System Hitching/Lagging/Slow/Etc.

[Z(+)DIAC]

I'm not sure where this belongs as I have no idea what is directly being affected with my system.

I've been noticing a considerable amount of lag/hitching/slowing of my system after playing a game of HL2: DM or CS:S. As soon as I exit the game it seems to take a considerable amount of time for me to open up files or internet pages.

Also at times when a page is loading my bottom toolbar will magically dissapear and then reappear a few seconds later.

I've also been getting these popups every now and again:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/jubmasterflex/Screen1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/jubmasterflex/Screen2.jpg

I've run virus and ad-aware scans several times and keep coming up with nothing. Does anyone know if this could be a memory problem? CPU problem? etc.

 

[dirtydr]

The problem is surely some kind of scumware. Did you try a spybot s&d run? It sometimes finds things that adaware misses.

 

[Hawk001]

Could you please link to your images rather then posting them, thanks.

Make sure you have 1 Anti Virus on your system. Any more can cause conflicts, with your system and with them selfs. Seconds, download Spybot S&D, Ad-aware, and Ewido Anti-Malware (During install process, uncheck add to context menu and install on access guard). Update each and run scans both in normal mode and safe mode, removing anything they find with a backup. Update your current A/V and run a scan in safe and reg. mode as mensioned above, with a backup of anything it finds. Don't click on advertisments or pop-ups claiming that they can help protect your system as most of the time they are viruses. Have a A/V running all the time, but their is no need for Spyware protection all the time, just update and run scans ever so offten. Also download Spyware Blaster, and enable all protection, and update it about once a week. I recommend switching to Firefox, Opera, or other browsers not based on IE. As they are not the target of most viruses on the internet, because IE is, it is also the least secure. If you have a router, then use the Firewall built into SP2 with windows xp. If you don't, get a 3rd party firewall such as Zone Alarm or Sygate Personal firewall and run that along side you A/V at all times.