Lenovo laptop slowness

[broxieman]

My Lenovo laptop is running very slow. I have used Defrag, Spybot software etc. No big change. I perhaps have a number of movies, which have been deleted, but I am thinking that maybe they have not been deleted and that's what causing the slowness. Is there any software or ideas how to clean things up, to increase speed - i.e. it is even slow to open files and folders on my desktop.
Thx

[fwilson]

Sounds like you may have Malware.  General slowness is usually caused by the system running other processes in the background.  A Virus or Malware are the likely suspects.

Free Stuff
Malwarebytes
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
AVG
http://free.avg.com/

If you already have a functional, up to date anti virus program use it to scan for Virus' no need to get AVG just download malwarebytes and check for malware.

-Fred

[colinc]

What model is your Lenovo laptop? If it is a ThinkPad, PC-Doctor diagnostics (Lenovo System Toolbox & bootable diagnostic CD) are available as free downloads for your unit directly through Lenovo's support site. If you have eliminated malware as a possible culprit, a full system diagnostic will give you peace of mind that the problem is not hardware related.