How do I get rid of the daemons running my computer?
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kill -9 [process name]\n\nwhere process name is the deamon that you wish to stop!\n\nIf you are unsure as to the name, then use\n\nps -ef\n\nto find the Process ID of the evil program.  then use:\n\nkill -9 [PID]\n\nto end the reign of evil!
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tons of things.. run spybot search and destroy , adaware , hijackThis , cwshredder , and remove unwanted programs...\nsearch google for all the above.. should speed things up a bit.\n\noh and run mscongi start -run -msconfig uncheck unwanted startup programs and service... MAKE SURE you know what your turning off and on! RESEARCH!
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i think you can get rid of them if you go to control panel then add/remove programmes
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No-Life is correct, you can disable them with msconfig, no need to delete them from your computer. Whoever suggested that must be a little "special" dee-de-dee
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If you install a lot of programs, try the following to get rid of "startup items" that install themselves in your startup menu. \n\nGo to Start\nClick on RUN\nA little box will pop up - in it, type:   msconfig\nClick on the startup tab at the top\n\nThen unclick everything except your antivirus, spyware and system tools.  \n\nClick Apply\nClick OK\nAnd it will promt you to restart.  \n\nYou'll have all sorts of crap in there, such as Adobe updater and garbage that you can get rid of without fear of leaving your system vulnerable - and you'll get your speed back. \n\nGood luck!\n\nSpybot and those programs are good - but only if you have a virus.  I suggest you run spybot, and then try what I posted above.  Spybot will take system memory to run, too, causing your system to run even slower.
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Remove it.\n\nIf you don't already have it, go get Spybot and AdAware both and run them.\n\nAlso, go get crapcleaner at www.ccleaner.com\n\nGood luck...
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Try Adaware or Spybot Search and Destroy. They are free. Download at the sites below.
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click start-all programs-go into the start up folder-delete the my computer that is in there. this stop that from happening. good luck
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You already got the answer . Go so safe mode (F8) and try \nusing :-\n\nSpyware - Ewido Anti Malware ( excellent )\nVirus - AVG Anti Virus latest \n\nalt/ctr/del will not show you programs running in the background mode. \nYou can try a test ..Norton or AVG Anti virus runs/monitor\nlife ...try evoking the Task Master (alt/ctr/del) and\nyou will not see them saying 'running'.\n\nSo I suggest using the above anti virus or spyware in \nsafe mode to eridicate your unwanted things or remove \nunwanted program .
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Add CCleaner and use it to clear both the system and registry.\nThen check for spyware using AdAware and Spybot S&D to catch ALL the spyware. One doesn't catch all.\nThen run a free ROOTKIT detector. This is different from the other solutions.\nIf you have a rootkit, you need a professional to remove it.
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close everything else out on the taskbar that you can  but first run antispy from yahoo and maybe the virus scanner  and clean the  disk and do a defrag a couple of times these things can get busy and lose their  processor power  but the other day i  watched a computer hard drive be eaten by a worm and some trojans it just lost all function as the hard drive was overwritten
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Look at your startup\n\ntype msconfig into Start-->Run. This prog will give a list of all the programs that are running with your computer. Disable whatever you don't need.\n\nDelete programs you don't need (these will take up room)\nMake sure you have enough hard-disk space (several gigs free is good)\nRun your virus scanner / spyware scanner. Viruses and spyware can really slow your computer down
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You can use a program called "hijackthis" to examine your system for running programs that you were not aware of.  Then, based on the registry changes and program locations, you can remove them manually.\n\nhttp://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial42.html
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If they arent in add/remove programs the most probably thing is they are spyware or something... I recommend you "Spy Bot Search & Destroy" and "Ad-Aware SE Personal" both are free and can be downloaded in:\n\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/\nhttp://www.grisoft.com/doc/289/lng/us/tpl/tpl01\n\nAfter intall update them and then scan your computer (is too easy)
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Try freeware CCleaner from http://www.ccleaner.com .  It will erase history, cookies, cache, temp files and lots of other assorted garbage.  It's a terrific registry cleaner also.\n\nIt can be set to run in automatic mode on every bootup if you want.
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You've got too many programs running in the background.  Try getting rid of some of the stuff you don't use in your systray or startup menu.
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You probably have a lot of processes/programs running in the background that isn't really necessary... \n\nyou should do a spyware scan, virus scan...\n\nalso, for a list of start up processes (you can see what processes are running by pressing ctrl+alt+del and select task manager) visit\n\nwww.answersthatwork.com\n\nthis will tell you what each process does, so you can decide whether to get rid of it.\n\nalso, you should uninstall any programs that you don't actually use...