Extremely slow on the net

[Cook1]

Ok, so my computer is out of commission until Wed, so I'm on the family computer. This thing is slower then slow on the net. I've ran Spybot and Ad-aware SE. I get a few, but nothing major since I put Firefox on this system. What else can I run to speed this thing up?

 

[mechBgon]

How about an online antivirus scan at Panda More info about the computer and its OS, the connection (broadband? tin cans on string?) and your home network setup might help.

 

[Cook1]

800mhz Celeron
256mb PC2100
Win XP Pro w/SP2
DSL
This one is on a wireless connection

It's always been a bit slow because of what the system actually is, but never this slow.

 

[mechBgon]

Weird, now where did you get a Socket370 board that takes DDR

Try Internet Explorer again. Does it go fast where Firefox goes slow? Or are they both slow?

Also, I would log on as each user, empty their IE Temporary Internet Files, and set the amount to cache to maybe 2MB, as well as raise the Privacy setting to Medium-High. Five zillion weentsy .gif's and .jpg's per user does not make for a nice tidy defragmented hard drive. Defrag it and see if that helps.

Other than that, a practical suggestion: if there was spyware, then for gosh sakes make all of the regular users into Limited-class accounts and reserve the Admin powers to one Administrator account that's used only when it's needed. Taking some cues from DetroitSportsFan and Schadenfroh, if you could run HiJackThis and post the contents of the resulting log file, that could help establish whether there's monkeyshines going on below the surface there. Also run Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer to look for hidden weaknesses, follow my Secure Is Good! link in my sig for a link to that.

Gotta get a shower and head to work, maybe one of those guys can check out your HJT log and see if it's ok. Good luck

 

[Cook1]

Thanks, at school now, will do when I get home around 6pm.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Follow the instructions here

and post your hijackthis log for review as mechBgon suggested

 

[Blake]

I'm using XP Home Edition w/SP2 and just surfing the net I'm using 255mb of memory. I have over 1 Gig of memory installed. If you only have a 256mb stick installed, you probably need more. That may be slowing you down.