On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:08:01 -0700, Wolvie145
wrote:


I'm usually against worrying very much about slow startups, but 12-15
minutes *is* a very long time.

I think the most likely cause of your problem is malware infection.


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The computer was taken to a company who wiped it of infections supposedly


What company? Some are good, but some are terrible.

How many infections? If there more than just a couple, the chances of
successfully getting things back to normal are very poor. Since you
use the plural word "infections," I even more strongly suspect that
that's the problem. Your best (perhaps only) course of action at this
point may be a clean reinstallation of Windows.


and then installed 3 different protection programs.



What programs? Again, some are good, and some are terrible.


Of course, as soon as the
owner got it home they start fighting and locking up the system. I had to
kill them all to keep the system from freezing up. We're going to install a
good program and I'll run another check to make sure all are gone. What to
you recommend as a good way to check for virus? It seems all the programs out
there are flawed in some way.



The best program is NOD32. If you want a free program, there are three
good choices, not quite as good as NOD32, but still good):

Avaira
Avast
Microsoft Security Essentials

Besides an anti-virus program, you also need anti-spyware. I recommend
that you run *both* MalwareBytes AntiMalware and SuperAntiSpyware
(both free).



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