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Question Posted Wednesday December 29 2004, 11:28 am

My computer for some odd reason just started to go very slow, and akes awhile for everything to load on it. We just took it to a 'computer doctor' in may, and its doing the same things over again. We have more popups and the internet doesnt come up right away now. So, Instead of paying another 70$ to get it fixed again, what exactly do I have to do to stop all of this? Even as I type this now, the popups keep coming and interupting me. I just cant stand this anymore, can someone just please tell me wht to do!? Thank you very much.
_janine_*


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shake answered Saturday February 12 2005, 2:02 am:
Google toolbar- look it up, its a good popup blocker.
SPybot search and destroy- thats a good spyware sweeper
adaware- good sweeper to

THe problem your computer is so slow is because its infected with many virus's.

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Jess5764 answered Sunday January 16 2005, 7:53 pm:
you could get a pop up blocker..or u might have a virus

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mysupersweetadvice answered Friday January 7 2005, 7:42 pm:
get something like ad-aware and virus protection.

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bball470gh answered Thursday December 30 2004, 12:33 am:
first go out and buy a virus protection.. like at office depot or something. and then get a pop up blocker, and delete any programs on your computer that you dont use. it will speed stuff up a lot. hope this helps.

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The_MoUsY_spell_checker answered Wednesday December 29 2004, 10:45 pm:
You probably have spyware on your computer... Follow the instructions on <a href="[Link](Mouse over link to see full location) page</a>

Also try to defragment your disks (All Programs > Accessories > System Tools >Disk Defragmenter)

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BBALLGURL67 answered Wednesday December 29 2004, 9:04 pm:
it probably is viruses and you should download norten antiviarus(I think thats how you spell it) that will help eliminate viruses that are probably causing it to be so slow

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Karen answered Wednesday December 29 2004, 4:35 pm:
You probably have a virus or adware on your computer. Delete your cookies on your computer by going to the internet options on your Explorer. Also, you may have too many unwanted programs on your computer. Just go to your control panel and go to add/remove programs and delete the programs that you don't use that much anymore. You could also put a virus or adware blocker. Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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americangirl101 answered Wednesday December 29 2004, 3:20 pm:
Well you can get norton antivirus scan its compleatly free and it shows you all the files you have viruses on and it takes a while to do but be patiant and every month or so if you get it it checks your computer for you and tells you if theres a virus. It helps alot it saved my computers but! :D. <3 American Girl

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bAhAmAmA0250 answered Wednesday December 29 2004, 3:03 pm:
You might have a virus. You might want to reboot it or whatever-trix

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Sherry answered Wednesday December 29 2004, 1:53 pm:
You might have too many programs on your computer. Go to "My computer" and then find "Add or remove programs". Remove everything you dont use! And remove anything that you think is causing problems. Also you cold try to get a spyware blocker. Its like $20. I suggest buying SpywareStormer. It works great and its not a joke just to get people's money. It really takes off the spyware!

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GatorFanNo54 answered Wednesday December 29 2004, 1:51 pm:
Well,what your probably doing is downloading or installing a lot of things. And that is what causes the computer to go slow. I dont know about the pop-ups though. That is just normal for a PC.

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