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mah_jong
mah_jong Posts: 1,284 Forumite
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I am asking for advice about my computer. I hope I can explain myself here!

Its been a giving me some problems for a while, not huge problem just a bit of bother, of course I would prefer not to have it, so is there anything I can do?

I'll be surfing for a while and suddenly the page with go back one or two pages and I know that I then don't have the ability to click on links, indeed the mouse does not see that the links are there.

To get back working properly I have to bring up the task manager and minimize twice (the first one wont work) this means I can surf for a short time with the ability to see on the links but it does not last long!

I usually restart . Any ideas?

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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    What browser are you using, and what antivirus/security?
    Are you running XP or Vista?
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • mah_jong
    mah_jong Posts: 1,284 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    edited 13 April 2009 at 4:42PM
    My OS is XP, I use (usually) firefox. The same thing happens over on IE which I have to use for egg.

    I have antivir, I regularly clean with CC and sbybot
  • mah_jong
    mah_jong Posts: 1,284 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Can anyone suggest anything?
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    I would run AntiMalwareBytes for starters and see what that shows up. Lots of links to the software on this board.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
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