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Since Saturday my computer has been running really slow. I've cleaned up temp files, run defrag, gotten rid of unused programs, run virus scan.
The virus scan came up with 6 infected files, but they've been quarantined.
It's literally loading pages slower than dialup and it's making me crazy.
Any ideas?
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Comcast? IS it one of those cheapo ones you buy or are you renting their modem. COmcast guy came to our office and said whenever there was a problem that they were swapping out old modems with new ones. That's what he did. DUnno if it applies to all problems though.
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Yup, Comcast and it's their modem. I've only had it for a little over a year though. Maybe I should call them and see what they say, since I'm home sick today anyway.
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Thats the best bet. At least you'll know whether it is or isn't a problem on their end after that. After the comcast guy left our office we still had a problem and it was time to call in the big guns.
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I'd suggest downloading Spybot Search and destroy. It'll will find and get rid of any spyware you may have on your computer, that made mine a whole lot faster.
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Quote:Originally posted by RapeFantasizer
I'd suggest downloading Spybot Search and destroy. It'll will find and get rid of any spyware you may have on your computer, that made mine a whole lot faster.
Yep - that works, and so does Ad-Aware - just make sure you update it every week.
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It was my firewall. It has never given me a problem before but now for some reason, if it's enabled, I can't get onto most websites and what I can access moves very slowly.
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No really, it's the firewall. Is it bad to have it disabled?
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The dirty internet monsters will get you when you sleep now.
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