Try Malwarebytes (free edition).
Check with your service provider to make sure your DNS settings haven’t been hijacked.
Try superantispyware free, and Malwarebytesantimalware, free.
Do quick scans with each and then do the deep scans.
Actually I would concentrate on the Superantispyware first.
Do you set the Kaspersky on it’s deepest scan version when you scan?
I do know AT&T DSL has been having trouble in our area.
How many different browsers have you tried?
Does the same thing happen in different browsers?
I had a very old computer and it was getting bogged down but I started using Chrome (it was faster) - then I have this new one and I still use Chrome - much faster than IE and FF.
Cool thing about chrome - you can right click at the top tabs and delete running programs with a quick task manager - I watch a bunch of videos and that slows down the puter.
Could be your line is noisy or your router/ DSL modem is going bad. Check with your service provider first to run a diagnostic on your line. There should also be diagnostics you can run from the computer to check the router/modem.
Are we still supposed to run defrag??
I thought that went out with the invention of the Gigabyte. heh
Just to compare notes, I just got a new computer after being bogged down with various virus and malware attacks. I had even installed Norton Antivirus to get rid of them, which seemed to work for a while, but I still periodically had problems associated with “svchost” (sic) I learned various ways out of an “attack”, such as returning to a checkpoint. To do this I would wait exactly six minutes after being hung on a “complete” notice in the boot, which usually just flashed by, then a screen would appear with the prompt to reload from a checkpoint. More recently I had had success with the “extreme patience” approach of clicking a button and waiting ten minutes or more for a prompt, to get through a shutdown, even though this took well over an hour. Finally, I did this and the boot failed anyway, and at the six minute timeout, a black screen appeared.
So, it was off to the store. I had saved some stuff on thumbnails, but I may attempt to access my old hard drive to copy all my user files onto my new TWO TERABYTE hard drive. I can’t get over that ... TWO TERABYTES.
If you’re on cable, I suggest having your modem replaced Monday morning. They only have a lifetime of 5 years, most of the time less.
See if COMCAST has a support section on their website. If they do see if it has Known Issues or simular name and click on it. The problem could be on their end as easilly as yours. If you got the same frontal system we did the winds been murder the past 24 hours or more here. Most services have a section where they post any known service issues on their end.
http://customer.comcast.com/help-and-support/internet/ Try this site. Up in the blue tabs at the top is Alerts. I can’t check for you because I do not have Comcast and it requires user log in.
Husband said whatever browser you are using, clear cache and cookies.
What OS are you running? How much memory (RAM) do you have on your system?
I use a combination of AVG (free antivirus; excellent) and Malwarebytes; both can be obtained for free at www.download.com.
If you’re running Windows 7, you’d better have a bare minimum of 4GB of memory. Don’t even think about ever using IE. Use either Firefox or Chrome as your browser. Ensure your Windows updates are completely current, and......
Do what 90% of people or better NEVER do: keep your virus and malware definitions current. Such software can only protect you from what they know exist.
You may also consider running your first scans with those packages with the system booted up in Safe mode. Good luck.
Cyver Tech Help has helped me several times. It is a forum type site and you simply start a thread that describes the problem. A volunteer will respond and walk you through the fix.
They will have you d/l different tool to run and then post logs that they can analyze to discover the cause of the problem, then run tools to fix them.
If your machine is as slow as it seems to be and you have access to another one, you can d/l the program to a flash drive.
Since they are volunteers there, you don't get instant response. I will take a few days to resolve the problem; but they will get to the bottom of it.
RE: Kaspersky: On the recommendation of FReepers, I junked it and loaded Microsoft Security Essentials. I got an immediate performance boost. Just for giggles, maybe disable Kas and see what she do.
No idea what is causing your problem, but after reading the thread responses up to 55, another thing you could check is your hard drive and your Windows settings. You can run something like Disk Doctor to check and fix hard drive problems and Win Fix to reregister your Windows components. I use a free download program called Advanced System Care (There is a paid upgrade available, as well) that has brought old PCs back from the near dead and significantly helped several others.