Comments on: Win XP Pro SP3 Way Too Slow, after a spyware attack, and already cleaned it!! http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/win-xp-pro-sp3-way-too-slow-after-a-spyware-attack-and-already-cleaned-it/ Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:05:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Schmidtw http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/win-xp-pro-sp3-way-too-slow-after-a-spyware-attack-and-already-cleaned-it/#comment-55352 Schmidtw Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:26:12 +0000 #comment-55352 CTFMON.exe is a microsoft application process, but it is often targeted in viral applications. CTFMON.exe is a microsoft application process, but it is often targeted in viral applications.

]]> By: Schmidtw http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/win-xp-pro-sp3-way-too-slow-after-a-spyware-attack-and-already-cleaned-it/#comment-55237 Schmidtw Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:04:26 +0000 #comment-55237 I did intense testing of firefox and ie7 on 5 different systems and mozilla has no real advantage...especially if ie7pro is installed in ie7. Security is mozilla's biggest short coming. You wouldn't believe it, but take a look at Symantecs report on internet threats and you'll see. Anyway... it sounds like your system is pretty far gone...almost too far gone, but you may want to try this: open CMD and type cleanmgr /sageset:n choose what you want cleaned and click ok (don't click compress old files, that just leaves them there) back to CMD and type cleanmgr /sagerun:n that will clean some files. next download CCleaner from a website (filehippo.com is a good one) install, and run...i'm sure you will find A TON of junk to clean then with administrative rights, go to CMD type defrag C this will defragment your drive also, check your anti-virus...slow usage is a sign of remnants of the anti-virus. to check to make sure your windows protected files (DLLs, some program files, other system applications and that jazz is still ok) put the XP CD in the drive, go to command prompt, and type sfc /scannow. this will look at all ur protected files and copy them from the CD again if they have been changed. if this doesn't work...back up your data and re-image. I did intense testing of firefox and ie7 on 5 different systems and mozilla has no real advantage…especially if ie7pro is installed in ie7. Security is mozilla’s biggest short coming. You wouldn’t believe it, but take a look at Symantecs report on internet threats and you’ll see.

Anyway…

it sounds like your system is pretty far gone…almost too far gone, but you may want to try this:

open CMD and type cleanmgr /sageset:n
choose what you want cleaned and click ok (don’t click compress old files, that just leaves them there)
back to CMD and type cleanmgr /sagerun:n
that will clean some files.

next download CCleaner from a website  <a href="http://filehippo.com" title="http://filehippo.(" target="_blank">filehippo.com</a> is a good one) install, and run…i’m sure you will find A TON of junk to clean

then with administrative rights, go to CMD type defrag C
this will defragment your drive

also, check your anti-virus…slow usage is a sign of remnants of the anti-virus.

to check to make sure your windows protected files (DLLs, some program files, other system applications and that jazz is still ok) put the XP CD in the drive, go to command prompt, and type sfc /scannow. this will look at all ur protected files and copy them from the CD again if they have been changed.

if this doesn’t work…back up your data and re-image.

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