Yahoo email

max · 26th February 2004, 01:46 AM

it is taking five minutes for a page to turn in yahoo email. I think I may have a virus as it only started doing this a few days ago. Everything else to do with this PC is fast and no problem. I have run....Ad-aware. Spybot and Search, Spyblaster and I also have Zonealarm. When I booted up this morning, the Windows update page came up and I downloaded its recommendation of securing Internet explorer Browser. Any ideas?

EdipisReks · 26th February 2004, 01:48 AM

run an antivirus program and stop using internet explorer.

max · 26th February 2004, 02:20 AM

how do I get another browser? other than explorer. The cable company I am with set it up on Internet explorer, will this make a difference if I change

Graham · 26th February 2004, 04:52 AM

You can get Mozilla from their website

It's worth the effort and shouldn't make any difference to your cable co.

You don't remove Internet Explorer when you install another browser you just have two. So if you have problems with the second, just stop using it.

Graham

max · 26th February 2004, 06:17 AM

well. I downloaded mozilla and it is weird. Each time I want a web I type it and click on search and it puts me to google and I then have to select again. Plus when i want another section of JREF a window comes up asking do i want the page.
It took over one minute to get onto the net whereby explorer takes seconds. Is this normal? BTW I did detect and get rid of a virus in the yahoo email thanks. I did that with panda anti virus

Soapy Sam · 26th February 2004, 07:06 AM

Max- Google "OPERA" and "Firebird". Alternative browsers.

Try and see what you like best.

max · 26th February 2004, 08:09 AM

soapy
can you uninstall them though. I find there is no option to uninstall mozilla

shanek · 26th February 2004, 09:55 AM

Sure, there is. Just go into Add/Remove Programs and remove it as normal.

I have no idea why you're experiencing the behavior you are. I use Mozilla here all the time with no problems.

walthrup48 · 26th February 2004, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by max
it is taking five minutes for a page to turn in yahoo email.

I had the same problem and am running on Netscrape (and up-to-date A/V s/w). Seems ok now.

EdipisReks · 26th February 2004, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by max
well. I downloaded mozilla and it is weird. Each time I want a web I type it and click on search and it puts me to google and I then have to select again. Plus when i want another section of JREF a window comes up asking do i want the page.
It took over one minute to get onto the net whereby explorer takes seconds. Is this normal? BTW I did detect and get rid of a virus in the yahoo email thanks. I did that with panda anti virus

that is because the address bar doubles as the google search bar. when you click "search" you are telling mozilla that you want to search for the term with google. if you just want to go to a website, type in the address and then hit enter. it is only when you hit "tab" or the "down arrow" or manually go to "search" that it goes to google. you may want to try mozilla firefox, as it separates the search and address bars. at this point in its development, i don't consider Opera worth using.

Soapy Sam · 27th February 2004, 02:33 AM

Max- yes, both can be uninstalled via the usual windows remove software method.
Opera downloads fsar faster if you don't need Java. Safer without it in my opinion.

EdipisReks · 27th February 2004, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Soapy Sam
Max- yes, both can be uninstalled via the usual windows remove software method.
Opera downloads fsar faster if you don't need Java. Safer without it in my opinion.

i disagree. with a firewall and the proper settings, java can be perfectly safe.

max · 28th February 2004, 08:42 AM

Thanks everybody. I have uninstalled Mozilla as I just didn't like it plus the red logo it has took over all 'My Documents' even pictures I've had stored for a couple of years had this Mozilla icon.
I did a virus scan prog using Pandasoftware and it found and destroyed 20 viruses altogether in the system. There was just one of them in the email and that's gone now , so the service is speedy again.

shanek · 28th February 2004, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by max
Thanks everybody. I have uninstalled Mozilla as I just didn't like it plus the red logo it has took over all 'My Documents' even pictures I've had stored for a couple of years had this Mozilla icon.

