Slow computer

alienware-51 · June 11th, 2004, 03:31 AM

Hey, my moms laptop in the last 3 weeks has slowed down and now i have 3 toolbars i have kazaagold but they say that it wount give you any viruses or addware whats up with it?? i have defragmented it and deleted some big moves i know i have alot of music about 700 songs but i havnt downloaded all of them and my cd burner is now takin ages to burn a cd. I havnt even gotten to the stage of burnin a cd its always inspecting and converting but its takin ages.

i have no idea what it is, help!!

originel · June 11th, 2004, 03:45 AM

That is most definitely adware and spyware to me. Kazaagold may say that it doesn't come with adware or spyware, but i wouldn't trust that if my life depended on it. Also there are many other ways to ge adware and spyware besides installing kazaa (running kazaa is one such way...i would recommend getting rid of kazaa entirely). Download and run both ad-aware and spybot. That should get it running faster. Also check and make sure that you don't have any viruses. If that still doesn't work download and run Hijack This.

If that STILL doesn't fix it then post back here and we'll see what else we can come up with.

nomaxim · June 11th, 2004, 03:54 AM

With three toolbars you are loaded with spyware and maybe a virii or two also.

Download Ad-Aware

Update it and then run it to remove spyware.

I also would have a anti-virus program running with any p2p.

If you don't have one try Trendmicro's HouseCall

Both of these programs are free.

EDIT: Damn, took to long hunting the links.

glorric · June 11th, 2004, 04:22 AM

Ow, ow, ow! Just because Kazaagold is newer doesn't mean that it's as good as some other versions. If you're going to be using kazaa anyways, I suggest
K-Lite v. 2.40 It's an older version, but it runs extremely well on my computer, which is a P-III 550mhz 128mb PC-100 RAM, Windows ME, and three 6 year old hard drives. If I can run it, anyone can. If you're interested, I got K-lite from www.oldversion.com

alienware-51 · June 12th, 2004, 08:58 AM

Yo man glorric ur shourtcut aint the right one. The ad-aware is gone and my com is allright now thanx for the help but now i get this window that pops up its a xp window not a internet pop up and it says sever busy and it happens all the time i had this problem before but after i got rid of the spy ware and crap it still happens i havnt tried burnin a cd but i will right after i get done writin this thanx aload i thought it might have been ad-aware or somethin but i didnt know the sites to download the things

Gilthanaz · June 12th, 2004, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by alienware-51

Yo man glorric ur shourtcut aint the right one. The ad-aware is gone and my com is allright now thanx for the help but now i get this window that pops up its a xp window not a internet pop up and it says sever busy and it happens all the time i had this problem before but after i got rid of the spy ware and crap it still happens i havnt tried burnin a cd but i will right after i get done writin this thanx aload i thought it might have been ad-aware or somethin but i didnt know the sites to download the things

Curious, does your keyboard have a period? Im a bit out of breath.

I agree with the above posts to remove kazaa from your system, but be wary with any P2P program that it's not too hard to download a virus disguised as your favorite song. Always check the file type. An .exe titled as a song should send up red flags.

glorric · June 12th, 2004, 03:13 PM

It's gone! I only downloaded it a couple weeks ago, and the entire site is gone! I guess if you really want it, and are patient, I could send the file through AOL IM, It might take a while, seeing as I have dial-up... oh wait! I found one...
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/klitekpp240e.exe (ignore the russian mail order brides... sorry about that!)

alienware-51 · June 12th, 2004, 04:14 PM

Haha, yeah i got a period on my keyboard. I dont like usin it, for a matter a fact i hate puncuation. I'm 12 man hate english and school. I'm goin remove kazaa right after i find a new music database. Glorric if thats the old kazaalite ive tried lookin for it on the site www.kazaalite.tk. I know i downloaded it on my old computer like 6 months ago but i think they have changed the site, or it was banned but ill check ur link.

Hungrycookpot · June 12th, 2004, 04:44 PM

try WinMX, its pretty good for downloading music

Gilthanaz · June 13th, 2004, 12:05 AM

I figured as much..but it just makes your posts easier to read and understand so that you can get better help.