little help - laptop video playing related

[lemonyellowson]

hey guys,
just wondering if anyone on here could shed a bit of light on a problem that has just popped up.
i have never had this bother before but for the last couple of days my laptop wont run any online videos properly, youtube, dailymotion, sky player, bbc i player, they all buffer like mad and run super slow.
my avg protection ran out a couple of weeks ago but there was never a problem till yesterday, is it something to do with that maybe?

please note i know nothing about computers and ram and what have you.

any assistance or suggestions would be great.

cheers.

[Father Dougal McGuire]

You could try uninstalling and reinstalling both Shockwave and Flash. Here are the uninstallers, respectively.

helpx.adobe.com/shockwave/kb/download-shockwave-stand-alone-installer.html
helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

I know this may sound silly but have you kept the computer turned on/on sleep mode? If so, you may want to simply try rebooting it.