Vista - Very Slow Browsing

06-03-2007

Thank you PTravel. I think yo umay have solved my browsing problem. never
thought about Spysweeper being the problem.

Thanks again!

"PTravel" wrote:

>
> "Doorman" <twodogmc_nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:a6fef$4617939a$45285a80$29769@ALLTEL.NET...
> > 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 mode

ff
> > 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.
> >
> > Any suggestions???
>
> I just had a similar problem. It seemed to occur only on sites that had
> lots of javascript and ads. Some research indicated that Mcafee and Norton
> were sometimes to blame. In my case it was Webroot Spysweeper. It has a
> shiled called "Common Ad Sites." Once I turned it off, browsing problem
> sites was like lightning.
>
> >
> > TIA
>
>

06-03-2007	#11 (permalink)
Trace n/a posts	Re: Very Slow Browsing Thank you PTravel. I think yo umay have solved my browsing problem. never thought about Spysweeper being the problem. Thanks again! "PTravel" wrote: > > "Doorman" <twodogmc_nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:a6fef$4617939a$45285a80$29769@ALLTEL.NET... > > 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. > > > > Any suggestions??? > > I just had a similar problem. It seemed to occur only on sites that had > lots of javascript and ads. Some research indicated that Mcafee and Norton > were sometimes to blame. In my case it was Webroot Spysweeper. It has a > shiled called "Common Ad Sites." Once I turned it off, browsing problem > sites was like lightning. > > > > > TIA > >
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