Firefox Is Slow And Lagging

darrenw5O94

Help, when i browse with Firefox the whole thing goes slow. It takes seconds to respond and i get the 'Firefox Not Responding' message quite a lot.

This doesn't happen with Internet Explorer or Chrome.

FanadMan

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling FF? Or booting to safe mode and trying it there?

darrenw5O94

FanadMan wrote: »

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling FF? Or booting to safe mode and trying it there?

Good point, I thought about uninstalling it, but didn't actually do it.

Probably give it a go now.

me_irl

Just as an addition, ensure you're installing the correct version (32/64 bit)!

HeidiHeidi

I had that for the last while and it drove me absolutely nuts - thought it was my ancient laptop and/or the wifi in the house.

Got a new laptop (not just because of that!) and FF was exactly the same.

Moved to Chrome.

me_irl

One thing I've noticed in FF too is that you need to change the Network settings.

So, double check in Options - Advanced - Network - Settings (underneath "Configure How FF connects to the internet").

Check that Auto Detect or Use System Settings is enabled.

darrenw5O94

Went into Control Panel and uninstalled a dodgey piece of software called 'AlphaGo' and now it runs smoothly again.

me_irl

darrenw5O94 wrote: »

Went into Control Panel and uninstalled a dodgey piece of software called 'AlphaGo' and now it runs smoothly again.

Seems like that was an adware / malware program! Ensure your device is still clean of it by doing a virus/malware scan.

Removing it from the list of installed programs might not fully remove it from your system.

Better safe!

darrenw5O94

I might take up the 1 year subscription of Malware Bytes to check it completely. My free trial ran out.

ItHurtsWhenIP

darrenw5O94 wrote: »

I might take up the 1 year subscription of Malware Bytes to check it completely. My free trial ran out.

You can still use Malwarebytes free to scan and remove crap (Anti-Malware/Ant-Spyware/Anti-Rootkit). The free trial is for additional services like Real-Time protection, Anti-Ransomware, etc.

darrenw5O94

ItHurtsWhenIP wrote: »

You can still use Malwarebytes free to scan and remove crap (Anti-Malware/Ant-Spyware/Anti-Rootkit). The free trial is for additional services like Real-Time protection, Anti-Ransomware, etc.

thanks for that info.....i thought i needed a subscription to do that.
Running a scan atm.

darrenw5O94

51 threats that had to be quarantined. Laptop is about 3 weeks old

me_irl

darrenw5O94 wrote: »

51 threats that had to be quarantined. Laptop is about 3 weeks old

Just a wee tip, add an ad blocker (I recommend uBlock Origin) to your browsers.

Firefox link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/