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IE, Firefox not working. Extremely slow computer

DaisyLJ · 2010-11-08T03:10:49+00:00

Hi, I'm running windows XP Service pack 3. Recently, I lost the ability to connect to the internet via IE and firefox. IE just refuses to load up and firefox gives me "proxy server refused connection." It also takes about 2 mins for the window to pop-up after double-clicking the icon, when previously it was almost instantaneous. I solved the proxy problem on both IE and firefox by going to internet options and changing it to not go through a proxy but I don't know what caused the problem in the first place as IE and firefox was previously working perfectly. Computer speed is still crawling and it still takes a long time for windows to pop-up. I have already gone through and completed all the steps in the "if your computer is slow, it may not be Malware related" thread but the there has been no speed change. I haven't installed anything, changed the registry, or done any changes recently that would alter the computer's performance so drastically. HijackThis Log Logfile of Trend Micro Hi

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Gary R

November 14, 2010, 2:08 PM UTC

As your problems appear to have been resolved,