I'm finding that firewalls can play havoc with PC performance and the web especially if you have more than one. I disabled Avast's and Malaware's and I just use MS Security Essentials for real-time protection. You might uninstall Norton and reinstall.

I also did my best to clean my system of any folders and programs that I really didn't need. I still am denied web access sometimes, but I just switch over to safe mode.

Last edited by olivant; 07/15/12 07:05 PM.
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