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!

Uninstall everything Norton related. It's garbage. Replace with AVG. Also install, update, and scan with Spybot Search & Destroy.

Finally, there's a TON of help sites out there that will read your HijackThis logs and help you directly. This is a photoshop site.


Edit: I BEEN HAD!
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*points finger at TOFU*
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There are a few things you're doing wrong:
Using norton,
Using IE (instead of firefox)
Using vista...Also unless you moved programs or system files to your new computer you shouldn't have a problem. My guess is that you don't have enough ram.

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