Computer s-l-o-w loading programs.

BarrieNoodles said:

Malwarebytes did not find any more problems but the computer still takes it's time loading programs. It took about 2 minutes to load PeretoLogic PCHealth, Internet Explorer 9 the same thing it takes ages to load and then it runs fine. The site you gave me to delete SPTD actually installs a version of it, or am I reading it wrong. Let me know.
Thank you.

You want to chose the option to uninstall it when you run the program

Hi,

Good job of cleaning the malware. You might want to try free Soluto to get an accurate picture of what is laoding and how long each item takes. Watch the demo video on the site to see how it works. I found Soluto to be very useful to map out the boot and startup picture.

Regards,
Golden

I would run both Superantispyware as well as Malwarebytes. Sometimes one will find something that the other will miss.

The big question is, what damage was done while you were infected. I am looking into it to see if that is why you still have delays and if we can fix it. If you find any other forms of infection, let us know.

From what I have read. This pup.whitesmoke is very difficult to get rid of. People think they have removed it and they haven't. You may want to try running an online virus scan such as the one from ESET - Free ESET Online Antivirus Scanner because the anti-virus program you have installed on your machine could be compromised. Again, let us know if you find anything.

Hi,

Malwarebytes rarely misses stuff, so I don't think ESET will find anything more. Try the Soluto software to see what is loading during bootup : not all large/long boot times are due to malware.

If it is malware related, you need to tackle it BEFORE Windows startup : the way to do that is through a bootable rescue disk, but lets see what Soluto finds first before we go down that route.

Regards,
Golden

Having a malware removed doesn't mean that the problem is solved immediately especially if they still left behind things in the Registry. You could try CCleaner's Registry cleaner to clean some but of course there's always some risk on using Registry cleaners so do a system restore point or a backup.

You can also try doing computer maintenance tasks like disk cleanup, disk defrag and diskcheck. Or perhaps, try cleaning the inside of the computer. Dust is a killer and can slow down the machine.

BarrieNoodles said:

Ran Soluto and nothing new found

Hi,

Soluto doesn't "find anything" - its not an anti-malware program. Its sole function is to capture what loads at bootup, and how long each item takes. The intention is to show you what contributes to the total boot time, to help you troubleshoot your startup times.

If you get the time, load a screen capture of the image Soluto produces, and we can help you decipher it.

Regards,
Golden