New Website Hangs my computer!!

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I’ve used Avast & loved it for over 4 months now. My problem began with the updated program & website on the 13th. Everytime I close the Avast webpage & go to my desktop, my system hangs for 30-45 seconds. The start button depresses, then just hangs idly. This also happened when I was using AVG, their webpage & updates froze my computer. I use winME, IE6sp1. Is this a Java thing? My system is free of spyware. Please help.

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Close your browser, delete all cookies, temporary files, temporary internet files, downloaded program files etc.

Reboot and try again. Does this solves it?

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I’m sorry, I should have told you that I had done all of that before posting.

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And with that, I should have tested for the hang, which now appears to have cleared itself. Thanks for the help. I will post back if this problem returns.

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My victory was temporary. This website is again hanging my computer when I exit to the desktop. What could be different from the old webpage?

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Try another browser. That will at least tell us if it is a browser related problem or not.

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I installed Firefox & the hanging problem has disappeared. I’m not totally comfortable with Firefox though. Any suggestions on correcting the problem with Internet Explorer?

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Try a repair of IE as explained HERE

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Also make sure your IE is upto date

–lee

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I have Windows ME, I’ve tried the repair feature in “add/remove programs” file. It will always bug me, but hey, I’m starting to like this Firefox. Seems more stable & lots faster.

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You can remove IE with THIS util and than reinstall IE. It may solve the problem.

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bearmstead

I'm starting to like this Firefox. Seems more stable & lots faster.

I have been using firefox for a while and, and i now don’t see how i used the internet without it, its faster and has more security!!, also you may want to go to tools>extensions>get more extensions, where there are some good optional add ons

–lee

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Thanks for the suggestions, I think I’ll just stay with Firefox, probably do more harm than good deleting IE & reinstalling it.

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Hello bearmstead

I’m glad that you like firefox. May I suggest you some very useful extensions ?

  • mouse gesture : navigate with mouse moves.
  • tabbrowser preferences : manage your windows in tab

After these “must have” you can add :

  • googlebar : the google bar for firefox
  • ieview : some sites require IE. With ieview you can launch IE on the current page in one click
  • tab X : add ‘X’ icon in tab title to close it easily

With all these I’m sure you will never return to IE

Enjoy !

Farfouille