Internet Explorer Running SLOW
 

Just recently I noticed that my internet explorer was running VERY SLOW. It's not the speed that websites load but it's the speed that I try to browse them at. When I scroll down it takes AGES for the display to update and can take up to 15seconds or more to highlight just a single word!

When I hover over links that change colour it can take a LONG time to change colour. I have never had this trouble before and it has always ran very smoothly...

I'm running Windows ME (sigh) on a 1ghz Celeron (sigh) with 384MB SD RAM (another sigh)...

Please help! My browsing experience is going DOWN HILL!!!!

EDIT: One other thing I noticed: When I go to view, toolbars there is this strange one at the bottom called: aqeetrrstmc ?!?! What the hell is this?

And also when I shutdown my computer and reboot the default home page goes to a new address and it has about:blank on the end (about:blank is what I had set before).

And also when I type in a wrong URL, instead of going to the usual MSN Search it has changed and goes to Quicksearch.com...!

I think that's it!

Re: Internet Explorer Running SLOW
 

sounds like lots of spyware ,run ad-aware
http://www.webattack.com/get/adaware.shtml

or Spybot,ad-aware is more user friendly but spybot is a little better !!
http://spybot.eon.net.au/index.php?l...&page=download

Thanks for the reply!

I scanned for the spyware but the only think I found was a SaveNow registry entry which I of course removed. But it didn't change anything :(

It still runs slow and I don't know what the problem is!

If you can think of anything else I would be grateful.

Re: Internet Explorer Running SLOW
 

check in the control panel ,add/remove programs for save now and any other strange looking programs,also have you ran a virus scan.this free version of AGV ,works great .
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Re: Internet Explorer Running SLOW
 

Download and extract the free utility PrcView from http://www.teamcti.com/pview/prcview.htm

This utility is excellent for looking at what processes are running on your system. It will show you not only processes but threads that the Task Manager often hides from you, including spyware. It also can give you details on each task and kill them, if you so wish.

Installation doesn't modify the Windows Registry, so you simply extract it to wherever you want. I find it so useful that I put a shortcut to it in my Startup folder; I run it with Windows.

Try running it and let us know what's running.

Thanks again for the replys.

I went through my add/remove programs and removed a few programs which were junk, one of which screwed up the start up and I got an error but the reboot after that cleared it up.

Thanks for the PrcView tip there were quite a few processes running but nothing that seemed out of the ordinary. Here is the list anyway:

DDHELP.EXE        4294601453        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDHELP.EXE        Microsoft DirectX Helper 4.09.00.0900.  Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1994-2002

DSLAGENT.EXE        4294658861        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DSLAGENT.EXE        DSLAGENT.EXE

EXPLORER.EXE        4294746789        C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE        Windows Explorer 5.50.4134.100.  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-2000

GSICON.EXE        4294678569        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\GSICON.EXE        DSL Modem Monitor 3.1.1.  Copyright © 2001 GlobespanVirata, Inc.

KERNEL32.DLL        4287583597        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL        Win32 Kernel core component 4.90.3000.  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1991-2000

LOADQM.EXE        4294686081        C:\WINDOWS\LOADQM.EXE        Microsoft QMgr 5.4.1103.3.  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999

MMTASK        4294706397        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk        Multimedia background task support module 4.90.3000.  Copyright © Microsoft Corp. 1991-2000

MPREXE.EXE        4294967089        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE        WIN32 Network Interface Service Process 4.90.3000.  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1993-2000

MSGPLUS.EXE        4294859381        C:\MY DOCUMENTS\MATTHEW'S FILES\MSNPLUS\MSGPLUS.EXE        Messenger Plus! 2, 20, 0, 52.  Copyright (C) 2001-2003

MSGSRV32        4294938809        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE        Windows 32-bit VxD Message Server 4.90.3000.  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1992-1998

MSTASK.EXE        4294953085        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE        Task Scheduler Engine 4.71.2721.1.  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 2000

NAVAPW32.EXE        4294542029        C:\PROGRAM FILES\NORTON ANTIVIRUS\NAVAPW32.EXE        Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect Agent 6.0.0.21.  Copyright (C) Symantec Corporation 1991-1999

PRCVIEW.EXE        4294404725        C:\MY DOCUMENTS\MATTHEW'S FILES\PROCESS VIEWER\PRCVIEW\PRCVIEW.EXE        Process Viewer Application 3.7.3.1.  Developed by Igor Nys, 1995-2003

REALSCHED.EXE        4294696553        C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\REAL\UPDATE_OB\REALSCHED.EXE        RealNetworks Scheduler 0.1.0.1599.  Copyright © RealNetworks, Inc. 1995-2002

RNAAPP.EXE        4294627945        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RNAAPP.EXE        Dial-Up Networking Application 4.90.3000.  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1992-1996

SAGENT2.EXE        4294866989        C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\EPSON\EBAPI\SAGENT2.EXE        EPSON Printer Status Agent 1, 0, 0, 0.  Copyright (C) SEIKO EPSON CORP. 2000-2001

SPOOL32.EXE        4294940817        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SPOOL32.EXE        Spooler Sub System Process 4.90.3000.  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1994 - 1998

STIMON.EXE        4294762809        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE        Still Image Devices Monitor 4.90.3000.1.  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-2000

STMGR.EXE        4294732781        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RESTORE\STMGR.EXE        Microsoft (R) PC State Manager 4.90.0.2533.  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-2000

SYSTRAY.EXE        4294645509        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE        System Tray Applet 4.90.3000.  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1993-2000

TAPISRV.EXE        4294730909        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TAPISRV.EXE        Microsoft® Windows(TM) Telephony Server 4.90.3000.  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1994-1998

TASKMON.EXE        4294523801        C:\WINDOWS\TASKMON.EXE        Task Monitor 4.90.3000.  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1998

VSMON.EXE        4294855701        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ZONELABS\VSMON.EXE        TrueVector Service 2.6.84.  Copyright © 2001, Zone Labs Inc.

WMIEXE.EXE        4294680229        C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WMIEXE.EXE        WMI service exe housing 4.90.2452.1.  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999

ZAPRO.EXE        4294519189        C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZONE LABS\ZONEALARM\ZAPRO.EXE        ZoneAlarm Pro 2.6.84.  Copyright © 2001, Zone Labs Inc.

ZM32.EXE        4294957381        C:\PROGRAM FILES\ZIPMAGIC\ZM32.EXE        ZipMagic 4.0 4,0,0,32.  Copyright © 1997-2000 Ontrack Data International

It's still running slow though! And I have no idea what is wrong. The strange toolbar option is still there but one thing that has stopped is the random start up page. It stays to what I set it now :)

Thanks again for the help.

More suggestions are welcome!

Re: Internet Explorer Running SLOW
 

try disabling you norton antivirus auto protection ,there are a few things running there that don't need to be ,like Windows messanger ,loadqm.exe ,task schedular,real updater ,the epson printer ,tapisrv.exe ,
zone alarm is good but rescorce hog.

Yeah they can be disabled, but even if I do it still runs badly and I have had more programs running than that before and it has been fine.

I really don't have a clue what is wrong with it! :(

Re: Internet Explorer Running SLOW
 

I am having the exact same problem. Does anyone know how to fix it???

yeah, me too...
 

I'm also having this problem. I have a feeling that it is some sort of virus. Previously, there was one virus that my virus scan program had locked into quarantine. Now when I scan, there isn't anything coming up.

I doubt very much that it has anything to do with spyware or clogged resources, as everything ran fine a couple weeks ago. Opera still runs *fine*, (locks up the first time I access a yahoo site. Is fine the second.).