Slow Safari

Question

I would like to thank all of those who are posting hints for dealing with a slow safari. I have two iBooks one running 10.2.8 and the other running 10.4.2, both of which seem to be infected.
Last evening I did make a few changes to the 10.2.8 iBook. I deleted the preference files, the cache, and the icons folder. No real improvement. I used the terminal 'ipconfig' command and got my ISP's DNS numbers and entered them. This seemed to make a huge difference. I even experimented with turning Java Script off. However, this actually made some web pages slower.
Turining Java Script back on and opening the Activities window, I noticed something really interesting. The pages Safari was hanging on, even with the above changes, were all attempting to load a similar file. In fact, Safari never does load that file and it appears that the page is completely loaded. One of the sites I am having difficulty with is Apple's page. Here is the file which Safari cannot load:
link
Here is an other example of a similar file on CNN.com:
link
I am very encouraged that I have found this similar link between all of the pages that my Safari hangs on, but this means nothing to me. I was hoping someone would be familiar enough with these types of files that they could shed some light on my problems. I can only hope that this is the problem that all slow Safari users are encountering and a solution can be had.
I will attempt to make changes to my 10.4.2 iBook this evening and report those results as well. With a three month old at home it is difficult to get much free time to solve a very difficult problem.
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Answer 1

I would like to assist you, but I know absolutely nothing about html,
so your request is like Greek to me.
Here is another post of those files.
"http://metrics.apple.com/b/ss/applesuperglobal/1/G.7-Pd-R/s3674520347
1158?%5BAQB%5D&ndh=1&t=24/7/2005%200%3A10%3A26%203%20300&pageName=Appl
e%20%28US%29&g=http%3A//www.apple.com/&ch=www.us.homepage&cc=USD&c4=ht
tp%3A//www.apple.com/&h5=appleglobal%2Capplehome&s=1024x768&c=32&j=1.3
&v=Y&k=Y&bw=1000&bh=652&p=Digital%20Rights%20Management%20Plugin%3BSho
ckwave%20Flash%3BJava%20Plug-in%20%28CFM%29%3BJava%20Plug-in%3BJava%20
Plug-in%20for%20Cocoa%3BShockwave%20for%20Director%3BQuickTime%20Plug-
in%206.5.2%3BRealPlayer%20Plugin%3B&%5BAQE%5D"
"http://cnn.122.2o7.net/b/ss/cnnglobal/1/H.1-Pdv-2/s34958578741624?%5B
AQB%5D&ndh=1&t=24/7/2005%200%3A24%3A55%203%20300&ns=cnn&pageName=CNN%2
0Home%20Page&g=http%3A//www.cnn.com/&ch=/&c2=www.cnn.com&s=1024x768&c=
32&j=1.3&v=Y&k=Y&bw=985&bh=652&p=Digital%20Rights%20Management%20Plugi
n%3BShockwave%20Flash%3BJava%20Plug-in%20%28CFM%29%3BJava%20Plug-in%3B
Java%20Plug-in%20for%20Cocoa%3BShockwave%20for%20Director%3BQuickTime%
20Plug-in%206.5.2%3BRealPlayer%20Plugin%3B&%5BAQE%5D"
I hope that worked for you, if not I would be more than happy to
email them to you.
-Nathan
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