Hi,
for the last 1-2 weeks I've noticed huge slowdowns in my browser when I have 2 or more tabs of Techspot open. Even 1 tab open causes 50% CPU load. It seems that Kaspersky antivirus is doing continuous scans and my CPU is maxing out, to the point where I struggle to type comments. This happens in both Firefox and IE. I also got warnings that the Shockwave plugin had crashed.
Today I installed the uBlock Origin addon for Firefox and I can now open multiple Techspot tabs and my CPU is a comfortable 10% used, even with many other applications open.
I don't like taking this action but the site is near unuseable without it. I cannot change my antivirus as it's a company PC.
Have you made any recent changes to how ads work that might be causing this? I've never had this before and often had 5-10 tabs open for different Techspot articles.
for the last 1-2 weeks I've noticed huge slowdowns in my browser when I have 2 or more tabs of Techspot open. Even 1 tab open causes 50% CPU load. It seems that Kaspersky antivirus is doing continuous scans and my CPU is maxing out, to the point where I struggle to type comments. This happens in both Firefox and IE. I also got warnings that the Shockwave plugin had crashed.
Today I installed the uBlock Origin addon for Firefox and I can now open multiple Techspot tabs and my CPU is a comfortable 10% used, even with many other applications open.
I don't like taking this action but the site is near unuseable without it. I cannot change my antivirus as it's a company PC.
Have you made any recent changes to how ads work that might be causing this? I've never had this before and often had 5-10 tabs open for different Techspot articles.