'Puter Woes; Script Busy/Stopped
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'Puter Woes; Script Busy/Stopped
Windows Vista, Firefox 5.0 (though it happens on IE as well)
Occasionally my cursor will freeze and I'll hear a "beep"...after a few seconds the cursor goes back to normal, and I get a pop-up that says I have a script that is busy or has stopped working. The pop up gives me a choice to wait for it to start working or stop. I always choose wait, if that makes any difference. The script in question (and I have no idea what a script is, so maybe you can enlighten me on that too) shows a ford-trucks.com URL and a 12 character code, followed by "avg_ls_dom.js:396". My ever-so-limited knowledge tells me that this probably has something to do with my bloated, over priced, resource-hogging anti-virus package but I've got absolutely no idea if it can be corrected on my end.
Any and all ideas/suggestions are welcome, but I'll warn you that attempting to talk me through a potential fix might try your patience
Occasionally my cursor will freeze and I'll hear a "beep"...after a few seconds the cursor goes back to normal, and I get a pop-up that says I have a script that is busy or has stopped working. The pop up gives me a choice to wait for it to start working or stop. I always choose wait, if that makes any difference. The script in question (and I have no idea what a script is, so maybe you can enlighten me on that too) shows a ford-trucks.com URL and a 12 character code, followed by "avg_ls_dom.js:396". My ever-so-limited knowledge tells me that this probably has something to do with my bloated, over priced, resource-hogging anti-virus package but I've got absolutely no idea if it can be corrected on my end.
Any and all ideas/suggestions are welcome, but I'll warn you that attempting to talk me through a potential fix might try your patience
Last edited by SteveBricks; 07-01-2011 at 11:18 AM.
#2
I agree it is your AVG anti-virus, and it doesn't like some java script that is running, or trying to run. Maybe tech support can tell you what that script is.
I would put AVG to sleep for 15 minutes and see if it stops. But I have to warn you that if it is a malicious script, you would be giving it free access.
Did this start with FF 5.0? Isn't that still beta?
I would put AVG to sleep for 15 minutes and see if it stops. But I have to warn you that if it is a malicious script, you would be giving it free access.
Did this start with FF 5.0? Isn't that still beta?
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Actually it started after I downloaded FF4 (which really sucked, btw...5 works much better) though that could be coincidence since the same thing happens in IE.
5 could be beta, I don't know.
Pretty sure I've got the latest Java update (10.2?)...could it be that there's an add-on that's not compatible?
5 could be beta, I don't know.
Pretty sure I've got the latest Java update (10.2?)...could it be that there's an add-on that's not compatible?
#4
Try Super Anti Spyware. It's free. I run this along with my AV, and it will occasionally pick up something that's been missed.
Another thing I like is Iolo System Mechanic. It does a lot of maintenance that I don't have time for, or don't know how to do. My desktops have run better/faster since I started using it. They don't crash, which is surprising with me pushing buttons.
Another thing I like is Iolo System Mechanic. It does a lot of maintenance that I don't have time for, or don't know how to do. My desktops have run better/faster since I started using it. They don't crash, which is surprising with me pushing buttons.
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These guys both say it is a bug in the Surf Shield component of AVG, and they had to disable it.
AVG Antivirus 2011 corrupting web pages with injection of script avg_ls_dom.js | Roslin Design Blog
AVG 2011 – Surf Shield Bug – avg_ls_dom.js | Shankar's Blog
AVG Antivirus 2011 corrupting web pages with injection of script avg_ls_dom.js | Roslin Design Blog
AVG 2011 – Surf Shield Bug – avg_ls_dom.js | Shankar's Blog
#7
The script that was mentioned in both of those blogs is the exact same one that I'm seeing. In my AVG components list there are two shields; resident shield and online shield, but nothing that's called surf shield. I guess I'll try disabling each one separately and see which makes a difference.
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#8
Our desktop goes into "molasses mode" every once in a while. Actually, more frequently than that.
After some searching, it was suggested to turn off Microsoft Automatic Updates.
I did, and the problem has disappeared on that computer.
Doing an update by turning auto update back on causes the problem to return.
It's a known problem, but it seems M-soft isn't in a huge hurry to correct it, so there's probably something else (surreptitious) going on.
Edit: After thinking a bit, this may not be even remotely appropriate to your situation, as my operating system is XP, SP3.
But you never know, stranger things have happened.
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After some searching, it was suggested to turn off Microsoft Automatic Updates.
I did, and the problem has disappeared on that computer.
Doing an update by turning auto update back on causes the problem to return.
It's a known problem, but it seems M-soft isn't in a huge hurry to correct it, so there's probably something else (surreptitious) going on.
Edit: After thinking a bit, this may not be even remotely appropriate to your situation, as my operating system is XP, SP3.
But you never know, stranger things have happened.
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