Windows 7 internet browser problems

Internet Badass said:

oh i see, the little arrow things

What?

Jacee said:

Internet Badass said:

oh i see, the little arrow things

What?

to download the updates for the programs

OK, so i updated all the programs and my internet browsers are still super slow...

1. Uninstall both McAfee and StopZilla ... You don't need Stopzilla with Malwarebytes' antimalware installed on your computer
Use this uninstall tool for McAfee Download McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool 3.5.109.1 Free - Will remove all 2005, 2006, and 2007 versions of McAfee consumer products - Softpedia

2. Install Microsoft Security Essentials http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
*** Be sure to turn on Windows Firewall if you were using McAfee's. (since we uninstalled that application)

3. Now, let's restore your Hosts file and flush the DNS cache:

Copy and paste these lines in Note pad.
@Echo on
pushd\windows\system32\drivers\etc
attrib -h -s -r hosts
echo 127.0.0.1 localhost>HOSTS
attrib +r +h +s hosts
popd
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /flushdns
netsh winsock reset all
netsh int ip reset all
shutdown -r -t 1
del %0

Save as flush.bat to your desktop. Right click on the .bat file and run as Administrator. Your computer will reboot itself.

4. Everything that Secunia says to update, do so!

Let us know if you're browsing a little faster now, please :)

Jacee said:

1. Uninstall both McAfee and StopZilla ... You don't need Stopzilla with Malwarebytes' antimalware installed on your computer
Use this uninstall tool for McAfee Download McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool 3.5.109.1 Free - Will remove all 2005, 2006, and 2007 versions of McAfee consumer products - Softpedia

2. Install Microsoft Security Essentials http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
*** Be sure to turn on Windows Firewall if you were using McAfee's. (since we uninstalled that application)

3. Now, let's restore your Hosts file and flush the DNS cache:

Copy and paste these lines in Note pad.
@Echo on
pushd\windows\system32\drivers\etc
attrib -h -s -r hosts
echo 127.0.0.1 localhost>HOSTS
attrib +r +h +s hosts
popd
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /flushdns
netsh winsock reset all
netsh int ip reset all
shutdown -r -t 1
del %0

Save as flush.bat to your desktop. Right click on the .bat file and run as Administrator. Your computer will reboot itself.

4. Everything that Secunia says to update, do so!

Let us know if you're browsing a little faster now, please :)

Sorry, was backpacking for three days.
Still running incredibly slow.
See anything suspicous on task manager?

Im just going to do a clean install. But Im also upgrading to 64 bit windows also so I can use more ram. Thanks for all your help everybody, and Wish me luck.

Usually issues like this are DNS-related, especially if it affects all browsers. Given that the only thing they would all have in common is winsock and DNS, it would be worth it to try running netsh winsock reset and then rebooting to see if that clears it up, although it *will* break any applications that had LSPs loaded in the winsock stack (like Google Desktop, for example). If a winsock reset doesn't fix it, consider looking into removing any 3rd party firewall applications, antivirus / antispyware applications, and any other applications that would be monitoring network traffic above and beyond what Windows itself does.

I'd suggest all of the above (at the least) before just reinstalling Windows, but ultimately it's your system - if you've already got reasons to upgrade, now might be a good excuse .

Well, I did a clean install, im running on 64 bit windows, and im still running internet super slow.

Ok, so the command line...kind of helped.

Snowdog said:

Really guys. I think recommending a clean install to fix a browser connect issue is a bit extreme.

I did a clean install and I see a similar issue. I suspect ISP more than anything.

Well, if there is a 'browser hijack', it would be a bit extreme to do a clean install.
But nothing else seems to be helping.

Something is still wrong with your 'format' and 'clean install' Internet Badass.
Your ISP may have 'capped' your download speed.

I'm on DSL/Broadband with my ISP and they said I "might" be able to get 256mbs.
I live in the boonies, 3 miles from town, but this is the best I can get... upload, 212 Kbits/sec ... download, 217 Kbits/sec