IE virus wtfvs

[artkolkovk]

Hey guys I had an old laptop running XP Pro. A couple of weeks ago, every time I would connect to the internet via DSL or wireless, the hard drive light would come on - as if it were writing something to the hard drive. It would cause IE to run slower than dial-up. I looked in task manager and although the CPU usage was high, there didn't seem to be a process listed that was using it. I used LavaSoft Adaware to scan on a regular basis as well as Norton 2005. I eventually gave up and bought a new laptop (Vista Home), which now has the same problem. It is obviously related to something that I copied over to the new computer from the old computer. But the things is, Norton Internet security isn't picking up a virus. I used it to scan everything before copying it on to the new computer. Has anyone heard of such a thing or had the same problem? I'd much rather be able to find and remove the problem rather than restore.

Thanks!

[KN]

Your problem is Norton itself.

Alternatively you have a rootkit, but it's probably Norton. Never install anything Norton-related ever again. Reinstall. Please, I implore you. Reinstall the OS. I advise that you check what drivers you need for sound, graphics and wireless. Alternatively, you could reinstall with the SUPAR E-Z RESCUE DISK that comes with most laptops, but this will reinstall all of the crapware that will just bog down your poor laptop.

You're going to get a lot of "zoomj install XP" advice in this thread, which you might want to follow. XP is indeed a nice OS that is less demanding of laptops than Vista is; though Vista is absolutely not as horrible as people make it out to be.