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  • My laptop always has a nightmare logging onto STW..
  • michaelmcc
    Free Member

    Its takes me about 5 attempts to login because the internet page keeps resetting itself. Then when when I try check forum activity it all goes completely pear shaped. It’s an old laptop (2 years) and it happens a bit with some other sites but this is by far the worst. Anyone else in the same boat?

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Does it do it in a different browser?

    Run a malware scan?

    michaelmcc
    Free Member

    Does it do it in a different browser?

    As in Firefox? My Firefox has loads of random tool bars that I don’t know where they came from, so my screen is only about half the size with Firefox ha.

    rusty-trowel
    Free Member

    Its probably trying to resist it in the same way that my stereo won’t allow dance music to be played on it. 😀

    Cougar
    Full Member

    My Firefox has loads of random tool bars that I don’t know where they came from

    That’s what we in the trade like to call a “symptom.”

    Go into Control Panel / Add/Remove Programs, and uninstall anything that pertains to be a toolbar or other nonsense. Anything you don’t understand, ask here and I’ll make recommendations.

    Next, go to here and download MalwareBytes (aka “MBAM”). Install MBAM, let it update and run a quick scan. Tell me if it finds anything.

    What antivirus are you using?

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