Recently I had a computer repair customer email about a problem he was receiving with his web based Yahoo email. He kept receiving waiting for comet.yahoo.com and waiting for pr.comet.yahoo.com messages when accessing his email messages. I looked into this problem and found a solution.
hi Aaron, I have started having trouble with my Yahoo email due to these messages appearing in the bottom left box of my screen which comes on while it is apparently searching – but it pauses and there are predictable delays while I wait to type my next letter. I have checked sites online, but not finding anything to help prevent this. Have you any knowledge or experience with this?
Some websites claim that this is malware, spyware, or even a virus. However, I have concluded that these uniform resource locator’s are actually Yahoo’s advertisement serving server’s. My solution was to install Ad Block Plus as an extension into his web browser of choice, Google Chrome.
This extension is entirely free. In Google Chrome you will want to click on “Customize and control Google Chrome” drop down menu in the upper right hand corner. YOu can then hover your mouse over “More tools” and select “Extensions”.
You will want to scroll down and or look for “Get more extensions”. Then you will need to click on this uniform resource locator web page link and a Google Chrome web store will open up. You will want to type in “ad block plus” without quotations in a “Search the store” search box.
Then you will want to click on “ADD TO CHROME” button next to “Adblock Plus offered by adblockplus.org”. A popup window will prompt you to then select “Add extension”. Ad Block Plus Google Chrome extension will now install.
You may need to close and start your web browser again or close Yahoo mail and attempt to access this website again. These instructions were written for Google Chrome web browser but might help you install Ad Block Plus extension in other web browsers such as Mozilla FireFox, Apple Safari, Opera, Microsoft Edge etcetera. If you are not able to install Ad Block Plus in your web browser of choice because that operating system is not supported, you can always attempt to install a different ad blocker web browser extension that is compatible.
@Nancy Sherburne
My customer was using Google Chrome. Perhaps if it is convenient enough you could try using another web browser for example Mozilla Firefox. My customer did not want to use a different web browser.
Also, you might want to make sure that both your web browser and Ad Block Plus extension are up to date. Perhaps it is web browser specific problem. Perhaps it is not specific to the web browser you are using.
Aaron
@Kathy Ann
Glad to hear that this solution fixed your problem.
Aaron
@Vince Paris
You are welcome. Glad to hear this helped solve your slow Yahoo mail.
Aaron
@George Onnist Wynn
You could make sure that you have most recent versions of advertisement blocker plus and Google Chrome web browser installed. Another option is to use a different browser for example Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera, etcetera and see if those advertisements get blocked. Finally, you could try a different advertisement blocking plugin called Adguard AdBlocker.
Aaron