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bucolic_frolic

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11. Ran Malwarebytes which found a bunch of PUP slimware

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 24, 2017, 08:54 PM

Oct 2017

then reinstalled Firefox. It's just as bad as ever. Slow. Constantly hung browser and links. Failures to load pages, or half-loaded pages.

Edge remains about normal speed. So Firefox is being slowed down.

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What in the world did you get? pangaia Oct 2017 #1

lol bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #4

A used system restored computer typically has a ton of updates to do. mn9driver Oct 2017 #5

This is a 2016 model and seems factory set for Mcaffee to scan every day bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #7

McAfee is the worst. Disable the realtime scans if you can. Dr Hobbitstein Oct 2017 #2

Agree. McAfee is horrid. Get rid of it and install AVG. CurtEastPoint Oct 2017 #6

I bought a new computer in January with Windows 10. SamKnause Oct 2017 #3

Please uninstall Macafee and report back to us. earthshine Oct 2017 #8

I deactivated active scanning and checked Task Manager bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #9

Removing Firefox helped speed up Edge Browswer a bit bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #10

Ran Malwarebytes which found a bunch of PUP slimware bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #11

Try uninstalling the Firefox extensions. earthshine Oct 2017 #12

You can get a "health report" from Windows Defender ucrdem Oct 2017 #13

ultimately i gave up on it bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #14

Good idea. ucrdem Oct 2017 #15