Halp!

[ZiprHead]

Okay, I clicked on a dodgy link the other day and got a virus. My AV killed it pretty quickly but apparently some damage has been done. For some reason, TFT links are loading very slowly about every other click. Funny thing is it's only happening to TFT. No issues at two other forums I visit nor with FB, which is where I clicked the dodgy link from. I ran Malwarebytes, uninstalled and reinstalled chrome. Deleted my cookies. Ran CCleaner on my registry and nothing seems to help.

Anyone got any ideas?

 

[beero1000]

Okay, I clicked on a dodgy link the other day and got a virus. My AV killed it pretty quickly but apparently some damage has been done. For some reason, TFT links are loading very slowly about every other click. Funny thing is it's only happening to TFT. No issues at two other forums I visit nor with FB, which is where I clicked the dodgy link from. I ran Malwarebytes, uninstalled and reinstalled chrome. Deleted my cookies. Ran CCleaner on my registry and nothing seems to help.

Anyone got any ideas?

What OS? Have you tested it with a different browser on the same computer and a different computer on the same network?

 

[ZiprHead]

Windows 7. And no, I haven't. I'll give that a try.

 

[ZiprHead]

Getting the same with Windows Exploder. I'll try it on another computer tomorrow.

 

[beero1000]

Getting the same with Windows Exploder. I'll try it on another computer tomorrow.

Might be worth trying "ipconfig /release" and then "ipconfig /renew" in cmd.

 

[DBT]

Switch to Linux Mint....there is no comparison to Microsoft Windows products. Miles ahead.

 

[ZiprHead]

Switch to Linux Mint....there is no comparison to Microsoft Windows products. Miles ahead.

Always someone...

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Switch to Linux Mint....there is no comparison to Microsoft Windows products. Miles ahead.

Person A: I need help for my Toyota Camry. My AC isn't working well right now. At first it would work at the first setting, but I kept losing options and now it'll only blow at the highest setting.
Person B: You should get a Ford Fusion.

 

[ZiprHead]

Tried the ipconfig trick. Still happening but not as much.

 

[blastula]

reboot.

yw

 

[beero1000]

reboot.

yw

Worth a shot if you haven't tried it already. Also, if you have access to it, you can unplug your modem/router for 30 seconds then plug it back in.

 

[ZiprHead]

Already rebooted several times.

I'll try the modem/router reboot.


Dummy me when I ran ccleaner it deleted my old restore points.

 

[bilby]

Switch to Linux Mint....there is no comparison to Microsoft Windows products. Miles ahead.

Always someone...

He's right though.

Mint (like most Linux distros) is free, and if you want to keep Windows, you can install both at once, and choose which to use each time you boot.

Personally I use Red Hat, which is not free, but my boss pays for it. I also have an ancient PC that is running Lubuntu, which basically only gets used as a network print server.

The risk of malware is dramatically lower in Linux than in Windows. And most modern distros are as easy to use as Windows 7 (and IMO dramatically easier than any more recent version of Windows).

Mint is very comfortable for users who are familiar with Win7.

 

[bilby]

Switch to Linux Mint....there is no comparison to Microsoft Windows products. Miles ahead.

Person A: I need help for my Toyota Camry. My AC isn't working well right now. At first it would work at the first setting, but I kept losing options and now it'll only blow at the highest setting.
Person B: You should get a Ford Fusion.

That comparison would be apt, if a Ford Fusion was free of charge, and you could select which to drive each time you turned the ignition key.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Switch to Linux Mint....there is no comparison to Microsoft Windows products. Miles ahead.

Person A: I need help for my Toyota Camry. My AC isn't working well right now. At first it would work at the first setting, but I kept losing options and now it'll only blow at the highest setting.
Person B: You should get a Ford Fusion.

That comparison would be apt, if a Ford Fusion was free of charge, and you could select which to drive each time you turned the ignition key.

It is apt because no one is buying a new car to deal with a blower motor issue, much like no one is installing a second OS on their computer so one website's load times improve.

 

[bilby]

That comparison would be apt, if a Ford Fusion was free of charge, and you could select which to drive each time you turned the ignition key.

It is apt because no one is buying a new car to deal with a blower motor issue, much like no one is installing a second OS on their computer so one website's load times improve.

I would.

Just as I would get a new car if my current one had a blower motor issue and a new one was free of charge.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

That comparison would be apt, if a Ford Fusion was free of charge, and you could select which to drive each time you turned the ignition key.

It is apt because no one is buying a new car to deal with a blower motor issue, much like no one is installing a second OS on their computer so one website's load times improve.

I would.

Just as I would get a new car if my current one had a blower motor issue and a new one was free of charge.

Whatever.

 

[Hermit]

Clear your web browser's cache, cookies, and history.

In my experience this takes care of a surprising number of problems. I don't know how or why it does. It just does, and that's what matters.

 

[ZiprHead]

Clear your web browser's cache, cookies, and history.

In my experience this takes care of a surprising number of problems. I don't know how or why it does. It just does, and that's what matters.

I did that a couple days ago with ccleaner but I tried it again directly from the browser and still no joy. But thanks for the tip anyway.

It's funny, a page will start to load then stop with the little circle continuously spinning. I click stop then refresh and it immediately pops up.

 

[beero1000]

Clear your web browser's cache, cookies, and history.

In my experience this takes care of a surprising number of problems. I don't know how or why it does. It just does, and that's what matters.

I did that a couple days ago with ccleaner but I tried it again directly from the browser and still no joy. But thanks for the tip anyway.

It's funny, a page will start to load then stop with the little circle continuously spinning. I click stop then refresh and it immediately pops up.

hmmm. Try ipconfig /flushdns in cmd?