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hunter

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1. Here's where I'd start: Don't use internet explorer. Don't install Adobe Flash.

Reply to Mc Mike (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2016, 03:12 PM

Dec 2016

Check your computer for malware.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/

Chrome is now the most popular broswer, for good reason.

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html

Animated ads can be brutal on older computers. I'm using Chrome to make this post, and it doesn't automatically start animated ads... most of the time. There's a setting for that. It also uses it's own version of Flash, if you need it, but the most recent version of Chrome doesn't activate Flash by default.

I don't like to deprive websites of advertising dollars, but ad blocking software does work.

The Chrome-based Opera browser includes ad blocking software. It also seems to be quicker than Chrome on older computers

http://www.opera.com

Good luck!

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Star expired a couple of days ago. Now I'm getting massive iexplore.exe loads, up to 500,000 k. [View all] Mc Mike Dec 2016 OP

Here's where I'd start: Don't use internet explorer. Don't install Adobe Flash. hunter Dec 2016 #1

Thanks very much, hunter. Mc Mike Dec 2016 #2