Norton Ghost." This allows you to make images of your harddrive partition and then restore them in under 5 minutes. If I lose a harddrive due to virus, hacker or hardware failure, I can restore my system in less then 5 minutes with my OS, drivers and all my appz with the settings that I prefer in minutes. It is the ONLY Norton product that I use, just the ease of system restoration makes it worth the $70 by far. http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarkQuarkQuark2001 Posted July 8, 2004 Author Share Posted July 8, 2004 Thanks everyone. I am used to using norton anti-virus and Iparmor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 I saw something funny yesterday: Norton AntiSpam 2004. How I LAUGHED. Did you find Sober-B on your machine Quark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarkQuarkQuark2001 Posted July 9, 2004 Author Share Posted July 9, 2004 What's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 Norton AntiSpam, or Sober-B? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarkQuarkQuark2001 Posted July 10, 2004 Author Share Posted July 10, 2004 Sober-B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 It's the worm that creates the "spooler.exe" process you were asking about, like I said in post #6. If you are seeing that process, chances are your PC is infected with Sober-B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 I use Norton Systemworks, it has all the norton programns in it.Including antivirus,cleansweep,password manager,goback, utilities, and web tools.Really good yet more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Or use better tools for free. Whichever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarkQuarkQuark2001 Posted July 11, 2004 Author Share Posted July 11, 2004 How to remove that bad worm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 I already posted the link earlier: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32soberb.html Recovery instructions are near the end of the page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarkQuarkQuark2001 Posted July 12, 2004 Author Share Posted July 12, 2004 hahah A virus?? it is called lsass.exe I scan it with antivirus software, but it didn't show me that's true. Last, I go internet and type lsass.exe in google web site. Over one million of web site gives the information-----it's virus However, I don't think so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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