I've run scans, and they will pick up small things, but the problems are still there, and very frustrating.
These will often take 10 minutes to resolve, and I usually just have to kill my browser and any open software/programs to get it to do anything.
I can't open anything or use my browser (Firefox or Chrome) without it locking up/not responding, or getting hundreds of non-responsive script or plugin errors. Startup takes a good 5 minutes on some restarts, and there is always high memory/resource usage, and my AV/AM programs are always turned off. My laptop is slow and sluggish no matter what I am doing.