Hi MEL, I'm really sorry about that. When I wrote my post, I was certain you were running a 64 bits version of Windows.
Hey Curson, actually, both the Win7 and the Win10 are 32 bit machined. Am just behind the times.
The FRST logs are clean
That eases my mind.
but I noticed that your computer is quite low on resources:
It is an ancient rig. Originally was gotten to do Desktop Video, but at the time none of the DTV stuff worked very well.
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz
Percentage of memory in use: 56%
Total physical RAM: 1535.55 MB
Available physical RAM: 670.2 MB
Total Virtual: 3071.11 MB
Available Virtual: 2128.97 MB
Am surprised! Thought that I had 1.5 Gigs of ram (which at the time that the machine was built was a humongous amount of RAM)! How come there's only 670.2 of it available?
With such a low-end processor and only 670MB physical RAM available, it's no wonder your computer to be slow.
That the Win7 computer is slow isn't all that critical. All it is used for is word processing. Am way out in the boondocks of Deep East Texas, have a DSL connection to the Internet which is slow. The only reason for even having it connected to the Internet is to research that about which is being written (Wikipedia and Dictionaries for synonyms, definitions, and etc.).
The reason for contacting your very nice forum was, as mentioned previously, because with no applications running, the Win7's CPU was showing that it was maxed out and the RAM was up in the 80-90% range. Suspected that the old thing was part of a botnet. In doing research into that possibility, came across RogueKiller, and when RK kept showing SVCHOST.EXE as being toxic, and no matter how many times it was killed, it kept coming back, the next logical step was to go to your WebPage for help, and there I found your forum.
For better performances, I advise you to uninstall IObit Advanced SystemCare and IObit Uninstaller. If you don't use TeamViewer on a regular basis, you could uninstall it as well.
All right.
Anyway, would like to thank you for your assistance. You've been absolutely wondrous. This has been a learning experience for me. Have enjoyed becoming part of your community, and will be checking in often.
Hope this finds you doing well.
Take excellent care.
MEL