'Jerky' sound & performance. Is this a new virus?
Hi, my laptop is exhibiting strange faults over the past couple of days, and I've just learnt that a friend's having exactly the same problem.
They're both completely different laptops (different makes & models, different broadband ISP's, his is XP home and mine is MCE). Both have 512Mb ram and are fully updated with all the latest windows and AVG antivirus updates.
Most noticeably the fault starts with the 'windows startup sound' being 'jerky', then on getting into windows, performance is similar, with the mouse moving jerkily and windows taking ages to open.
Neither of us has any shared programs and both of us have tried all the "usual" fixes including running a couple of up-to-date virus scans which find nothing untoward.
Has anyone else had a similar experience recently?
My best guess is that there may be a new virus out there that may have caused these faults, since there is no other common demominator I can see with our 2 machines. Or is this just a big coincidence.
Any assistance very gratefully received. Many thanks.