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Posted by stevebutabi on Oct-24-2004 17:01:

Computer problem, please help!

Ok my computer was working fine until yesterday I restart my computer and all over a sudden it starts running... choppy.. i guess is the word to describe it. it's operating like a cd plays that has been scratched up a lot, it keeps skipping. even at windows startup the music skips. i ran spysweeper and nothing came up so i don't think it's a virus or something

any help would be very appreciated, thanks!

Posted by bobba lou on Oct-24-2004 17:24:

time to grab the windows XP cd and press play

Posted by DarkAngel on Oct-24-2004 17:26:

Try checking your MSCONFIG to see if you don't have a ton of useless shit starting up when WINDOWS starts. Not sure what else. Good luck.

Posted by Mike_B on Oct-24-2004 17:40:

my guess is spysweeper is really dezigned to remove spyware and not viruses. if you wanna run a free online scan check out housecall.antivirus.com and run one from there. If you have winXP start-run-msconfig and take everything minus you spysweeper or antivirus out of the startup tab. last tab at the top. if that doesnt work run a system restore

Posted by itsTrueSonic on Oct-24-2004 19:08:

quote:
Originally posted by DarkAngel
Try checking your MSCONFIG to see if you don't have a ton of useless shit starting up when WINDOWS starts. Not sure what else. Good luck.

I AGREE.
from my experience, the sound card would be choppy at the windows "greeting", because many many programs are using the cpu, and the cpu is trying to play the theme song. well, it sounds like the cpu is burning out playing the theme song.

i say use msconfig to dig out the useless and bad stuff, or just pop the CD.

Posted by D-res on Oct-24-2004 19:24:

if you cant find the solution try: wwww.computing.net

great help source. solved every prob i've ever had.

Posted by stevebutabi on Oct-24-2004 19:30:

you know i'm thinking more and more that it's a virus...

i tried to run my mcafee antivirus and it was gone!!

Posted by Nell on Oct-24-2004 20:51:

could be your hard drive. if the disk is wearing (possibly due to not defragging much?! old disk etc..?!) that would cause you computer to be choppy. can you hear your hard disk 'clicking' at all? that's what happens when the drive head starts to wear / gets knocked out of place etc. If this is the case, CLONE your hard drive now, before it packs in for good!

Posted by jon on Oct-24-2004 21:06:

as someone else sugested run defrag (goto "my computer" right click on your harddrive and select properties from the menu, then click the tools tab, then click the defrag (the middle option i think!) and let it do its stuff, while your there also run the drive error checking thing (used to be called scandisk in the olden days cant remember whats its called now!)

if this doesnt work, could you list your pc specification, and how old it is?

Posted by stevebutabi on Oct-25-2004 02:52:

alrighty i found out what was fucking my computer

it's a virus called w32.beagle.w@mm

i just got a program designed to kill it... hope it works

beware of this virus, it sucks and you will waste lots of time getting rid of it

Posted by Matt on Oct-25-2004 03:21:

quote:
Originally posted by stevebutabi
alrighty i found out what was fucking my computer

it's a virus called w32.beagle.w@mm

i just got a program designed to kill it... hope it works

beware of this virus, it sucks and you will waste lots of time getting rid of it

I hear you get that virus from listening to trance.

Posted by stevebutabi on Oct-25-2004 04:30:

the program removed the virus but my computer is just as fucked.

do i have to reformat?

Posted by Mike_B on Oct-25-2004 12:20:

quote:
Originally posted by stevebutabi
the program removed the virus but my computer is just as fucked.

do i have to reformat?

i wouldn't format. just run system restore to a date before you had the virus. plus after you do this, make sure to run that virus scan aagin and then that beagle worm removal tool you got just to be safe

winXP system restore = start/all programs/accessories/system tool/system restore

use i want to restore my computer to a previous date.

through experience i've learn that if you do this make sure to back up real important files. because even thought system resotre is just suposed to set you properties back to a certain date. for some reason i lost some files for no reason. But for the most part it does its job. Also if it fails because the virus damaged your OS too severly. then format.

Posted by Transporter on Oct-25-2004 15:50:

If you don't have system restore then just boot from the install cd and install XP just like the first time.... do not go into repair option. Just do like you would install windows for the first time. .. it will detect the previous installation and ask you if you want it fixed...just say yes and it will reinstall just the windows.. All your programs, profiles and settings will still be there.

Good luck.

Posted by ASOT100 on Oct-25-2004 17:38:

format, it fixes almost everything

Posted by stevebutabi on Oct-25-2004 18:57:

ok i believe all the viruses are gone from my computer but there is still a brutal lag

i'm having the windows cd sent to me so i'll try that

what a pain in the ass

thanks for the help