Will anti virus or spyware help my computer run faster if it already has a virus and is running slow.?

Question

Will anti virus or spyware help my computer run faster if it already has a virus and is running slow.?

Answer 1

Yes.

Try Avast Home Edition.

It  is better than AVG and it is less annoying.

It is a very effective anti-virus program.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/A...

Answer 2

If you have a virus then YES, YOU NEED ANTI-VIRUS PROTECTION!!  Once you get some protection (I recommend Trend-micro and Spy Sweeper), do a full scan and remove the virus or spyware that is causing the problem.

Answer 3

Yes it will help. It can find and destroy the virus. I use McAfee anti-virus and SpySweeper for the spy ware.

There are a lot of good ones out there. Some are free and some you have to pay. I have found that the pay ones actually get rid of the stuff. The free ones will find it and let you know it's there, but the companies want to make money so you have to end up paying to have the virus or spy-ware removed. So I just invest in a good program and pay for the service. Most of the time it is about $20-$40 (USD). and the fee is for the year.

Answer 4

Yes download a few things

Free antivirus~

http://www.avast.com

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free antispyware:

Install all of these

1.Spyware terminator

http://www.spywareterminator.com

(only tick antispyware in the installation and untick the web security guard)

2.SUPERANTISPYWARE:

http://www.superantispyware.com

3.Spybot

http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-De...

(untick security center jurn installation)

4.Ad-Aware

http://www.lavasoft.com

6.Spyware Blaster

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareb...

7.Malwarebytes anti-malware

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program...

Update all the definitions and run a scan.

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Hope this helps

Answer 5

If you suspect or confirm that your computer is infected with a computer virus, these are some primary indicators that a computer may be infected:

1. The computer runs slower than usual.

2. The computer stops responding, or it locks up frequently.

3. The computer crashes, and then it restarts every few minutes.

4. The computer restarts on its own. Additionally, the computer does not run as usual.

5. Applications on the computer do not work correctly.

6. Disks or disk drives are inaccessible.

Try  http://computer-probs.blogspot.com/  to get  solution for all problems.

Answer 6

yes it will help you. try to download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and do a full scan. it's free

Answer 7

Update your anti-virus, remember to only have one anti-virus installed on your PC

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-...  [Free home edition]

Download SuperAntiSpyware

http://www.superantispyware.com/superant...   [Free home edition]

Restart your PC in safe mode, and run a full scan with both.

http://www.pchell.com/support/safemode.s...

While in safe mode, you may also want to have a look at your start up items by using msconfig.

http://www.netsquirrel.com/msconfig/

Be careful with the items you uncheck, you can have a look here to see if they are necessary

http://www.greatis.com/appdata/index.htm...

You should also have a look at your IE Add-ons while in safe mode.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using...

Disable any you do not use.

After you reboot back to normal mode, download and install ccleaner to fix any registry problems and clean up old temp files.

http://www.ccleaner.com   [Free]

Answer 8

There is an antiviruses free just for today

there is a code and you can activate it

It worth trying it

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/hdd-obse...

You have to activate it right away because it won t let to activate it after the end of the day

good luck

Answer 9

You may be having a virus or spyware installed on your PC. Norton, AVG , Avast are free antivirus software. Ad-aware, Ewido are free spyware removers. You can download free softwares at http://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html . You can also run a free registry scan using utilities from http://re7.info

Answer 10

Yes.

For running slow there are many causes:

Microsoft Registry Problems = Slow Computer!

Spyware/Adware

RAM

De-Fragmenting

Etc.

Below can help you speed up your pc:

For  IE, click Tools, Internet Options  delete files (offline files) clear history (set days to save to 0 if you want) click o.k., and Restart

For Firfox, press ctrl+shift+del, and click clean private data.

Manage your startup:

Open your Start menu  ->  Click Run ->  In the command screen type "msconfig.exe" ->  In the "system configuration utility", click either "service" or "startup" tab ->  Uncheck all programs that your are no longer using.

De-Fragmenting

1. Right click of C Disk.

2. Click properties.

3. Click tools tab.

4. Click "Defragment now".

5. Click Defragment.

You can search which process full use you cpu, and end the process.

Under steps:

1. right click on the TaskBar.

2. click the Task Manager.

3. click the processes tab.

4. double click the CPU.

5. find if the "System Idle Process" is max.

6. if not right click and click end process.

Learn  "Why Is My Computer Running so Slow?" and "How to Speed it UP":

http://downloadlk.com/WhyIsMyComputerSlo...

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