I have Windows XP/Version 2002/Service Pack 3 on my Dell laptop. In early December 2015, I found an old, unopened, uninstalled, unregistered copy of CA Internet Security Suite 2009. I thought I would install it and see if it would automatically upgrade to the current protection level of 2015/2016 for possibly a year and then I would have to pay to continue getting upgrades. Once I installed it, it seemed to slow my laptop down quite a bit. It seemed like every web page I visited, I'd have to manually add it to the firewall to allow access to the site. I started to search for another product and saw that Vipre Internet Security Suite 2016 got good reviews and had a 30 day trial period. I uninstalled the CA product and installed Vipre. This didn't seem to help speed anything up (not that I really thought it would). The most annoying problem I have, and it seemed to start when I installed the CA suite, is that web page images seem to load OK for the first few pages I visit. Then after a few pages, images load half way and the bottom half of the image loads grainy and/or distorted ("piecemeal"). I'm using Chrome version 48.0.2564.103. It happens in FireFox (43.0.1) as well, but doesn't seem to happen as often. I frequently clear the cache and history in both browsers and this doesn’t help. Since the browsers are up-to-date, I'm assuming the problem is with XP. I suppose it could be the graphics card, but I thought I would see dead pixels on the screen, which isn't the case (yet). I have another issue with "bogus hyperlinks" appearing randomly in web pages. When I hover over them, they display a pop up totally unrelated to the current page. This occurs in Chrome and used to occur in Firefox when I was using an older version. I know I should upgrade to at least Windows 7, but wanted to try to use XP for as long as I can. I wish Microsoft would allow you to pay for continued support. I'll probably have to start using my new laptop (more), as this one is probably approaching its end-of-life. I'm just not ready for the funeral. Sorry to include so much detail. I have some screen prints, but they seem to be too large to upload to the site even if I zip them. Is anyone aware of anything that can be done to fix my issues? I appreciate any help.
Chris
Chris
