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Solve : Constant Choking Every Few Seconds... Why??

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I've had my computer for a couple years, and as long as I can remember, it's stalled for about a half-second once every 10 seconds. But not always. Most often when I'm playing a game or watching a movie, and sometimes after a while it'll go AWAY. I've noticed also that (what I think is) the hard drive LED on my case flashes at the same times the computer stalls. This leads me to think it's a hard drive problem, but I still have no idea where to go from there.

I'm not really sure what computer specs to include, so here's what I know and what 'dxdiag' tells me.

Mobo: Asus A7N8X-X
Processor: AMD Athlon XP 3000+ ~2.2GHz
Graphics Card: Radeon 9800 Pro 128 AGP
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page file: 531MB used, 1163MB available
HD: 7200RPM 120GB SEAGATE "Barracuda"

Anyone with any ideas, please let me know. This is my computer's curse, and to BREAK it would be incredibly relieving.

Thanks in advance,

-TonyMkae sure it's clean...
Online Virus SCAN and Spyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan.htm

Online Malware Scan
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Are you using Norton?Trust me, it's clean. I had the latest Panda trial recently, and it didn't find anything. Besides, I regularly go through my Task Manager and check for ugly-looking processes.

And no, I'm not using any firewall programs.Does it stall in safe mode?
You really should have a firewall.
You could post a Hijackthis log so we can see what's running on your computer.
It still wouldn't hurt to run the online scans I suggested.I've never tried going into safe mode to play a game.. but I'm guessing it wouldn't..

Here's the log from HijackThis. I don't know what to make of it. Quote

Does it stall in safe mode?
You really should have a firewall.
You could post a Hijackthis log so we can see what's running on your computer.
It still wouldn't hurt to run the online scans I suggested.
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Trust me, it's clean.
BTW,...

O2 - BHO: Windows Resources
CLSID: {2D38A51A-23C9-48a1-A33C-48675AA2B494}
STATUS: X BHO TB
Filename(s): winres.dll
Object name: Windows Resources
Description: CoolWebSearch

O2 - BHO: ATLDistrib Object
CLSID: {83A5F7B7-DC75-44CE-9195-264F41709FA9}
Status: X BHO TB
Filename(s): *****.dll (* = random character)
Object name: ATLDistrib Object
Description: Virtumonde/Vundo

 antonaros.....   Quote
Trust me, it's clean. I had the latest Panda trial recently
 ....... TRUST ME IT'S NOT CLEAN  , in fact far from it ......

In addition to what Fed has already pointed out ..........
You don't appear to have any sort of anti virus installed or running .
You have no firewall installed .

then mark for removal :
The 2 items that Fed has listed as well as ...... the following :

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {B930BA63-9E5A-11D3-A288-0000E80E2EDE} - (no file)

O2 - BHO: CoTGT_BHO Class - {C333CF63-767F-4831-94AC-E683D962C63C} - (no file)

O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {E0E899AB-F487-11D5-8D29-0050BA6940E3} - (no file)

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WhatPulse] C:\Program Files\WhatPulse\WhatPulse.exe  
[highlight]Remove it unless you really need it [/highlight]

O9 - Extra button: Run IMVU - {d9288080-1baa-4bc4-9cf8-a92d743db949} - C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Start Menu\Programs\IMVU\Run IMVU.lnk (file missing)  

O18 - Filter: text/html - {994D478A-2BD0-4DB4-AE77-288B1E346E99} - C:\Program Files\FCHelp\FCHelp.dll

O20 - Winlogon Notify: ddabx - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ddabx.dll  

O20 - Winlogon Notify: wingsa32 - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\wingsa32.dll

O23 - Service: Apache - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\Apache.exe" --ntservice (file missing)

O23 - Service: MySQL - Unknown owner - C:\Program.exe (file missing)

O23 - Service: VNC Server (winvnc) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\TightVNC\WinVNC.exe" -service (file missing


In addition to this , you had better fix....... this one :

O10 - Broken Internet access because of LSP provider 'xfire_lsp_8742.dll' missing       Try and fix it by running LSPFix
 

So other than whats listed , your machine is squeaky clean

dl65  


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