Tips to fix internet slowdown?

Rob1981 · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:29 pm Post subject: Tips to fix internet slowdown?

Recently I've noticed a huge slowdown in internet speed. I use Internet Explorer, and I never have this much slowdown. Pages load extra slow and sometimes not even at all. I've run a virus scan and it didn't help. Also I've been getting popups more than normal (sometimes even just from visiting Wikipedia which usually has none). So I'm thinking popups or spyware are part of the problem. I don't have many programs running at once, so that's not the reason for the slowdown.

What's a good free popup and/or spyware blocker, and a good site where I can download it? Is there anything else I can do?
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Scott · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:57 pm Post subject:

Do you have a wireless network? Some neighbors may be using it and slowing you down. If you do you can go to your router http://192.168.1.1 and you will be able check who is connected and kick them off.

As for a pop-up blocker, go http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ then https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

I haven't seen a pop-up in years.
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Rob1981 · Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:02 am Post subject:

No I don't have wireless. Sadly enough, I'm still on dial up. I've been meaning to change to something else, but I haven't done it yet. It's not usually this slow. It seems to be only a few sites: Wikipedia and Facebook as the ones that continue to load slow (if they even load at all). At times they just sit and do nothing.
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krt · ... Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 4995 Location: Down Under

Isolation test. Try a different computer if feasible with the dial up connection and/or try a live Linux CD for starters.
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marinaroz · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:36 am Post subject:

Have you tried clearing your cache? You should, sometimes when your cache space is all used up, it can seriously slow things down.

Personally, I haven't needed any popup and spyware cleaners for years, since I use firefox for most of my online activities, but a few good programs I can think of (and have used myself) are: AdAware, Spybot Search & Destroy and HijackThis. Mind, I don't know how they're doing these days, but they worked great at the time when IE6 still ruled the web.
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mcwkm · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:16 am Post subject:

I believe it was SpySweeper that I found worked very well but I believe it is only trial software for free

Jacky · 3.14159265358979323846264 Joined: 01 Jan 2005 Posts: 4175

I have AVG installed for some years already and I never had to worry about virus and spyware.

Yes when I first had AVG installed I was still on dial-up.

I also noticed that sites load significantly faster on Firefox than Internet Explorer when I was on dial-up.

The days where I have to worry about virus/spyware and popups are long gone when I switched to Firefox plus AVG.

LP-SolidRaven · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:56 am Post subject:

Try rebooting your rooter, that often helps.
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ClickFanatic · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:47 pm Post subject:

You most definitely have a spyware issue. Popups on Wikipedia? That's impossible!

I have found Malwarebyte's Anti-malware very effective (and so have others). You should really run a scan.
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damnit · Novice Poster Joined: 14 May 2009 Posts: 1

maybe you should contact your ISP , they will solve your problem

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