IE too slow

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One of the reasons we switched from dial-up to DSL was for the speed. We've got the speed, and two computers networked together. When I go on to IE on one my ISP home page comes up immediately. On the other one it takes a long time for the home page as well as any other web page to come up. I have talked to my IS provider - no problem there. I don't have a virus as I have checked and I've talked w/the Dell techs who think I may have a worm and need to reformat my hard drive. I don't want to do this. Anyone have any other ideas on my problem. When we first went on to DSL it worked fine. I downloaded Netscape and it works fine so I know it's a problem w/IE. Thanks.
 
Mag,
The first thing to do is to scan your system for the possibility of
unknown\unwanted spyware or parasites that may be causing your problem(s).

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
____________________________________________________________
Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 12-26-03]
Please post replies to this Newsgroup, email address is invalid
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Mag said:
One of the reasons we switched from dial-up to DSL was for the speed.
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We've got the speed, and two computers networked together. When I go on to
IE on one my ISP home page comes up immediately. On the other one it takes
a long time for the home page as well as any other web page to come up. I
have talked to my IS provider - no problem there. I don't have a virus as I
have checked and I've talked w/the Dell techs who think I may have a worm
and need to reformat my hard drive. I don't want to do this. Anyone have
any other ideas on my problem. When we first went on to DSL it worked fine.
I downloaded Netscape and it works fine so I know it's a problem w/IE.
Thanks.
 
Yep, see Mikes post. That behaviour is very typical of adware/spyware and
the like. It could also be a worm or virus as well so make sure you run a
virus scan with the latest updates (signature files or whatever they may be
called) installed. Also, if you have any toolbars in IE they could also be
causing problems (especially things like Hotbar - which is spyware as well)
so uninstall them.

Mag said:
One of the reasons we switched from dial-up to DSL was for the speed.
Click to expand...
We've got the speed, and two computers networked together. When I go on to
IE on one my ISP home page comes up immediately. On the other one it takes
a long time for the home page as well as any other web page to come up. I
have talked to my IS provider - no problem there. I don't have a virus as I
have checked and I've talked w/the Dell techs who think I may have a worm
and need to reformat my hard drive. I don't want to do this. Anyone have
any other ideas on my problem. When we first went on to DSL it worked fine.
I downloaded Netscape and it works fine so I know it's a problem w/IE.
Thanks.
 
I've tried everything you suggested, so no luck. A few of the problems found during SpyBot scan I didn't fix because they all were in Key Registry and that scares me because I don't know enought about it, and SpyBot didn't automatically check them like they did some others. Can I uninstall Internet Explorer? Will this fix my problem? I'm going crazy with the slowness of this. If my ISP used Netscape browser I would forget all about IE. Any other suggestions

----- Mike Burgess wrote: ----

Mag
The first thing to do is to scan your system for the possibility o
unknown\unwanted spyware or parasites that may be causing your problem(s)

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engine
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.ht
___________________________________________________________
Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS fil
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 12-26-03
Please post replies to this Newsgroup, email address is invali
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Mag said:
One of the reasons we switched from dial-up to DSL was for the speed
Click to expand...
We've got the speed, and two computers networked together. When I go on t
IE on one my ISP home page comes up immediately. On the other one it take
a long time for the home page as well as any other web page to come up.
have talked to my IS provider - no problem there. I don't have a virus as
have checked and I've talked w/the Dell techs who think I may have a wor
and need to reformat my hard drive. I don't want to do this. Anyone hav
any other ideas on my problem. When we first went on to DSL it worked fine
I downloaded Netscape and it works fine so I know it's a problem w/IE
Thanks
 
Mag said:
I've tried everything you suggested, so no luck. A few of the
problems found during SpyBot scan I didn't fix because they all were
in Key Registry and that scares me because I don't know enought about
it, and SpyBot didn't automatically check them like they did some
others. Can I uninstall Internet Explorer? Will this fix my
problem? I'm going crazy with the slowness of this. If my ISP used
Netscape browser I would forget all about IE. Any other suggestions?
Click to expand...


Uninstalling and re-installing won't fix it.
You can use Netscape whether your ISP supports it or not. If they say they
don't support it that just means they won't help you with it, not that it
won't work.

BTW, it looks like you might be using HotBar. I'd get rid of it if you are.
 
Mag,
You can post your questions about SpyBot's results at their Support Forum:
http://forums.net-integration.net/
____________________________________________________________
Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 12-26-03]
Please post replies to this Newsgroup, email address is invalid
--

Mag said:
I've tried everything you suggested, so no luck. A few of the problems
Click to expand...
found during SpyBot scan I didn't fix because they all were in Key Registry
and that scares me because I don't know enought about it, and SpyBot didn't
automatically check them like they did some others. Can I uninstall
Internet Explorer? Will this fix my problem? I'm going crazy with the
slowness of this. If my ISP used Netscape browser I would forget all about
IE. Any other suggestions?
----- Mike Burgess wrote: -----

Mag,
The first thing to do is to scan your system for the possibility of
unknown\unwanted spyware or parasites that may be causing your problem(s).

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
____________________________________________________________
Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 12-26-03]
Please post replies to this Newsgroup, email address is invalid
--

Mag said:
One of the reasons we switched from dial-up to DSL was for the
Click to expand...
speed.
We've got the speed, and two computers networked together. When I go on to
IE on one my ISP home page comes up immediately. On the other one it takes
a long time for the home page as well as any other web page to come up. I
have talked to my IS provider - no problem there. I don't have a virus as I
have checked and I've talked w/the Dell techs who think I may have a worm
and need to reformat my hard drive. I don't want to do this. Anyone have
any other ideas on my problem. When we first went on to DSL it worked fine.
I downloaded Netscape and it works fine so I know it's a problem w/IE.
Thanks.
Click to expand...
 
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