For all Firefox users

Done! And yup, seems to be working well! :)
 
I wouldn't if I were you. That site is just trying to load a bunch of malware on your PC. I'm surprised your virus scanner or firefox didn't catch it.
 
That site might be bad, but the tweaks work - definitely made browsing faster.
 
Worked for me too and I haven't had one problem since doing it. I use AVG 9.0 and nothing popped up when I was on the site. AVG showed it to be a trusted site and as far as tweaking Firefox, that's not asking for any sort of virus or malware. IE is something I never mess with because it's too vulnerable. The only time my laptop uses IE is for Windows and Microsoft updates and that's it. IE sucks!
 
I also use Advanced Disk Cleaner 5.0 every two days and right after I use that, I use the Disk Clean that's already in the system tools. It keeps all the temp files cleared off and keeps things moving fast. I don't run any other programs for malware, spyware, ect. AVG 9.0 and I keep it clean with what's in the link below. I'm on a Sony VAIO with XP that was made in 2003 I think. PCG-FRV26

http://www.innovative-sol.com/cleaner/

I have XP tweaked too by reading carefully in the link below and I have a fast start up. No reason to have things running that aren't being used.

http://www.jasonn.com/turning_off_unnecessary_services_on_windows_xp
 
Avast 4.8 and Firefox 3.6.8 and 64-bit windows 7. It caught 3 instances of the same malicious script attempting to load from that page.

Oh well, I'm not to worried about speeding up my browsing anyways. 3 ghz quad core 64-bit processor, 6 gb of ram, and a 15mbps connection that I built last year.... Only thing slowing me down is the internet. Besides, I read the tweaks on that page. I'm willing to bet you are just experiencing a placebo effect in most cases anyways. None of that stuff should significantly change your browsing experience unless you have a LOT of connections at once.


By the way. AVG sucks. If you want to speed up your computer, get rid of that piece of bloatware. The last couple versions have gotten as bloated and resource hungry as norton. I recommend Avast. They have a free version, just like AVG, and Avast uses significantly less resources while still offering the same or better protection.

Your tweak for windows startup does work, but, expect many of your programs to load slower. Windows indexing doesn't really mean that all those additional programs are running. Windows just prepares certain things for if you run them, so that they will load up quickly. Just telling you, since that article you are getting it from was obviously written by someone who found out about the tweak elsewhere and doesn't really understand what it is....
 
eset nod 32 av 4, and had no instances of malicious script from that page.(unless it's looking for firefox vulnerabilities)
ie8 updated, spybot immunized, and spywareblaster protected. (xpsp3)
spyware blaster or spybot immunize have probably stopped the bad links from loading on that page.

avg is one i'll never use, as it gives a false sense of security by sometimes triggering false positives.
yes, they all sometimes do, but avg triggers on too many things that aren't bad.
 
I have been using AVG since it was 7.5 and it has never let anything get inside this laptop or any of my other PC's. It's not slowing me down. The times that it has caught something, supposedly a virus, it just pops up on the bottom right of the screen and then goes right back down. I have seen that once in the past years or so.

Yes, Avast is good but AVG has never let me down and has never let anything enter to crash me. Mine is a 2.80 Ghz with 1 gb of RAM with XP. Anyone with Vista or Windows 7 needs 4 to 6 gb of RAM just to run those OS's. You really don't have all that memory in RAM like you think you do. It just takes that much to run either of those OS's.

Vista is one OS I will never own because so much software will not work with it and if I did own Windows 7, it would be in XP mode.

BTW, go to Google and type in "Best free antivirus software" and see whatchya get. Spybot was something I had back in the day and found to be useless. Of course if you do run IE, it might be something that's needed but I wouldn't know. If I could delete IE, I would but unfortunately it's needed to get updates.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source...AzQTfk9GqCgAAAKoEBU_QBGZJ&fp=4acc6984125e3f1c

As far as Windows 7, with 64 bit just means it's starving for more memory, just as Vista. People think they have something just because they have a newer OS with all this RAM when in reality, half of it is being used just to run that OS.

http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/16293.aspx

Don't let the spywares getchya in that link. :rolleyes:
 
Hey Terry, I certainly noticed the speed increase on the pic heavy threads like Laser's - photos came up almost instantly - never did that before.
 
Martin, apparently it works for some of us and for some, it doesn't. I also noticed when going into "pic full" threads, they load a lot faster. I'm using DSL Direct with AT&T. I don't have the fastest speed they offer but I don't have the slowest. All I can say is that I see a difference when going from page to page and from site to site.
 
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