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Internet Freezes / Comes to a Crawl
I've been dealing with a strange problem for a while now. It seems that after a certain amount of use, my internet connection comes to a crawl / freezes temporarily.
I'm running Window 7 SP1 32 bit. I have Time Warner / Spectrum cable for internet service.
The main web browser I use is now Chrome (after having so many problems with Firefox crashing related to Adobe Flash). It's possible this problem is brought on by Chrome, but I haven't confirmed that. Also, once the problem occurs, all programs seem to be hit by it.
Basically, at some point while using Chrome, I'll click to go to a new web page and Chrome will become unresponsive. Generally, if given a few minutes, Chrome starts responding again and loads the page. This behavior will repeat. I'd assume that it's a Chrome problem, however once Chrome becomes unresponsive, all internet using programs stop responding (such as my pop email account mail checker). If Chrome is unresponsive and I try to load Firefox, it doesn't work. At the same time, if I try to end all of the Chrome.exe processes, there are generally one or two instances that I cannot close.
Usually at this point, I'll reboot the computer, and everything goes back to normal... for a while. Then the problem resurfaces.
I've run several scanners (adwcleaner, anti-malware bytes, etc), but they aren't really finding anything.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to approach this?