Date: 12/27/05 (Computer Help)    Keywords: virus, web

Is it high "traffic" that is causing web pages to load very slowly on my laptop or something else? For the past month, I have had loads of trouble getting pages to load at the usual speed. Some do not load at all.Others load to about 45% and then stop. I have to refresh the page A LOT to get them to load but this does not always work and I just give up. This does not happen all the time, but the times when everything works properly are few and far between.

My provider is Wanadoo UK and I have a wireless broadband connection with them. I usually get a speed of about 30 to 56mbps although it should be 1mb. There are 2 other PCs in the house and they also have the same problem so I am thinking it is the provider?? Or the BT line?

Things I have tried:

Cleared the cache, cleared cookies, cleared unwanted "add-ons". Checked and rechecked connections. Done a virus check. Turned off my Anti-virus (Norton), turned off Windows Firewall. Restored to an earlier restore point. Rebooted the Livebox. Contacted Wanadoo support and done everything they suggest. Checked everything I have installed over the last 3 months. Contacted Windows support, Symantec support and now here!

I would really appreciate some advice as it is a problem that is really getting me to my wits end. I don't enjoy surfing at all right now!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computer_help/553256.html