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slow internet problems
Name: chrisconnor Date: December 16, 2003 at 13:03:21 Pacific OS: windos 98 CPU/Ram: Intel celeron 256mb ram
Comment:
suddenly my IE has began running really slow. when i click on a link it takes ages to load and when i enter text it takes ages for each letter to appear. my IE always freezes and when i open the task manager it always says (not responding)beside IE. it has taken me 10mins to write this entry alone while watching each letter appear after i have typed a whole sentence. it just is slow to respond to anything. can anyone help me.
Name: winipcfg Date: December 16, 2003 at 13:22:59 Pacific
Reply:
Hi, When was the last time you defragged and emptied your temporary internet files? That'll help. My best guess is that you probally have a virus or spyware. Download ad-aware 6.0. That'll take care of your spyware. Update your antivirus proggy and do a full virus scan. HTH, ~winipcfg
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Response Number 2
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: December 16, 2003 at 13:31:13 Pacific
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Slow IE performance is one of the symptoms of a browser hijacker. You might want to run this:
Name: trek1701A Date: December 16, 2003 at 13:34:26 Pacific
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Had the same problem. Spybot didn't take care of the problem. Does your IE setting homepage switch on you too? You might have a piece of highjack spyware on your system.
Do a search on the net for a program call CWShredder. It is a small download of about 33k zip file. After I ran it, IE was backup to speed!
One thing I might add, that could prevent this happening in the future, is go to your internet option, advanced tab, uncheck Enable Install On Demand (Internet Explorer) and Enable Install On Demand (Other) boxes. Some website said to do that. Let us know how things turn out.
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Response Number 4
Name: Derek Date: December 16, 2003 at 15:30:38 Pacific
Reply:
Unchecking "Enable Install on Demand" is a good idea (to prevent future troubles). At one time I thought it meant when the user demanded, but no, it means others can install without you telling them to.
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