Hello.
I am using IE6.0 and now web pages are coming up very slowly. I did a
virus scan
and I have Adaware to keep out spyware. I can't figure out why things
have slowed down. I would appreciate any advice.

Thanks.
Liz

(1) The mouse & keyboard are the ones with moving parts, & they are
"hooked", meaning tasks will run each time you touch one. Therefore,
with the computer off, unplug the mouse & hold by it's tail until it may
stop spinning & squawking. Also, open & clean the ball & rollers. That
is not a design you may see on the rollers-- it is a band of dirt
running round the center! Also, unplug the keyboard, turn it round &
spank it.

(2) If disabling your virus checker's auto-"System" scan, using it's
Tray button, leaving the other types on, gives immediate & dramatic
relief, I have further info. This supposedly applies to Scan Engine
4.1.60.

(3) If you have "Find Fast", try disabling that.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=199787
OFF2000: How to Turn Off the Find Fast Indexer
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;158705
OFF97: How to Disable the Find Fast Indexer
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;135476
OFF95: Office for Windows 95 Find Fast Indexer Overview

(4) For sluggishness in navigating folders: Open Explorer, R-Clk My
Documents in the left pane, & select Properties. How many folders
does it contain? If it is around 100, try moving them out. Reboot. Is
your sluggishness gone?

(5) Update definitions & check for viruses, and
http://patrick.kolla.de/spybotsd.html SpyBot- Search & Destroy. (SpyBot
is gabby in it's "Checks" &
"Fixes" logs. Turn them off in "Settings".)
http://snurl.com/1vf8 HijackThis & how to use it
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/ HijackThis
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ AdAware
http://www.lavasoftusa.de/ Also AdAware
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip Removal Tool
may find something. (Actually, they certainly will.)

SpyBot is gabby in it's logs. Just check once to be sure both the
"Checks" & "Fixes" logs are off in "Settings", or monitor & delete them
occasionally.

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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
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| Hello.
| I am using IE6.0 and now web pages are coming up very slowly. I did a
| virus scan
| and I have Adaware to keep out spyware. I can't figure out why things
| have slowed down. I would appreciate any advice.
|
| Thanks.
| Liz

Ad-Aware does not keep out spyware but removes it after the fact. There has been a
rash of parasites that Ad-Aware and/or Spybot S&D can't detect.

First go to Merijn's site at the link below and download/run CoolWebShredder.

If you still have problems after running CWS, download/run HijackThis from:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/

Then post to an appropriate NG here where they specialize in spyware/hijacker
removal:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/


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Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is
always more to learn.

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I agree, CoolWebSearch is mutating faster than any other parasite.


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Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/index.htm


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