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Old 04-07-2007   #5 (permalink)
Doorman


 
 

Re: Very Slow Browsing


"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Doorman wrote:
>>
>> "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:%23jD3rVReHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Doorman wrote:
>>>> New gateway core 2
>>>> 1.5g ram
>>>> ISDN: Pinged acceptable (XP computer on same router/ISDN modem works
>>>> fine)
>>>> reset all settings to "performance"
>>>> protect modeff
>>>> phishing detect: off
>>>> firewall: off (using Mcafee firewall)
>>>>
>>>> Some sites note done but nothing appears, others load real slow.
>>>> Appears most porblems are graphics generated from third party sites
>>>> (such as shopping sites receiving product graphics from manufacturer).
>>>>
>>>> Sites such as Google, Yahoo load fine.
>>>> Newsmax takes two attempts to complete.
>>>>
>>>> Internal activities such as creating WMV projects, exceptionally fast.
>>>> Corel Draw regenerates fast. Uploading large JPG files such as new
>>>> Hubbell galaxy file (100 meg) acceptable.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Do you have SpySweeper installed? Another poster just discovered that
>>> removing SpySweeper solves his slow browsing issues.

> \
>> No, I use Ad-Aware. But turned off has no affect.

>
> I see you have McAfee. Uninstall McAfee as it is not compatible with Vista
> and causes many problems. Suggested antivirus programs as NOD32,
> Kaspersky, Avast.
>
> Malke
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I dumped Mcafee and installed Avast. Blazing fast now. Thanks


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