Internet slow after virus removal

My scans are clean now for the last 3 days or so it says so that problem appears to be gone. I have no more malware or virus notices. I also deleted all temp files and all other non-essential files that were downloaded on that date as well. My problem is this: my computer is very slow now. I have three bars of internet and plenty of disk space so it should be faster. I keep it cleaned and defragged but many times now I have to refresh to do anything online and sometimes offline.

Is that possible? Or am I just paranoid. What is the best and safest way to be sure — and the best cleaner that you would recommend?

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One problem here is that malware is messy; or more precisely, removing malware is messy. I know of no tool that we can just drop in that would magically make things all better for you. You mentioned that you installed an additional anti-malware package. It sounds like this has left you with two: Bullguard and Microsoft anti-malware. I would uninstall one of them, and make sure that the other is still working.

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The router is fine, I checked all ports and all my other devices work fine. The net adapter works fine I believe , the properties check says the device working properly. It only started after I removed whatever infection the rootkit found. Can anyone offer advice on how to correct this? Does mbam have some aspect to correct this as a virus perhaps? I'm advanced, so I'm willing to go into the registry and other areas before I go anywhere near reinstalling! The original thread starter may use the Report button to request it be reopened but anyone else with a similar issue should start a New Thread.

Watch our Welcome Guide to learn how to use this site. Verkadh Thread Starter. Joined May 5, Messages 1. Had a pretty nasty infection a few days back. AVG claimed to have gotten everything but for some reason now my internet and computer in general are running extremely slow.

I rebooted in safe mode with networking enabled and everything loads instantly when i run browsers there, so I'm fairly sure its something with the system rather than the ISP. Any suggestions are appreciated. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2. Joined Apr 16, Messages 72, Very Important! Temporarily disable your anti-virus , script blocking and any anti-malware real-time protection before performing a scan.

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