Speed up Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP

Posted by Vic Laurie
January 23, 2007

One of the new features of IE7 is a phishing filter. Unfortunately, checking sites to see if they are possible phishers can slow down your computer. Sites with multiple frames can even use so much CPU time that the system crawls. Microsoft has a patch to help with the problem at this link. Microsoft says

This update resolves a performance issue with the Phishing Filter. When visiting certain web pages, the Phishing Filter may increase CPU usage while evaluating the page contents and the system may become slow to respond. This problem occurs on pages that contain multiple frames or when multiple frame navigations occur quickly.

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