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Delayed startup process after removing PUPs
I'm no tech genius, in fact I'm lucky I can even browse the internet. But if anyone can help me that'd be awesome. I recently started torrenting and although I have finally completed my movie/music collections I have noticed it reaks havoc on my computer. So I tried to remove utorrent and wrap things up with a couple of virus/malware scans. Normally I use Norton 360 but sometimes like this time I also use malware bytes. Malware Bytes detected a few PUPs and I blindly deleted all of them. Now I am having problems when the computer starts up. I see the hp logo when I initially hit the power button, and then it's a blank screen for about 10-15 minutes before I see the "Starting Windows" screen. That delay didn't used to exist and I'm wondering if I deleted a critical program file that is necessary for Windows to startup correctly. I do have the Windows 7 starter disc and I'm curious if that would potentially solve the problem or if some other solution would be better. Can anyone help? Thanks!