Laptop help?!?!

[imported_theone]

my laptop is running very slow
i keep it up to date with spy ware and virus protection

but my core 1 and core 2 "meter" is always running high.
i am not using any cpu intensive programs.

i honestly do not know what is wrong...
please advise



Laptop Specs:
Cpu T7500
Ram: 3gb

OS: vista sp1

please let me know what i should post...

thanks for so much!

 

[mpilchfamily]

What does your running prosses look like? Are there allot of programs running in the background? If your using the google toolbar or Yahoo toolbar then those may have an issue and are using up CPU cycles.

 

[ZzZGuy]

Might want to head over to the Software/Security forum, sounds like a crap load of spyware and viruses.

Some free anti virus programs are ad-aware, spybot search & destroy, AVG free, avria antivir. You might also want to consider using a trial version of a commerical antivirus/firewall security suite like zone alarm (14 day trail). Here is a list of some good picks http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

But as I said, head over to the security forum for further advice.

-edit- No single anti virus program will get all the viruses.

 

[lxskllr]

It could also be heat. I had a heatpipe "break"!?!? on a Inspiron laptop, and once it heated up, the cpu would peg out, and run like crap.

 

[imported_theone]

thanks!

i will post in software section