I use a fast cable connection, and had very comfortable surfspeed with internet explorer6, untill I installed LimeWire (which works very good). Now, my regular internet connection (let's say just googling) is incredibly slow and even sometimes comes to a stop. I'm not using both at the same time. I'm still in windows ME. Who can help me out??

Forgot to mention: I'm using protection software, and I've been running RegistryCleaner...

For a Windows PC, protection software that should be rather common are:
Antivirus
Firewall
Adware removal
Spyware removal
(General malware removal)
Which of these have you got?

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iMac G4 OSX 10.3.9
RAM 256MB
LW 4.10.5 Basic
ADSL anything from 3 to 8Mbps/around 1024kbps

"Raise your can of Beer on high
And seal your fate forever
Our best years have passed us by
The Golden Age Of Leather"
-Blue Öyster Cult-

Panda anitvirus
RegistryCleaner
Spy Bot

I would suggest the following: get a Firewall (there are decent free firewalls out there. Anybody care to give us a link to one?) and set it to block everything and anything. If it detects that something is trying to gain access to the net (except from IE) then there's probably some malware that spybot hasn't taken care of.

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iMac G4 OSX 10.3.9
RAM 256MB
LW 4.10.5 Basic
ADSL anything from 3 to 8Mbps/around 1024kbps

"Raise your can of Beer on high
And seal your fate forever
Our best years have passed us by
The Golden Age Of Leather"
-Blue Öyster Cult-

with regards to firewall i use zone alarm,as for spyware removal install adaware aswell,while we are at it spywareblaster wouldent be a bad idea either..
all available free at www.download.com