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In my experience, Norton System Works bogs just about any computer down. It is constantly doing something to use memory. I learned that my ISP provides a light version Norton anti-virus, spam filtering, and internet security which seems to be much less intrusive and takes less memory.
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04-10-2008, 06:04 PM
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This site is so slow....
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Originally Posted by elite38868
In my experience, Norton System Works bogs just about any computer down. It is constantly doing something to use memory. I learned that my ISP provides a light version Norton anti-virus, spam filtering, and internet security which seems to be much less intrusive and takes less memory.
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The one thing that I have noted that I don't believe is connected to Norton in anyway, is that AOLLOAD.exe zaps 98% and puts my system on overload where I feel like throwing the computer off the roof. I discontinue that task through my task manager and my AIM still works fine as well as everything else on my computer. So I have no idea why that file feels the need to do whatever it is doing. A waste imo.
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04-10-2008, 07:10 PM
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This site is so slow....
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If it's a virus why isn't Norton identifying it as a virus? I run Norton more than once a week as far as full system virus scans and it has discovered a couple of trojans and killed them that I didn't even realize had loaded as far as noting performance issues.
I've had some odd things occur as far as gibberish on previous computers because of the VRS that I run.
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04-10-2008, 07:42 PM
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AOLLOAD is not a virus, just part of AOL software. The write-up that cautions it may be malware uses generic language for the sole purpose of selling detection software. If there was malware with the same name, any decent and recent antivirus and spyware prevention software would pick up that the signature has been altered.
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04-10-2008, 11:54 PM
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Cheryl, are you using just the AIM or the whole AO"hell"L program?
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04-11-2008, 01:00 AM
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This site is so slow.....
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Originally Posted by elite38868
Cheryl, are you using just the AIM or the whole AO"hell"L program?
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Only using AIM for those who are also on AIM; I don't use the rest of AOL, I hate it. I'm also using Windows Messenger, Yahoo IM, and Skype for those that use those various communication providers.
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Originally Posted by Tubut
AOLLOAD is not a virus, just part of AOL software. The write-up that cautions it may be malware uses generic language for the sole purpose of selling detection software. If there was malware with the same name, any decent and recent antivirus and spyware prevention software would pick up that the signature has been altered.
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Thanks, Ruedi. You interpreted the post the same way that I did as far as it not being a virus. But it did take scrolling down and reading the longest and most informed post at the bottom of the string, which was not indicated as the best answer. I rate Yahoo answers right along side wikipedia.
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Last edited by Pat Braden; 04-11-2008 at 01:09 AM.
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04-11-2008, 07:01 AM
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D'oh, thread hijack
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Originally Posted by Pat Braden
Only using AIM for those who are also on AIM
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04-11-2008, 09:43 AM
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For text-based IM on WinXP, I use the free and open source PSI Jabber client that connects to all major IM platforms (AIM, MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, etc.) through a free gateway. This way, I need only one application with a very small footprint instead of the bloatware supplied by many IM providers.
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04-11-2008, 02:53 PM
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i find it relaxing to focus on the picture of oelholms sud for the moments when the page stalls green.
but if not everybody here likes that car, mabey we can have a couple of other models along side it for those that prefer something alse.
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04-11-2008, 06:59 PM
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This site is so slow..... / dead green screen
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Originally Posted by enri
i find it relaxing to focus on the picture of oelholms sud for the moments when the page stalls green.
but if not everybody here likes that car, mabey we can have a couple of other models along side it for those that prefer something alse.
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05-02-2008, 01:09 AM
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Simon,
What has changed? Suddenly, someone must have thrown a switch - speed is dramatically faster. I first noticed this today, but to be fair it could have changed a few days ago, since due to the slow speed I generally start up a window and move on to another whilst the BB site stokes up. I followed an email link this morning and the site opened up as fast as any other..........
Is this just luck or has a remedy been found? (I did try opening up the BB site a few times, and every time it was fast - no lingering on the Alfasud page).
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05-02-2008, 04:24 AM
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I've seen no difference on this side of the pond. It's as quick as it always was so maybe it's something local.
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05-04-2008, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by andytitterton
Is this just luck or has a remedy been found? (I did try opening up the BB site a few times, and every time it was fast - no lingering on the Alfasud page).
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How are things now?
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05-12-2008, 04:32 PM
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Hi Simon,
I've given it a few days before replying, and I'm afraid I have to say that my last posting was some sort of One Day Wonder. Speed has been back to slow ever since, whether on my Norton protected home machine, my son's Kaspersky protected machine or my Zone Alarm protected machine at work. I just counted 32 seconds for this thread to open up. I could nearly have carried out an oil change on the Alfasud that I was looking at....
Still a great site though. Maybe an MG forum site is faster to make up for the cars being slower.......!
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