My Computer Is Locking Up With Me
By cyrus123
@cyrus123 (6363)
United States
September 8, 2010 1:28am CST
My computer has been locking up with me or freezing on me these days and I just wondered what I can do to fix this. I have avast but it never or very rarely ever finds anything. I also have spybot and it finds something just about everyday. I never have been very good at watching my screen while I am typing. I'm always looking down at my keyboard, in other words, lol
! I will be busy typing away and I will look up and notice maybe the last few words I typed didn't get on the screen. Also, when I try to scroll down, sometimes it won't budge and when it does, it will go flying down, if you know what I mean. Here lately, I've been getting some emails that said they couldn't send my messages and I didn't send these people any emails. What can I do to fix this virus?
! I will be busy typing away and I will look up and notice maybe the last few words I typed didn't get on the screen. Also, when I try to scroll down, sometimes it won't budge and when it does, it will go flying down, if you know what I mean. Here lately, I've been getting some emails that said they couldn't send my messages and I didn't send these people any emails. What can I do to fix this virus?1 person likes this
7 responses
@derek_a (10873)
•
8 Sep 10
You may find that you computer needs a defrag. This is becaus with files being downloaded and uploaded from the Internet, and files being saved to the hard disk tends to clog things up and slow things down. It recommended that a defrag is done on a regular basis.
The defrag program can be found by going into programs, then accessories, the system tools. It will probably take many hours to do a defrag. It's takes all night with my computer, but it does run so much better after a defrag. Good luck. 
_Derek
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@getpaidsz (180)
• Italy
8 Sep 10
How you know it is a virus? Trust me, sometimes windows itself is more worse than any virus! How long you are using your windows? Try to open your taskmanager and monitor the performance and processes tabs (ordered by cpu usage) to find out which process is slowing your PC down. It is the first step. Then you can decide what to do with that.
If you are sure that is a virus, you may change your antivirus. there are many good ones out there (Kaspersky, ESET, symantec, avira,G-data,... even free AVG).
good luck friend!
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@babyEj (1522)
• Philippines
9 Sep 10
Very rarely in my case. It does happen , they say. Maybe due to some spyware downloaded or the computer's accessories are already worn out. It tells you maybe that they need to rest and buy new ones..
When I opened some e-mails which has a virus it will not successfully open because AVAST prevents it.
When I opened some e-mails which has a virus it will not successfully open because AVAST prevents it.1 person likes this
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
9 Sep 10
How long have you noticed that this began. Along with the other comments I can suggest to restart your system to an earlier date that you know this problem was not occurring.
This may help. Good luck.
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@asxenon (1440)
• Malaysia
8 Sep 10
I think you can use process explorer to check what is running in your computer and use autorun to prevent any unwanted programs to load during startup.
Below is the link for process explorer and autoruns
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
Both these programs are from microsoft and its free to use.
Hopefully it helps!
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