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websites loading slowly

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la321
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websites are taking a while to load at the bottom left of screen it saying waiting for and transferring data i used windows security essentials to check for virus and malwarebyte i cleared cache and using latest firefox is there anything else better than windows security to check for virus?

websites are taking a while to load at the bottom left of screen it saying waiting for and transferring data i used windows security essentials to check for virus and malwarebyte i cleared cache and using latest firefox is there anything else better than windows security to check for virus?

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cor-el
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Try to start Firefox in Safe Mode by holding down the Shift (Mac: Options) key to see if that helps.

It is possible that your firewall or other security software blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.

Remove all rules for Firefox and the plugin-container from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full, unrestricted, access to install for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.

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Boot the computer in Windows Safe Mode with network support (press F8 on the boot screen) to see if that helps.