FireFox VERY slow with Norton Toolbar 4.6 on GMAIL and B of A, etc.
Using XP Pro SP3 and FireFox 3.6.7, but has been slow for a while now. If I disable Norton ToolBar 4.6 (from NIS 2010) it is OK but IE 8 is fine. What happens is that GMAIL logs in and just hangs for a while. Even B of A or the Norton site. Even my ISP's site is VERY slow. A lot of forums are slow as well. Seems like sites that need a log-in have this issue.
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I would either disable or uninstall the Norton toolbar and maybe some other addons/plugins one by one to see which one is causing a conflict.
I had done this and disabled ALL of the addons/plugins, and it was fine. As soon as I enabled the Norton toolbar, the problem was back. I then enabled everything except the Norton Toolbar and it was still good. I believe this is a Firefox issue as IE 8 works well with the Norton Toolbar enabled. I also see this when I go to my Netflix queue. Firefox is very slow while IE 8 shows the list quickly.
I forgot, this has been going on for several versions of Firefox. Both IE 7 and 8 are OK.
I have the exact same situation...NIS 2010, Windows XP, Norton toolbar works fine is IE8
Yes, and Netflix queue is VERY slow as well! It is OK in IE7 and 8.