Guest TPAFKATS Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Can anyone help? Home pc is running very slow and wont open up pages on either chrome or IE. possibly something to do with rundll32.exe? or is it just because its a 5 year old HP pc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalky1 Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Hi tony, you might want to log on to your computer maker website i.e. Dell, you can then search or run a diagnostic to see if your Drives are up to date, sometimes the rundll32.exe message appears if your PC automatically updates Windows etc. If so you might want to uninstall your last update and try again also you might need to search to see if you have backed up your hard drive and possibly re-install your back up. Have you de-fragmented your hard drive? if you have a lot of stuff on your hard drive it can sometimes start to slow your PC down. Hope this helps, sometimes just googling can sometimes offer a solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Hi tony, you might want to log on to your computer maker website i.e. Dell, you can then search or run a diagnostic to see if your Drives are up to date, sometimes the rundll32.exe message appears if your PC automatically updates Windows etc. If so you might want to uninstall your last update and try again also you might need to search to see if you have backed up your hard drive and possibly re-install your back up. Have you de-fragmented your hard drive? if you have a lot of stuff on your hard drive it can sometimes start to slow your PC down. Hope this helps, sometimes just googling can sometimes offer a solution Don't say Tony FFS, you know what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Can anyone help? Home pc is running very slow and wont open up pages on either chrome or IE. possibly something to do with rundll32.exe? or is it just because its a 5 year old HP pc? Are you from Arbroath? I read something about the type of sites visited up there, could slow down your pc..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Cheers guys. Defragmented already and cleaned up the disks as well - plus it is set to defrag it every week. I am running pc in safe mode and will try and uninstall some programs that I think might be slowing it down. Might be something to do with the last windows update right enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) Are you from Arbroath? I read something about the type of sites visited up there, could slow down your pc..... Mine is running like a bomb........................Pornnnnnnnnnnnnnnn PS You still wanting an increase in your weekly batch of "Natural History" DVD's? Apologies for the delay in edit, I'm stupid. Edited January 15, 2014 by faraway saint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Un-installed some shit, restarted and it ran ok. Still loading a bit slowly initially. Left it on for a wee while and went back to it, tried to start up t'internet and nowt again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
div Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 On another computer download Malware Bytes from my website mate http://www.bigfrontdoor.com/downloads/mbam.exe Copy it on to a pen stick and use that to install it on the stricken PC. Let it update itself and leave it running a thorough scan. Good chance are you have some malware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vambo57 Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 (edited) Edited January 16, 2014 by Vambo57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 On another computer download Malware Bytes from my website mate http://www.bigfrontdoor.com/downloads/mbam.exe Copy it on to a pen stick and use that to install it on the stricken PC. Let it update itself and leave it running a thorough scan. Good chance are you have some malware. I done this Div, got rid of various issues, except the main one, Mad Max? Get it sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 I guess you've already done this - which should be done regularly anyway, only takes a few seconds usually - Deleted your browsing history, if you're on windaes? Top left TOOLS Open its menu and... er... Delete your browsing history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 On another computer download Malware Bytes from my website mate http://www.bigfrontdoor.com/downloads/mbam.exe Copy it on to a pen stick and use that to install it on the stricken PC. Let it update itself and leave it running a thorough scan. Good chance are you have some malware. Cheers div. Before I do this - will it be any different from the f-secure anti virus etc that I have installed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
div Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 This isn't anti virus software, it's anti malware, slightly different. Malware Bytes isn't for protection as such, it's for removal. Won't do any harm to give it a whirl mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaintee Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 You could alway oil it and see it goes faster. I recomend rubbing lard on the keyboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 This isn't anti virus software, it's anti malware, slightly different. Malware Bytes isn't for protection as such, it's for removal. Won't do any harm to give it a whirl mate. cheers div I had to leave it scanning overnight but it is working better now. Still slow although that might be either the pc or fluctuating broadband speed.. I should have malware protection as part of my virgin media security, (now changed to f secure), doesnt appear to have quarantined anything though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salmonbuddie Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 I switched to that, too, ts, and I'm getting pop-ups I can't get rid of on Chrome & IE. Need to give this a whirl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valleybud Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 Try this - get rid of malware : http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salmonbuddie Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Cheers boyo, looks good but given div's job I took his advice, ran Malwarebytes and it's fixed the problem - I'd picked up Outobox with some software I'd downloaded. I was so impressed that I downloaded the mobile version too and I'll use it on my phone. Like ts, I've got F-Secure which is free for a year as a replacement for the old Virgin security and then has to be paid for. Given that it wasn't picking up malware I doubt I'll be investing in it when the time comes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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