After installing windows XP SP3 and IE8 his browser performance dropped, websites were loaded slowly and it took the IE ages to load.

At first, he thought it was a malware of some kind so he installed an antivirus and scanned the computer but the scan showed nothing.

After a little more research he said to me “I think I know who is the virus – the IE itself…” and guess what, he was right.

IE8 comes with a lot of add-ons that suppose to make your social life easier. I for one would never understand what is the use of those addons and don’t know anyone that use them…

Apparently those add-ons slow down the performance of the browser and as a result, it takes ages to make it launch or load websites.

As I see it if you want a better browsing experience you have two options:

1. Disable those add-ons.

2. Use another browser.

Personally, I’m a big fan of Google Chrome and use it as my default browser but because I’m a web developer who develops using .Net and Visual Studio technologies I can’t just get rid of the IE.

The only choice I had left is to disable those add-ons and that exactly what I did.

Here is how you do it:

1. Go to Tools -> Manage add-ons

2. On the left side of the window that was opened choose “all add-ons”

3. Disable irrelevant add-ons by choosing them and press the disable button at the right bottom side of the window.

Now I don’t need to be afraid that my PC will freeze every time I click on a link in an email message.

Hope this helps you too!

Netanel