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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: Trojan:Win32/Critet.BS - False positive from Defender?

« on: March 18, 2018, 11:25:34 am »

Removed .15 and tried to install .14.
Installer reports an error (pointing to the install directory).
Defender barfs.

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General Computer Support / Re: External links take long to load

« on: October 22, 2017, 05:44:22 pm »

Found the culprit: LastPass password manager extension. It was present in Chrome and in IE when I tested the desktop. It is also present on the laptop, where links perform normally.
I disabled the extension and links came up as they should. Extension re-enabled and all is working as it should.

(Silly bunt).

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General Computer Support / Re: External links take long to load

« on: October 22, 2017, 08:41:03 am »

Have tried repair. Have also turned Internet Explorer off via "Turn off Windows features" (IE will load even if it is not selected as the default browser) - to no avail.
The annoyance is minor. I'll wait to see if additional Windows updates shake things loose.

I have added your suggestions to my troubleshooting "repertoire" and Windows Repair 2018 has come in quite handy. Thank you.

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General Computer Support / Re: External links take long to load

« on: October 22, 2017, 04:21:01 am »

Cleared folder. No difference. Thank you again.

I too have a laptop which has been acting strangely since the October update - desktop icons don't stay put, among other things; the fresh install (desktop) and the incremental update (laptop) behave in the same way with respect to applications that are running when a restart is initiated. The system restarts running apps upon reboot as if it were waking.

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General Computer Support / Re: External links take long to load

« on: October 21, 2017, 02:33:06 pm »

Thank you for the reply.

Nothing hogging the CPU and no unusual service activity (per the resource monitor). The delay is consistent: about 30 seconds. Persists after Winsock reset and in safe mode - regardless of browser set as default and origin of external link (email, software window, etc.). An Outlook repair has been attempted as well.

Stymied.

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General Computer Support / External links take long to load [SOLVED]

« on: October 21, 2017, 09:11:36 am »

Here's one that has me stumped: external links in email messages, in software windows, etc. take about 30 seconds to cold start my browser and / or open a new tab if the browser is open.

Fresh Windows 10 install (post October Creators' Update).
16 GB memory - i5-8400 CPU - fast system. 
Chrome installed as default browser.
Same slow behavior with Internet Explorer when it is selected as default.
When a link is clicked in an Outlook message (Office 365), a "program working dot chase" can be seen at the very top of the message, under the ribbon. 
(Tweaking util installed after this behavior was detected - speed tweaks applied; no change.)

Any ideas?
Thanks.