My computer isn't a super high speed pc but it is a 3.0GHz and it has always been fast. But recently everything started to slow down. I thought that it might be a virus and/or spyware so i have run some scans but they didnt find anything. These are the symptoms that my pc has:
1)In the past couple of days it has really slowed down!!
2)Sometimes when i click on a program nothing happens and it doesnt load up.
3)Programs stop responding for no reason and i have to ctrl,alt & del to get rid of them.
4)Recenlty my pc takes ages to shut down and sometimes it just freezes and i have to turn it off manually.
I have XP home edition as a operating system.
I dont know what could be causing this. it could be a virus that my anti virus software cant pick up but i have mcafee and that has always had a good reputation for detecting viruses.
Another strange thing that happened the other day was when i ran a scan for viruses and spyware. I started the scans and went to have some lunch. when i came back my computer had shutdown on its own. it has never done that before and i definately didnt go anywhere near the shutdown button so i didnt do it!
If anybody has any ideas on what could be causing this and how to fix it please let me know.