Computer has slowed down when browsing

[bcampbell]

Recently my computer has slowed down when browsing the internet. Often a page will simply refuse to load. I am using Windows Explorer 9.

I am running McAfee Security Center on a Windows 7 Professional 64 bit with 9 gig ram.

Security Center has not detected any viruses or malware.

Initially, I was connecting to the interent via home wifi. I thought that might be an issue so I ran cat5e to the computer. No improvement.

Next I turned off the firewall and that seemed to improve things, The system is running faster but not like it was just a couple weeks ago.

I tried a restore point going back a few weeks but that didn't help.

Anybody have any suggestions. I am running several other computers through the same network and they are running just fine.

Thanks

Bruce

[arnoldt10]

simlar things happening to me aswell =[ tho i'm using windows 7 home prem 32 bit and google chrome. could try google chrome, IE always been slow no matter what version

[newjack]

While browsing open your task manager and see if CPU is being maxed out.If so see what is using up your resources.I had this problem in the past with a Mcafee process.

[bcampbell]

It appears that this is a firewall issue.

I am able to surf the net without any delays when the firewall is off. But internet access is a crawl when the firewall is running.

Does anybody have any ideas as to why the firewall suddenly has slowed internet access to a crawl.  McAfee has been on my computer for a couple years without any issues, then suddenly internet access slowed down.

Can McAfee's firewall be turned off and the windows firewall be used instead?

Thanks for any help.