SLOW IE EXplorer 6

[Guest]

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I have xp pro sp2.Lately my IE 6 takes about 3 times as long to
download.What is happening?I tried rebooting.I tried different settings etc.

 

[galen]

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In news:431375c7$1@news.accesscomm.ca,
wilf frederick <freedle@accesscomm.ca> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I have xp pro sp2.Lately my IE 6 takes about 3 times as long to
> download.What is happening?I tried rebooting.I tried different
> settings etc.

Perhaps there's some sort of malware that's eating up your bandwidth? Do you
have a firewall installed and properly configured?

Malware Cleaning :
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html

Firewalls - Basics :
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/security/firewalls-basics.html

Galen
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