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Old 06-03-2007   #11 (permalink)
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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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