No problem Drew. And no rush. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

"Drew Tognola" wrote:

> Kathy,
>
> The e-mail address listed isn't active anymore. Can you resend it to:
> bestgungi@yahoo.com and I'll take a look. I'm not sure when I'll get a
> chance to reply back however (to this newsgroup). Thanks.
>
> Drew
>
> "Kathy" <Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:41BE1E8B-C7C0-4D4C-8459-B8B107E67745@microsoft.com...
> > Drew, i just tried to email a log file to you. Don't be surprised if I
> > didn't do it right. Just let me know and I'll try it again. And on this
> > scan, the running processes was 45 and modules was 2147. Sorry. Hard to
> > diagnose a problem if not provided with accurate facts, huh? Thanks to
> > everyone again.
> >
> > "Korsakow" wrote:
> >
> >> hmm, could you make a print screen or export a log file and send it to my
> >> e-mail address? Maybe than we can fix this issue
> >>
> >> "Drew Tognola" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Kathy,
> >> >
> >> > I think you mean process modules, not running modules . I have no
> >> > spyware &
> >> > ad-aware still shows 1,147 running modules. I'm not completely sure but
> >> > I
> >> > think Ad-aware considers a running module a .dll file that is in use.
> >> > But
> >> > 2,500 does seem like a lot though.
> >> >
> >> > Drew
> >> >
> >> > "Kathy" <Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:2A231C64-F5A1-495D-9BDA-D1DA496C0A0C@microsoft.com...
> >> > > One more question and I'm through for the night. When running
> >> > > AdAware,
> >> > > laptop shows over 2500 running processes. What is a running process?
> >> > > Is
> >> > > 2500
> >> > > too many? Could that have anything to do with the laptop being so
> >> > > slow?
> >> > > Thanks again.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
>
>
>

Kathy wrote:

> One more question and I'm through for the night. When running AdAware,
> laptop shows over 2500 running processes. What is a running process? Is 2500
> too many? Could that have anything to do with the laptop being so slow?
> Thanks again.

Kathy, all anti-malware scans need to be done in safe mode.

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

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