This is off topic but anyone can help

Ok, here's the thing. 1.)i keep getting these damn pop-ups. 2.)my comp. gets slower everyday. 3.)it's definatly not a new comp. 4.) I can clear everything like the comp came as new and install all my internet stuff (bellsouth, ect) it it's fast as hell and then two weeks down the road it's slow again. I know this forum is to make cars fast and reliable but i know there are many computer literate people out there too to make my comp. fast and reliable, so let me know what i need to do if ya can help, i know a little bit about cars but not shit about comps. except the option button's it gives me to look at.

theres an off topic forum for this u know.....

Yea i know, but i am hanging around here most of the time, and i figured someone would be able to help, if it needs to go to off topic then thats fine some one send it there and i wil follow, but i was just going to try where i spend most of my time to figure out the prob. sorry

anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewalls...

:iagree: and running the Disk Defragmenter every few months or so. If you've got 2 hard drives, put most of your files on the second one, so the original isn't filled up. If you don't have a second one, I'd suggest investing in one; they're fairly cheap now. Otherwise, don't fill it up with files.

Thanks for the help guys, I only have one hard drive. Question. when i start my comp. over like it was when i got it dosn't it delete everything, cause when i do that it just gets slow later down the road and plus it takes all day to that too. any free programs on download.com or some where else that work for this that are reliable?

Yeah if you use the quick restore discs, it will delete your hard drive.
For programs look for: Spy Bot - Search & Destroy, AdAware, Sygate Personal Firewall. The windows firewall should already be installed if you've got XP.

moved to the off-topic forum

I use this and its free

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