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Title: computer insanely slow
Post by: blueee on January 11, 2016, 11:04:07 PM

my computer wasnt insanely slow when i left home four months ago. i was able to use it.
now i go most any site other than craigslist and here and it slows to a freeze. like if i hover the mouse over a button, i cant even click it. pages take minutes to load. it is ridiculous.

i opened up task manager and both firefox and chrome will use 100% of the resources.
i wont have a bunch of tabs open like i used to
i dont have a bunch of mods or extensions

iirc i may have downloaded norton antivirus right before i took off. could that be it?

Title: Re: computer insanely slow
Post by: JFax on January 12, 2016, 03:54:04 AM

Norton has that effect on computers. I had to uninstall my version as my computer just became horribly slow.

Otherwise reformat your drive and/or clean the inside of your computer.

Title: Re: computer insanely slow
Post by: ginger on January 12, 2016, 06:03:51 AM

Too much pr0n.

Title: Re: computer insanely slow
Post by: LukeTom on January 12, 2016, 07:53:06 AM

why would you need to go on any other sight apart from BG?

Title: Re: computer insanely slow
Post by: dude... on January 12, 2016, 06:50:48 PM

its time to upgrade from windows 95 blue

Title: Re: computer insanely slow
Post by: blueee on January 12, 2016, 10:05:31 PM

reformat???

it is going insanely slow, very sure due to norton
and of course i cant disable norton
it is a $150 computer i got off new egg that came with a fake copy of windows
what is the closest i can get to a reformat without needing to reinstall a copy of windows (which i do not have)

also can anyone recommend me a cheap complete laptop that can handle simple browsing AND norton antivirus
this has two gigs of ram and 64gig hard drive, i figured it should be able to handle interneting just fine, but i guess im wrong

Title: Re: computer insanely slow
Post by: Prodigal Son on January 12, 2016, 11:32:27 PM

Maybe try avg why not?

Title: Re: computer insanely slow
Post by: ginger on January 12, 2016, 11:39:18 PM

Man, fuck Norton in the arse. Get Bit Defender for free and if you want a cheap laptop just for browsing get a Chinese model like Lenovo.

Title: Re: computer insanely slow
Post by: blueee on January 13, 2016, 01:51:41 AM

hey, i was able to unistall norton but its still pretty damn slow.
should i click the system restore option it always asks me about at bootup?
can i do that without a windows disk and/or authentic copy of winsdows

Title: Re: computer insanely slow
Post by: ginger on January 13, 2016, 03:25:47 AM

You might just have some malware going on, in which case you are fucked.

Title: Re: computer insanely slow
Post by: dude... on January 13, 2016, 03:26:25 AM

http://www.linuxmint.com/ (http://www.linuxmint.com/)

Title: Re: computer insanely slow
Post by: Karsten4130 on January 15, 2016, 12:17:55 PM

Run Malwarebytes anti-malware to be sure it's not some virus.