is this a virus or not

ok i thought i was 1/2 gud a computers but i cant work this out

its been goin on for a while and now im sick of it

- slow boot
- can not copy and paste
- can not install in apps
- the apps i have open do not apper down the bottom of the screen
- videos are very red
- many apps dont work
- every now and than it wont boot and i run the xp cd and do chkdsk
- msn wont sign it
- can not go in 2 accounts do cange password or any thing
- system restore is not there

thats about it

did a scan with kaspersky took 13hr and found nothing

i cant work this out plz help

 

13 hours to do a virus scan? I would suggest doing a complete format and re-install of windows, virus or not. Its also possible you have some hardware issues (maybe HDD). They might surface during the procedure.
What are your system specs?, just out of curiousity.

 

Sounds like big problems with your hard disk to me as well. Best option is to leave that hard disk and buy another cheap small one (40 or 80GB drives are inexpensive these days) and install windows again on that one fresh. Then see about recovering the lost data from your existing drive that you need and reformat the old drive.

 

kiwi1

- AMD x2 6000
- 2GB RAM
- 7900 GS
- 160GB HDD with xp
- 320GB HDD with vista
- 250GB external HDD

thats about it?

what do u mean by that?

how would buyin a new HDD fix this

wouldnt reformating fix and disk errors

 

not if it's the hard drive's actual physical hardware that's causing the problem.

 

So you have a dual booting system? Is the problem only with XP?

 

yes vista is workin gr8 neva had a prob wif it

 

Since they're on separate drives, however, it could be that the hard disk with XP on it is the one that's at fault.

 

sounds like that drive is dead, run error checking on it, if no errors come up then the drive is KapUT, if errors do come up on it reformat and reinstall xp......even if a reformat corrects the issue i would still suggest to junk the drive, a hard drive that is having read/write issues isn't safe to store data on anymore!

go my computer>right click on the drive in question> go properties> and to the tools tab


can you post a list of your processes so we can see if any know viruses are listed (beside hidden svchosts!)


best of luck!
-tripplite

 

ive only had the drive 4 about a yr

- avp.exe
- ATKKBService
- systune.exe
- justched.exe
- rundl32.exe
- MPK.exe
- svchost.exe
- svchost.exe
- lsass.exe
- services.exe
- winlogon.exe
- csrss.exe
- smssctfmon.exe
- PWRISOVM.EXE
- avp.exe
- explore
- PnkBstrB.exe
- sshd.exe
- PnkBstrA.exe
- firefox.exe
- cygrunsrv.exe
- nvsvc32.exe
- libusbd-nt.exe
- mDNSresponder.exe
- system.exe
- system Idle Process.exe

yeah that all of them

 

Just because the drive isn't old doesn't mean it won't go wrong.

 

your process tree looks clean.....im sure
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edit:
you do have a low level spyware on your computer though, i dont believe its causing you issues though

systune.exe
causes pops and reports your browsing history to websites and junk....
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what version of battlefield do you play

they can be bad right out of the box

-tripplite

 

- battlefield 2

- can a program test the HDD.

- What u r sayin does not qite sount right

- some programs install...dont know y?

 

Bad sectors on the drive most probably, the problem won't affect everything.

 

i have reinstaled on that same hdd no probs yet?

 

it may have just been that there were some corrupted files in your XP install, possibly your registry. Keep us posted if you have any more issues.

 

4 all u still followin this i had no probs and i have not had 2 buy any thing yay