Have you tried running any online virus scanners like ewido, bit 
defender, or housecall (trend micro)?
Also you might have some other malware slowing you down if you haven't 
been running something like spybot search and destroy, malwarebytes, 
and/or superantispyware.

Mandi

Diane K wrote:
> Dear Listers,
>
> My computer freezes after a very short time once I get into Windows.  I
> switched to my bootable backup, and now *it's* freezing.  My HD's are not
> even half full.  I'm thinking it's a virus, though I run AVG and ZoneAlarm.
>   

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