That's the file associations. When Mozilla installs, it gives you an option as to which files it can open that you want it associated with. So you may want it associated with, for example, .html and .htm files, but not .jpg and .gif files. So you just check the ones you want, and if you don't want it associated with your graphics just make sure those boxes are unchecked and it'll leave them alone.

This is just an association in the Windows registry telling Windows what program to use to open what types of files. It has not modified your actual files in any way at all.

max · 28th February 2004, 09:58 AM

Shanek
Thanks. I'm too much of a novice to understand these things and so I can't start changing things, and in any case my memory is getting that bad now, that I can't remember where everything is and which prog I use to change things, so it's best that I use the simplist system I can. Thanks Shanek anyhow for putting my mind at rest. I thought Mozilla was going to be as bad as MSN as that takes over everything

EdipisReks · 28th February 2004, 10:40 AM

if you are going to continue using IE, i would suggest getting the Google pop-up blocking toolbar, if you haven't already.

max · 28th February 2004, 11:10 AM

Thanks Edi, yes I did do the google bar because De_bunk recommended it on another thread, I think it was on the community board. I have Ad-aware too, does that do the same thing?

26th February 2004, 01:46 AM	#1
max That old codger Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: uk Posts: 988	Yahoo email it is taking five minutes for a page to turn in yahoo email. I think I may have a virus as it only started doing this a few days ago. Everything else to do with this PC is fast and no problem. I have run....Ad-aware. Spybot and Search, Spyblaster and I also have Zonealarm. When I booted up this morning, the Windows update page came up and I downloaded its recommendation of securing Internet explorer Browser. Any ideas?

26th February 2004, 01:48 AM	#2
EdipisReks Custom Title Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The 'Nati Posts: 1,952	run an antivirus program and stop using internet explorer.
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26th February 2004, 04:52 AM	#4
Graham Graduate Poster Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,465	You can get Mozilla from their website It's worth the effort and shouldn't make any difference to your cable co. You don't remove Internet Explorer when you install another browser you just have two. So if you have problems with the second, just stop using it. Graham
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26th February 2004, 07:06 AM	#6
Soapy Sam NLH Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 25,885	Max- Google "OPERA" and "Firebird". Alternative browsers. Try and see what you like best.
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26th February 2004, 09:55 AM	#8
shanek by Charles M. Schulz Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 15,990	Sure, there is. Just go into Add/Remove Programs and remove it as normal. I have no idea why you're experiencing the behavior you are. I use Mozilla here all the time with no problems.
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26th February 2004, 02:20 AM	#3
max That old codger Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: uk Posts: 988	how do I get another browser? other than explorer. The cable company I am with set it up on Internet explorer, will this make a difference if I change

26th February 2004, 06:17 AM	#5
max That old codger Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: uk Posts: 988	well. I downloaded mozilla and it is weird. Each time I want a web I type it and click on search and it puts me to google and I then have to select again. Plus when i want another section of JREF a window comes up asking do i want the page. It took over one minute to get onto the net whereby explorer takes seconds. Is this normal? BTW I did detect and get rid of a virus in the yahoo email thanks. I did that with panda anti virus

26th February 2004, 08:09 AM	#7
max That old codger Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: uk Posts: 988	soapy can you uninstall them though. I find there is no option to uninstall mozilla

26th February 2004, 10:52 AM	#9
walthrup48 Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,079	Re: Yahoo email Quote: Originally posted by max it is taking five minutes for a page to turn in yahoo email. I had the same problem and am running on Netscrape (and up-to-date A/V s/w). Seems ok now.

