Web pages won't open

Question

I'm having issues opening ALOT of pages on the web. They simply stall and never fully open. This issue is always with commercial sites. In the info bar at the bottom, they consistently show the page hanging up on a single component of some kind.
I'll use Amazon.com as an example. If I try to open the site in Safari, nothing happens, and the info states;
Loading "http://www.amazon.com/", completed 5 of 6 items.
I'm not completely sure if it's simply not opening, or has an incredibly long delay since I never get an error message. Typically after waiting 5 minutes or so, I cancel and use my backup browser.
I've done the basics like empty cache, but nothing.
TIA for any thoughts.
iMac 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4
MacOSX 10.3.9
Safari 1.3.2

Answer 1

Hi Alathe,
I do use Norton products; Autoprotect and Personal Firewall. I'm pretty sure the problem began well after installing these, but again, it's been a while. I'll shut them down and see if it makes a difference.
No you haven't been forgotten. Please read through my post before
taking any action.
Using Norton is not a good thing, you should uninstall it.
It is not compatible with 10.3.9 the firewall is probably blocking the sites or interfering with your router. Problems do not manifest immediately.
• For now go to the Activity Monitor found in Applications/ Utilities folder
"All Process" find any & all Norton processes, click on it/ them and "Quit" them.
• Then go to System preferences -> Accounts -> Start up item tab & highlight any Norton items there use the minus [-] to remove them.
• See the info in this topic thread, he had crashing,& Internet connectivity problems it was Norton causing the issue.Safari crashes...takes out internet connection
• Follow the link to the links, to the Uninstaller look for your specific NOrton product that you use. You will need the original Cd/dvds of norton.
The Original poster's, Norton uninstaller DID work for him, though there has been an issue with the uninstallers functioning, so see if Norton support has any info on your exact products uninstaller working as well.
Look to see if it has left some files behind depending again on the Norton you have installed. If the uninstaller does not work do the following:
Download and run Cocktaill in "Interface" > "Finder" choose
to see "invisibles". Or use OnyX it has a show invisible files.
Make sure to get the right version of either tool for os Panther.
After the unistall.
Look for files like these on the top level of your hard drive:
/Norton FS Volume 2
/NAV Mac 800QS File
/Norton FS Data 808K
/Norton FS Volume
/Norton FS Index
Find those files drag them (not command-delete) to
the trash and empty it.
Know that Uninstalling norton has been known to & can cause Kernel panics it was true for my machine & others, including a user here in Safari very recently. At least you will know what the origin is if that happens.
If you have never seen a kernal panic, a blackish gray window comes down the screen, in 3-4 Languages asking you to restart. DON"T PANIC as well.
The computer is basically confused.
Autoprotect and Personal Firewall
Version and yr. is necessary to pinpoint them on the Norton site
I will however look to see what there is on them, on uninstalling.
Stop the processes for now, know disabling does not make a difference
really in the function of the os per se. All those files and whatnots are still there.
Good luck ! Let us know how you fare.
Any Questions please post back.
Eme;~[)