I boot up my computer today and noticed my web pages loading very slowly.
I am on a HSI broadband connection and normal downloads run betwee 9.5 and 11 Mb.
After running some tests that determined the speeds were OK --- modem signals were where they normally are, I noticed a little green icon at the bottom of the page . Clicking on it - it says "checking for phishing". I suppose thats ok -- but when I turned it off -- my web pages go back to loading at their normal speeds.
So the neophyte asks --- OK thing? or bad thing?
I am not a power user and my browsing activity is pretty much limited to sites I am use to and trust.