26th February 2004, 11:03 AM	#10
EdipisReks Custom Title Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The 'Nati Posts: 1,952	Quote: Originally posted by max well. I downloaded mozilla and it is weird. Each time I want a web I type it and click on search and it puts me to google and I then have to select again. Plus when i want another section of JREF a window comes up asking do i want the page. It took over one minute to get onto the net whereby explorer takes seconds. Is this normal? BTW I did detect and get rid of a virus in the yahoo email thanks. I did that with panda anti virus that is because the address bar doubles as the google search bar. when you click "search" you are telling mozilla that you want to search for the term with google. if you just want to go to a website, type in the address and then hit enter. it is only when you hit "tab" or the "down arrow" or manually go to "search" that it goes to google. you may want to try mozilla firefox, as it separates the search and address bars. at this point in its development, i don't consider Opera worth using.
	__________________ "Candy to rot your teeth. Bible to rot your brain." --EvilDave (7-24-2003) "I read the Book Of Mormon once. Wasn't it about Uma Thurman, um, thrumming a Theremin?" --epepke (9-22-2004)

27th February 2004, 02:33 AM	#11
Soapy Sam NLH Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 25,885	Max- yes, both can be uninstalled via the usual windows remove software method. Opera downloads fsar faster if you don't need Java. Safer without it in my opinion.
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27th February 2004, 12:38 PM	#12
EdipisReks Custom Title Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The 'Nati Posts: 1,952	Quote: Originally posted by Soapy Sam Max- yes, both can be uninstalled via the usual windows remove software method. Opera downloads fsar faster if you don't need Java. Safer without it in my opinion. i disagree. with a firewall and the proper settings, java can be perfectly safe.
	__________________ "Candy to rot your teeth. Bible to rot your brain." --EvilDave (7-24-2003) "I read the Book Of Mormon once. Wasn't it about Uma Thurman, um, thrumming a Theremin?" --epepke (9-22-2004)

28th February 2004, 08:42 AM	#13
max That old codger Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: uk Posts: 988	Thanks everybody. I have uninstalled Mozilla as I just didn't like it plus the red logo it has took over all 'My Documents' even pictures I've had stored for a couple of years had this Mozilla icon. I did a virus scan prog using Pandasoftware and it found and destroyed 20 viruses altogether in the system. There was just one of them in the email and that's gone now , so the service is speedy again.

28th February 2004, 08:48 AM	#14
shanek by Charles M. Schulz Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 15,990	Quote: Originally posted by max Thanks everybody. I have uninstalled Mozilla as I just didn't like it plus the red logo it has took over all 'My Documents' even pictures I've had stored for a couple of years had this Mozilla icon. That's the file associations. When Mozilla installs, it gives you an option as to which files it can open that you want it associated with. So you may want it associated with, for example, .html and .htm files, but not .jpg and .gif files. So you just check the ones you want, and if you don't want it associated with your graphics just make sure those boxes are unchecked and it'll leave them alone. This is just an association in the Windows registry telling Windows what program to use to open what types of files. It has not modified your actual files in any way at all.
	__________________ "James Randi is awesome!" —Ian Bernard, primary host of Free Talk Live "It really does take people like Penn & Teller or James Randi to be able to see through these deceptions, and so those are perhaps the people we should be paying the most attention to." —Harry Browne, 4/10/2004 I know there is a lesson to be learned here somewhere, but I don't know what it is.

28th February 2004, 09:58 AM	#15
max That old codger Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: uk Posts: 988	Shanek Thanks. I'm too much of a novice to understand these things and so I can't start changing things, and in any case my memory is getting that bad now, that I can't remember where everything is and which prog I use to change things, so it's best that I use the simplist system I can. Thanks Shanek anyhow for putting my mind at rest. I thought Mozilla was going to be as bad as MSN as that takes over everything

28th February 2004, 10:40 AM	#16
EdipisReks Custom Title Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The 'Nati Posts: 1,952	if you are going to continue using IE, i would suggest getting the Google pop-up blocking toolbar, if you haven't already.
	__________________ "Candy to rot your teeth. Bible to rot your brain." --EvilDave (7-24-2003) "I read the Book Of Mormon once. Wasn't it about Uma Thurman, um, thrumming a Theremin?" --epepke (9-22-2004)

28th February 2004, 11:10 AM	#17
max That old codger Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: uk Posts: 988	Thanks Edi, yes I did do the google bar because De_bunk recommended it on another thread, I think it was on the community board. I have Ad-aware too, does that do the same thing?