I'm already using AVG free , and Antisuperspy , but my Laptop is still running slow, WHY?

Question

I'm already using AVG free , and Antisuperspy , but my Laptop is still running slow, WHY?

Answer 1

Because Anti-virus and Anti-spyware are often huge resource hogs, especially if you have a single-core CPU. Try taking it offline and disabling the scanning software to reclaim the CPU cycles, memory, and disk access stolen by those apps.



If you do need to be online to do what you have to do, get a laptop that supports dual core. That way those apps will use one core while windows and other apps will use another core. Also a faster hard drive doesn't hurt (go for bigger cache and higher RPM. Warning: higher RPM will make your battery charge life shorter).

Answer 2

every application(game,anti-virus,media player,internet browsers etc.)takes up a certain amount of memory(ram)on your computer.similarly too may anti viruses mayb using too much of the memory causing the laptop to slow down.

one way to solve this is to increse your ram

or

press {crtl}+(alt}+{delete}all at the same time

and the task manager will open else click on task manager.

go to the process tab and end the processes you do not want.





or

update your antivirus

run a full virus scan and remove any viruses

reeboot computer and press F8 while it is booting.

select safe mode

again run a virus scan











i no this is long but will help.

Answer 3

Now the reason these types of software run slow is because they take a mojority of system memory used, so the system cannot use the efficient amount of memory to run the program you currently want to use, if you want your computer to run more efficient i would suggest upgrading your system memory (RAM) as this also increased the speed of my computer when i put Norton 360 on here. All antivirus and internet security will cause your pc/Laptop to run slower than it actually is suppose to do thanks hope this helped mate :)

Answer 4

The Windows Registry is the master control center for your operating system and applications it runs. Corruption or overload registry issues can cause all sorts of pc performance problems, including poor application startup times, slow Windows start-up, extremely slow shut down, slow internet surfing,inability to resume from computer sleep and more.Cleaning,compacting, and optimizing your Windows registry can go a long way to dramatically speeding up your computer’s performance, start-up and shutdown speed.

Recommended: Run a Registry Scan http://make-a-computer-run-better.com Now to Detect Errors and Improve your PC’s speed instantly!

Answer 5

Because viruses are not the only reason for a machine to be slow..



try Advanced system care http://download.cnet.com/Advanced-SystemCare-Pro/3000-2086_4-10399324.html?tag=mncol



Hope this helps.

Answer 6

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I hope it helps

Answer 7

because your using avg, avg misses alot of viruses try malwarebytes

Answer 8

Probably because you have installed Too many programs, you should format your disk

Answer 9

Few things to take into account; how much RAM do you have installed? What is your processor speed? What is your graphics card?

Any computer should have at least 2GB RAM depending on if you have Vista, 7, XP etc. If all you do on your computer is word, internet and simple stuff like that then 2GB is fine. And a 2.00GHz processor would do.

If you do more serious programming like Photoshop, games etc. Then you should have around 6GB RAM on a 64 bit operating system (of course). There are heaps of processors you can choose from. From AMD, Intel, dual core, quad core there’s heaps. Right now, I would go for Intel dual core (not quad because most programs and games can only use 2 cores anyway) the i7 processors are good I think but I’m not sure because I haven’t used them. As long as you have about 2.6GHz speed, you’ll be fine. I have 2.00GHz and it’s ok until I do video converting (so I do wish I had a faster processor).

Let’s recap. Around 6GB RAM, 2.6GHz processor (probably Intel dual core), so that’s what we have so far. They are the most important things in a computer. But a graphics card is also important. A lot of computers will have a shared graphics card. These aren’t very good. If you buy a computer online, you can usually customize it a bit. (Again, if you’re doing simple stuff, word etc then go for a 512mb independent graphics card) Try and get 1GB independent graphics and even more if you’re doing hard-core 3d gamming.

Now, there are a few graphics cards out there that you can choose from. The 2 most sold are Nvidia and Ati. I (and most other people) prefer Nvidia. Especially the Nvidia GeForce.

So, so far we got the RAM, processor and graphics card. They are the most important things. Once you have those, you will be fine.

You can then however go onto things like Operating system, Hard Drive, CD/DVD Drive, display and Networking.

Having said all that, if you recently bought a computer and it is slow, there could be hundreds of reasons; virus, not enough RAM or maybe it’s just a lemon.

If you think that you have a virus, do the following.

Download Malwarebytes anti-malware from download.com

Perform a full scan. (Note: A quick scan can take from 2 minutes to 20 minutes) A full scan will usually take at least an hour on most computers. And most of the viruses found are found towards the end of the scan. Once it’s complete, click on show results and then fix or delete or whatever it says. It will (or at least should) get rid of the viruses found. Then you have to restart your computer.

To be sure you got rid of all the viruses you can download Avast! Cleaner or buy Avast! Pro. Avast! Is good because it scans the memory for active viruses which may prevent you from finding them. Scan, and fix the problems found.

Viruses can get into your computer in many ways. From going on dodgy websites, via USB, too many programs running.

So try to eliminate the amount of icons you have running in the background. Look at your taskbar in the bottom right corner. If there are a lot of programs down there then try to get rid of some of them. For example if you have Bluetooth running, sync, touchpad and other totally pointless programs, right click and get rid of them because they will slow down your computer. Maybe you have downloaded limewire and it starts when you turn your computer on. Turn it off. Limewire uses a lot of RAM (and can easily give you viruses). To stop programs from starting automatically, press windows key – R and type in msconfig go to the startup tab, you will get a list of programs which start up with your computer. Any programs you know you don’t need un-tick. If you’re unsure, google it. You can also go to the Services tab (Make sure you tick Hide all Microsoft services down the bottom) and then google in any you are unsure of.

If you don’t think you have a virus, maybe you have a registry problem. Download Advanced System Care. There is the free version (which is good but obviously not as good as the paid version). Download it from download.com

Install, Scan and fix. Any of the problems found can be repaired without damaging anything on your computer. This is a very good program which will almost guarantee you a faster computer.

An even better program is TuneUp Utilities. However the free version is only for 30-days. So either clean your computer with it and then forget about it or download the hacked version. (You can go to youtube and there are many ways of doing it).

This program is especially good because it defragments your registry. Do all the scans and turn on Turbo Mode and it will definitely speed up your computer at least a bit.

If you have vista, you can go to My Computer, then at the top you will see a tab called System Properties. Click it, then on the left there is a tab called Advanced System Settings. Click it, from there go to settings under performance, and click adjust for best performance. You won’t have all the fancy 5 looking icons etc but it will