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06 July 2006, 11:16 UTC#1
You probably haven't actually noticed I've been gone for the past week, but I'll explain anyway out of boredom.
Basically my PC was runing slower, and slower everyday; until one point when it took 20 minutes to load up. So after managing to load my PC up, I hit the task manager to try and see what process is running that could be sucking up all the CPU.
A file, winlogon.exe was using 99% of my CPU, and seriously making it immposible for me to do anything. After a bit of research, I learn that the fle has most probably been infected by a trojan virus. After numerous antivirus checks, spyware checks and even after using some tools to remove the virus, it was still as slow as anything. SO, I figure the easiest way to solve the problem will be to simply reboot the PC back to basics. However there's a lot of shit that I can't afford to lose on my PC, so I go explain to my mum, and (to cut a long story short) manage to blag a 320gb external hard drive so I can do it.
Sorry, bit pointless and bland story, but meh.
I'm back.
Basically my PC was runing slower, and slower everyday; until one point when it took 20 minutes to load up. So after managing to load my PC up, I hit the task manager to try and see what process is running that could be sucking up all the CPU.
A file, winlogon.exe was using 99% of my CPU, and seriously making it immposible for me to do anything. After a bit of research, I learn that the fle has most probably been infected by a trojan virus. After numerous antivirus checks, spyware checks and even after using some tools to remove the virus, it was still as slow as anything. SO, I figure the easiest way to solve the problem will be to simply reboot the PC back to basics. However there's a lot of shit that I can't afford to lose on my PC, so I go explain to my mum, and (to cut a long story short) manage to blag a 320gb external hard drive so I can do it.
Sorry, bit pointless and bland story, but meh.
I'm back.
