Typing delay in Firefox on Windows 7

Rifero

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Hi all,

Recently I got a brand new laptop, a Toshiba Satellite C670D, running Windows 7 Home Premium.

Today I found out that whenever I try to type a comment in a Youtube video using the latest version of Firefox, the keystrokes delay terrible.
Sometimes this also happens in Windows Live Messenger, when I run multiple programs.

I am using the latest version of Avast Antivirus. Latest virus definitions.
Windows is also up-to-date.

System specs
Code:
Item                Details

Windows:            Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (64-bit) Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
Internet Explorer:  9.0.8112.16421
Memory (RAM):       3694 MB
CPU Info:           AMD E-300 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
CPU Speed:          1298,6 MHz
Sound Card:         Speakers (Realtek High Definiti | 

Display Adapters:   AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics          | AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics          | RDPDD Chained DD | RDP Encoder Mirror Driver | RDP Reflector Display Driver
Monitors:           1x; Generic PnP Monitor | 
Screen Resolution:  1600 X 900 - 32 bit
Network:            Network Present
Network Adapters:   Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC | Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
CD / DVD Drives:    2x (E: | F: | ) E: TSSTcorpCDDVDW SN-208AB  | F: MagicISOVirtual DVD-ROM
Ports:              COM Ports NOT Present. LPT Port NOT Present. 
Mouse:              5 Button Wheel Mouse Present
Hard Disks:         C:  149,4GB | D:  148,3GB
Hard Disks - Free:  C:  85,0GB | D:  2,4GB
USB Controllers:    6 host controllers.
Firewire (1394):    Not Detected
Manufacturer *:     American Megatrends Inc.
Product Make *:     SATELLITE C670D-11G
AC Power Status:    OnLine
BIOS Info:          |  |
Time Zone:          West-Europa (standaardtijd)
Battery Status:     High
Motherboard *:      PEGATRON CORPORATION TKBSB
IP Address:         192.168.1.101 | 
MAC Address:        E0-CA-94-97-7B-25
Host Name:          ADMIN
SM BIOS:            1.60

Things I tried:
  • Closed all unnecessary programs
  • Scanned for viruses on all drives
  • Disabled all add-ons in Firefox
  • Running CCleaner
  • Full CHKDSK on all drives
  • Defragmention on all drives
  • Disabled the "Check my spelling as I type" function in Firefox
  • Disabled the "Search for text when I start typing" function in Firefox

The problem was still there. No viruses were found. I also don't have ATI Hotkey Polling service.
I don't know what else to try.
Any suggestions/solutions?


Thanks in advance.
 
I tried disabling the Avast shields, but that didn't help either.
I'm currently using Google Chrome untill I found a solution for the problem.
I don't like Google Chrome very much because it's running 6 times in my task manager as we speak and it's eating my memory and CPU.
 
The laptop is brand new. I already did alot of cleaning (see my first post), including CCleaner.
But I will use TFC as well, why not.
 
CCleaner is a very old program, and just because the laptop is new, it doesn't mean it is free of malware or even a virus or two. The behavior of your browsers show a malware infection like symptom
 
I ran TFC but the problem is still there. The odd thing is it only happens when I type comments in Youtube. Any other page is just fine. I did another full boot scan with Avast but still no virus has been found. Any other suggestions?
 
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