Vitadolce wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi all. I am new to this site. I have vista home premium and am
> experiencing the following problems: a) Internet explorer 8 suddenly
> disconnecting. this is happening frequently b) Slow PC- poor navigation
> response times.
> I have attempted to speed things up by doing a win disk clean and disk
> defrag. Also downloaded ccclean to clean up my system. All this improved
> PC speed marginally (say 5-10%) but my internet explorer disconnection
> issue continues. I am considering purchasing a registry cleaner to
> resolve my main 2 issues. Please advise.
>
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Avoid registry cleaners like the plague, they are simply snake oil and
won't really help you one bit. Chances are, the slowness can be
attributed to spyware or malware in general.

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
[url]http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php[/url]

That should help you.