Windows 10: super slow and had 4 virus-malware in hundreds

its asus note book pc Q504U stock with 1tb drive with 850 gb free space, has 12gb ram core I5 cpu.
boot time maybe 10 minutes.
ran sfc scannow and it passed ok.
ran dism restore health, recheck sfc scan now and it passed.
upgraded to win 10 1803 to 1809 which took 6 hours and it succeeded, win 10 defender said no malware.
Ran malware bytes and found 208 removed ok.
Ran Hitman Pro and it found 4 virus and loads of pup, quarantined all.

so far not much has helped with performance, but getting rid of the malware sped it up a little, now 10 mins to boot to working desktop. Loading Chrome takes 4 minutes, then a minute to load a web page. Clicking windows menu at first load takes several minutes to see anything. it was never this slow except for last 6 months. this has basically become almost unusable. So what can we do?

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Rooted Malware, Virus, and Trojan Infection, Keylogger Trojan Malware

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Please click the link below and follow Stephen Boots' suggestion on how to remove Trojan virus on your computer:

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Updates slowing computer performance

Hi,

Listed below are possible causes why Windows is running slow:

• Too many application installed.
• Virus and malware.
• Corrupted system files.
• Outdated drivers.

For us to assist you with the concern, we suggest following the steps on this
article.

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Is it a Virus or a Malware or something else?

Hello Joes,

There's a possibility that your device is infected with a malware causing why you're unable to delete the game on your laptop. In order for us to assist you better, we'd like to ask the following:

• Aside from formatting the hard drive, what other troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?
• Have you asked your friend where did he download the games?

To identify if your computer is infected with a virus or malware, we recommend downloading and running
Microsoft Safety Scanner. The scanner can easily detect if there's any virus found on your device. To do so, follow the steps on this
link.

We are looking forward to your reply.