Internet slow after v3 install, any help appreciated

[marvy]

Hi, I'm looking for any help. I recently installed NOD32 v3 0 551 on my Vista PC. Immediately following, my internet has slowed drastically. It reminds me of when we had a dialup connection. Painfully slow!

I know it's not our ISP because my other computer on our home network (which does not have NOD32) is still at the same speed. Performance on non-internet apps is about the same, but internet is slow either with IE or Firefox.

Not sure where to start or begin. I tried disabling some of the features on NOD32 and testing a few webpages but nothing seemed to help. The only other change I've made to this computer is to add some RAM. Nothing else.

Thanks in advance.

[Dieselman]

{QUOTE-> Hi, I'm looking for any help. I recently installed NOD32 v3 0 551 on my Vista PC. Immediately following, my internet has slowed drastically. It reminds me of when we had a dialup connection. Painfully slow!

I know it's not our ISP because my other computer on our home network (which does not have NOD32) is still at the same speed. Performance on non-internet apps is about the same, but internet is slow either with IE or Firefox.

Not sure where to start or begin. I tried disabling some of the features on NOD32 and testing a few webpages but nothing seemed to help. The only other change I've made to this computer is to add some RAM. Nothing else.

Thanks in advance. <-QUOTE}

You have the old version. Download and install version .621.

[stevenz]

helo
look at the setup for web access protection and try with advanced heuristics turned off etc.
also under web access protection ,http, web browser,see if active mode is on/off.

[Dieselman]

That was a known issue with earlier versions. That was fixed with version .621 so I suggest you download and install the latest version of NOD32.

[marvy]

Thanks, OK, I turned Advance Heuristics off. Nothing was set to Active. I tested some webpages both with Firefox set to Active and Not Active. I didn't notice any difference, still extremely slow.

I'm going to uninstall and re-install with the latest version. Will report back.

Thanks.

[marvy]

Uninstalled the old version and downloaded & installed v 3 0 621.

Good news, it is somewhat faster. For example I can now click my back button and generally get to the prev page in less than 5 seconds. This is a huge improvement...it was taking 10+ seconds. So I appreciate the tip to get the current version.

Bad news, it's still unreasonably slow at other times. I wish I knew how to quantify - It seems like the first time I'm at a site, it's always slow. If I return to the site later, it might load faster...or it might not. Prior to NOD32 I had pretty consistent speeds regardless of the site with Firefox and IE. Any ideas?

I tested my up/down speeds and they are the same before & after installing 621. So I don't think that is a factor.

Thanks.

[stevenz]

hello again
i know you stated you use both ie and firefox and have a problem with both .
however,i googled firefox tweaks and found some regarding the prefetch settings,and cache settings that helped me.
i don't remember exactly what they were .
there are other firefox tweaks that could help speed up your browsing too.

[techtype]

{QUOTE-> Uninstalled the old version and downloaded & installed v 3 0 621.

Good news, it is somewhat faster. For example I can now click my back button and generally get to the prev page in less than 5 seconds. This is a huge improvement...it was taking 10+ seconds. So I appreciate the tip to get the current version.

Bad news, it's still unreasonably slow at other times. I wish I knew how to quantify - It seems like the first time I'm at a site, it's always slow. If I return to the site later, it might load faster...or it might not. Prior to NOD32 I had pretty consistent speeds regardless of the site with Firefox and IE. Any ideas?

I tested my up/down speeds and they are the same before & after installing 621. So I don't think that is a factor.

Thanks. <-QUOTE}

Most people here are not aware of of the slowdown or not affected enough to bother them. Some of us (probably the most obsessive/compulsive types) had to revert to version 2.7 because of this issue--- because any slowdown bothers us.

[Dieselman]

Honestly speaking I have tried 2.7 and 3.0 and I don't notice any slow downs. All web pages load rather quicky. Like in seconds. I also have a 6MB DSL connection which never slows down. I did notice a major slow down when I tried KAV. All my values are at default for NOD32.

[martbd]

Version 3.0.621 blocks my internet connection with only web and email accessible if I have protocol filtering set to Application marked as Internet Browsers and email clients when I have it to default setting "ports and Application marked as Internet Browsers" nothing works. Any ideas?

[Dieselman]

{QUOTE-> Version 3.0.621 blocks my internet connection with only web and email accessible if I have protocol filtering set to Application marked as Internet Browsers and email clients when I have it to default setting "ports and Application marked as Internet Browsers" nothing works. Any ideas? <-QUOTE}

All I ever did was install NOD32 and under web browser put a check mark next to IE and FF. I dont use advanced filtering and everything else is at default. Have you tried a complete uninstall and reinstall cleaning up any left over files after uninstalling? Do you have a firewall?