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Slower then Normal

Asked by reptileguy

I have a 3.0 gig processor which up to date it should be click and go on the internet. It is up to date and it has a few speed issues, Is there maybe an upgrade im missing? Its a great machine thats usually very fast and reliable but I had a hacker awile back that placed 4000 icons on my desktop, so im thinking he might have left something else behind. Any Comments or Advice?

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nhasian (nhasian) said : 		#1

Hello reptileguy,

if you had a hacker in your system then theres no telling what kind of damage or backdoors he may have put. I strongly recommend you save your data files, format your partition and reinstall your operating system.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#2

nhasian's got a good point. Can you create a new partition large enough to move your "/home" folder too? If not can you make a 8Gb partition to install a new Ubuntu too and then edit "menu.lst" so that you don't boot into the old version?

A hacker in Linux?!?!?! Can't we get them writing tougher code like multimedia apps, gaming, Wine? What's so great about hacking anyway, it's not that impressive.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#3

If you are still having trouble with this then please post it as a new question. Only the most recent questions tend to get looked at so posting/reposting a question just before america arrives online after work/school gives the best chance of getting a good few answers.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion

If the problem has been resolved then please follow the link to the forum thread and mark it as Solved.

Good luck and many regards from
Tom :)

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