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I have an older Sony Vaio Windows 7 laptop and it has been running quite well up until recently. It all of a sudden started running extremely slow and the hard drive seems to be constantly running. I have tried some things I have seen in forums such as Malwarebytes but not really much change. I use this laptop for work and there are a variety of reasons why I want it to work properly rather than getting a new laptop so any help is appreciated in getting it back to normal again.
A couple of days ago I got the hard drive to somehow stop and work more or less normally but after restart went back to running all the time. I am thinking there is Malware in there but it has been hard to really scan well as it runs so slow. Mixed performance in safe mode as well. It also operates somewhat better when not connected to the internet which is one reason I think it may be Malware.
I should also note that this laptop is really used for work only. Not for surfing the internet and such. I have other devices I use for that.
1Check Windows Updates. It could be that it is installing something big that takes time. Next check the hard drive health. – None – 2018-09-08T18:56:00.030