Delay with Safari

Since yesterday, I have encountered a problem with Safari. When first starting up it takes a solid five minutes to actually load my homepage even with full internet service from my wireless connector. Once on Safari, if I want to go a website or fill in a password, after each letter I type the pinwheel comes up on the mouse and I usually have to wait 2 to 3 minutes before I can type the next letter. This problem also arises when scrolling and when going to click on links. At first I didn't think anything of it, but as a college student speed is everything for me and the fact that it takes me a thirty minutes or so to go to 3 websites to check my mail is beginning to frustrate me. This message in general is taking a solid chuck of my time as every few words the pinwheel comes up and I can't do anything on my computer. All other assets are frozen off and the only thing I can do is wait for the mouse to show up again. I don't know what I can possibly do to fix this problem or what is causing it. I've tried restarting and that seems to work briefly, but after about a few clicks on the internet that pinwheel of death appears again. Also, this has spread to my other applications including my word documents and just general searching in the hard drive.

Welcome to the forums!
The following usually works on both Tiger and Leopard:
(First, if yours is an Intel Mac, check that Safari is not running in Rosetta, which is enough to slow it to a crawl.)
Adding DNS codes to your Network Settings, should gives good results in terms of speed-up:
Open System Preferences/Network. Double click on your connection type, or select it in the drop-down menu. Click on TCP/IP and in the box marked 'DNS Servers' enter the following two numbers:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Click on Apply Now and close the window.
Restart Safari, and repair permissions.
If that didn't do it, then try this as well:
Empty Safari's cache (from the Safari menu), then close Safari.
Go to Home/Library/Safari and delete the following files:
form values
download.plist
Then go to Home/Library/Preferences and delete
com.apple.Safari.plist
Repair permissions (in Disk Utility).
Start up Safari again, and things should have improved.
Less likely, but possible, is that the slowness is caused by a Trojan such as the one called 'DNSChanger' or 'OSZ.RSPlug', which can alter the DNS settings of your network connection. This particular Trojan can be inadvertently installed if you have come across certain Quicktime movies where got a window stating that you have to download and install a particular codec in order to see the video.
If you have agreed to that installation, your system can be infected and your DNS settings altered, which results in your system using the wrong DNS servers, which can slow web surfing to a crawl.
This can be fixed by downloading and running a freeware utility called DNSChanger Removal Tool which you can download from here:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/33696
Once you have run that utility you have to re-boot your Mac, then reset Safari, and re-enter your DNS settings in System Preferences/Network.

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