>>Hi Hilmar. Thank you for your reply. Just refreshed Ad-Aware and did a scan, thank you.
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>>I am convinced something is alive in there. I do check TaskManager periodically, but nothing jumps to the eye except that a lot of proceses are running that I don;t understand.
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>Windows has a lot of processes, but the processes can just as well be related to some malware. I suggest using the "What's running" software and/or Web-site, to check some of them. Also, since the obvious problem is sluggishness, check which ones use more than 1-2% of CPU power.

Good idea, but it doesn't point a finger to any suspect. Most of the time is spent on "System Idle Process". Who knows what may hide in there? How could one find out?

>>How are things with you?
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>Great. Quite busy these days, with a larger translation I am doing for a client.

Glad to hear that.

Alex