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Posted: May 28 2010 at 22:16

My computer was slowing way down, but it turned out there was a dust bunny in the fan on my video card, it's sped up considerably since then. LOL

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Posted: May 29 2010 at 06:03

James wrote:

However, I use Firefox with AdBlock + and I am usually very careful. Of course, that doesn't mean I could not still get one, of course.

Exactly. I too have Firefox with AdBlock but it hasn't stopped me picking up something untoward.

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Posted: May 29 2010 at 06:05

A Person wrote:

My computer was slowing way down, but it turned out there was a dust bunny in the fan on my video card, it's sped up considerably since then. LOL

Check out a freeware program called SpeedFan. I had a problem with my PC shutting down on it's own. Turned out to be overheating, SpeedFan will tell you the temperature of your CPU and hard disk. If the CPU is running hot then dust on the fan is a likely cause. It certainly was on mine.

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Posted: May 29 2010 at 17:35

OK, I seem to be all sorted now. Turned out I had a virus called TDSS. With the help of Dr Web, which cleared a process from memory and a few other nasties as well, and a program called TDSSKiller.exe all my services now start okay so hopefully my web searches won't get diverted either.

Thanks for your help everyone.