Internet Explorer and Firefox problems,

[Futurecollector]

So im not as computer savy as most here, but Im having a shizzz load of problems with my laptop,

both IE and FF are running super slow. IE keeps freezing my cpu and wont allow me to open anything, do you guys have any suggestions or anything like that?

and has anyone used this

http://www.liutilities.com/products/campaigns/adv/rb/speedtest/lb/us_byd/

thanks in advance

FC

[orangeglo]

Spybot - search and destroy
Ad-Aware
CCleaner (don't forget to back up your registry before doing a full clean)

Run em. Should speed things up a bit. Can't really give out specific information without a more specific problem.

[Futurecollector]

On FF it keeps telling me that Googles certificate is not valid and that it may be a proky site or something like that,

IE keeps telling me that it cant run a runtime library or something like that "runtime library error r6034 C++"

[6172crew]

I run Microsoft Essentials on my PCs.

I will move this to the tech forum, you will probably find more answers to your question there.

[Futurecollector]

also what websites should I trust for,

Spy bot
Ad-Adware
CCleaner

and how do I back up a registry?

[GP3]

All of the above and

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Online virus scanner.

[Bug Splat]

also what websites should I trust for,

Spy bot
Ad-Adware
CCleaner

and how do I back up a registry?

I download all of these from www.download.com

The software should ask you if you want to back it up before proceeding.

[nick]

Scan your machine for spyware first. Add Malwarebytes to the list (www.malwarebytes.org).

Ccleaner is a pretty good registry cleaner. Also, make sure your Windows and applications are updated.

And stop browsing those sites you know you shouldn't be browsing

[Dekker]

Scan your machine for spyware first. Add Malwarebytes to the list (www.malwarebytes.org).

Ccleaner is a pretty good registry cleaner. Also, make sure your Windows and applications are updated.

And stop browsing those sites you know you shouldn't be browsing

Or at the very least share >_>

[Marsoc1]

forget IE and forget firefox, go chrome

[nick]

Yeah, since Google has a great reputation for security and admitting/fixing problems in their "beta" software