This is a problem I can easily fix but just formatting my hard-disk after having stored wanted files on an external hard-disk (Extreme, but I haven't found a solution yet and it is utmost annoying), because I don't have much on this computer because it's pretty new. But I want to see if I can fix this before resorting to that.
Here's a summary of the issue: About 1-2 weeks ago I started noticing extreme FPS drops everywhere, literally everywhere, even notepad, hence why I wrote system lag. This issue was also accompanied by sound distortion, which basically sounded like either an old gramophone with haemorrhoids or a trampoline spring being stretched.
I have gone to several forums with this issue, consulted my brother (also a member of this forum, and dude, if you're reading this, hi and don't make fun of me), googled it, updated my drivers, changed input ports, changed audio settings, checked for bad sectors and lots of other stuff that did not help. I will try and change the output when I get my speakers to work, even though it doesn't seem like it'll help much.
I think I know what caused it, which was some malware on a single torque 3D demo, which seemed to target System32. I found this a bit unbelievable however, because I have downloaded this previously with no issues, and there are also several other demos I downloaded from the same site and makers which weren't malicious. So someone bothered to infect the least popular demo out of several other demos. This seemed to cause the issue though, so I'll stick with the idea of one simple demo corrupting my computer (;-;).
So now you know what my problems are, explained in a hopefully entertaining and useful manner, and what may have caused them. All I need now is some leet help from some leet dudes over at the leet kingdom of computer knowledge.
Sorry for if I injected an incurable dose of stupid into this forum, I just need some help with my computer.
