Slow and jerky browsing after changing antivirus

[jools182]

Hi

Up until recently I was running Panda internet security, but it was due for renewal so I thought I would try some of the free software

I uninstalled panda and replaced it with Avast!, Comodo firewall and WinPatrol

I was under the impression that panda used quite a lot of memory and processing to run, so I thought my system would be better without it, however, since changing over, almost everything I do in Firefox has a delay of a couple of seconds, and it's frustrating to say the least!

for example, if I click in the address bar to type an address, there is a second or two delay, so you're never sure if you actually clicked in the box, and end up clicking things twice etc

any advice as to what I should do?

 

[jools182]

any suggestions anyone?

 

[Blind Dragon]

Comodo is probably the best firewall from a security standpoint, but not if you don't have the resources, for troubleshooting purposes - 2 simple things to try:

1) Uninstall Comodo and try Zone Alarm free

2) Clean out your temporary files - i prefer ATF Cleaner
Download and Run ATF Cleaner
Download ATF Cleaner by Atribune to your desktop.

Double-click ATF Cleaner.exe to open it.

Under Main choose:
Windows Temp
Current User Temp
All Users Temp
Cookies
Temporary Internet Files
Prefetch
Java Cache
*The other boxes are optional*
Then click the Empty Selected button.

Firefox or Opera:
Click Firefox or Opera at the top and choose: Select All
Click the Empty Selected button.
NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click NO at the prompt.

Click Exit on the Main menu to close the program.

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Another thing that comes to mind -> right click the scotty dog for winpatrol in your system tray and click startup info...

Then disable any programs you don't want launching everytime you boot your computer