Virus?

[Denier-of-Soup]

A few days ago, my computer's been kinda slow. I was thinking of defragging it, but that won't solve the second problem. The HD sounds like it's reading/writing even when the comp is idle. Third, the HD makes more noise than usual when maximising a browser window.

wtf is going on?

 

[broknhabit]

If your computer's running slow, then you may have a lot of spyware on it.
Download Ad-aware and Spybot to remove it.

 

[~mr mixx~]

Bring up the task manager , and find out all that's running in the background.(clear+alt+delete)

 

[technoman2]

clear+alt+del ????

what ???

 

[Masahiro]

its ctrl+alt+del/delete

 

[Denier-of-Soup]

I already have Ad-Aware, as well as Norton Anti-Virus Corporate edition. Both with updated definitions. And I've already tried looking at the processes. Nothing unusual, and no network activity unless I'm using it.

 

[Denier-of-Soup]

Just a little update. The computer's faster now that I've defragged and deep-scanned it for spyware. But I still have that HD sound when the comp is idle.

By the way, sorry for posting in the wrong section, I was in a hurry. =p

 

[Lord Kalthorn]

Hmmm... not downloading anything?

Idle as in... nothing is on, nothing is doing anything, and you're not on the internet? Because even on idle Microsoft programs log data, Quicktime will log data, all manner of taskbar programs log data and download updates in Idle.

 

[Denier-of-Soup]

I had Quicktime way before the HD started making these noises.

 

[~mr mixx~]

Then , if it's making funny noise's , then it could be that
the Read/write arm is going...