Re: Slow XP
- From: inkleput@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:25:32 -0400
Attho I can't remember the name of the problem feature, it was not Link
Scanner, altho it was something much like it and in addition to it.
Before I messed around with FF 3 and screwed everything up I used FF 2.
Installing AVG 8 Full caused an addon to be added to the Addon list. I
removed it and fixed the problem - but Link Scanner was still running.
Of course if Link scanner is causing actual problems for some people, who
am I to say otherwise, just because it's OK for me.
"Tho I can't remember the details, the addon installed by AVG 8 Full is
written about at Mozilla or Mozilla Magazine.
I'm curious whether Link Scanner puts in those little green icons on
Google results like this addon did.
"Touch Base" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
How to install AVG with LinkScanner
http://free.avg.com/ww.faq.num-1241
Regards,
Touch Base
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"Olórin" <incanus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
<inkleput@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Different situation here. XP Pro SP2, 1 g memory, 1.7 ghz.
Speed has been fine until recently - getting as high as 11K b/s on
downloads. Basic operations are still OK, but after going from FireFox 2
to FireFox 3 and scurrying back as quickly as possible, I'm getting as
low
as 1100 b/s or less. Coincidence?
I've gone through every cleanup process imaginable including registry.
I've always kept on top of viruses with AVG 8 Full in place now and
others
applied occasionally (with no surprises).
Somebody PLEASE tell me where the hidden slowdown settings are!
JimL
---
Obama: Solid gold or solid fertilizer?
Careful with those registry cleaners!
So some say. I've used them for years and never had a problem. I suspect
it would make a difference if the programmers were incompetent.
Is this only happening with Firefox, or with IE too?
Hm, don't know. I never use !E except when XP forces it. And I may not
even try it. I did the winsock reset doohicky suggested and it _appears_ to
have put me back on track. The only problem now is that I will NEVER be
able to remember where I stored that tip!
I found AVG*8* slowed me down - though not to the same extent you're
finding. Nor did I like the component of it that kept dashing off to sites
and giving them safety ticks in Google search results. I ditched it for
Avast & Avira on my home PCs.
I had the AVG 8 slowdown problem. Since my memory is apparently bobbing
around in Dante's Seventh Ring I don't remember exactly what the fix was,
but it was an addon that AVG 8 installed that was checking out web sites
some way or other. I recall that it put little green me.. oops, little
green icons all up and down a Google hit page. Disabling the addon fixed
it. But I don't even have it now, because my temporary excursion into FF 3
trashed it. FF 3 seems to trash a LOT of things that stay trashed when you
return to FF2.
[Prepares to be flamed] You might want to close AVG *completely* (check
system tray, services, & processes in Task Manager) and then browse around
/
download from a few *known safe* sites, to see if things have sped up. This
would, of course, be a temporary measure, and you should ensure virus
protection is reinstated at the earliest opportunity - preferably by
restarting your machine, to ensure that all components have started. Not
wanting to sound like I'm talking down to you, but a caveat I'd give
anyone:
if you don't appreciate the danger from viruses or are at all unsure of
your
ability to *safely* browse the web for a short period for this testing,
then
please DON'T DO IT! Others will doubtless berate me for suggesting this -
but it's what I would try if it were me. (Not that it sounds likely that
the
cause IS AVG, but this would test it.)
No flame from here; I've had to do it before. But I would heavily
underscore your caveat to be very careful about it. When I used the free
version of AVG it didn't have a feature that checked incoming stuff (only
checked after you already had it) and I got riddled with trojans during ONE
SESSION on a bad site. Took me a week or more to clean it up.
JimL
---
Obama: Solid gold or solid fertilizer?
JimL
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The ONLY thing wrong with our economy is the hundreds of crooks running it.
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