Help!! Internet super slow, most times won't even load pages

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So I recently updated both my 2011 Mac mini and MacBook Pro to the latest macOS. Now I am having trouble being able to browse on chrome and safari. Chrome constantly gives me the page unresponsive pop up, Safari won't even go to any pages. I've tried restarting both computers, on my laptop I've renewed the dhcp license and that seems to make it work for a few min but then it stops working. I can still send and receive iMessages and emails but I can't use the internet. I'm currently trying to download malware bytes and OnyX to see if that will help me but like I said the internet is super slow.

If anybody else has these issues and found a solution, please let me know!!
 

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Restart the machine in Safe Mode by holding down the SHIFT key during boot and see if things behave normally. What version of OS X were they running prior to the upgrade? What apps are normally running on your machine?
 
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Everything seems to be running like it should in Safe Mode. It was whatever macOS was previous to 10.12.6, I'm sorry I can't remember which one it was. I normally run chrome and either adobe illustrator or photoshop.
 
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How much memory and how much free space on the hard drives?
 
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We might be able to troubleshoot better if you get and run etrecheck, then post the output here.
 
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We might be able to troubleshoot better if you get and run etrecheck, then post the output here.

EtreCheck version: 3.4.2 (436)
Report generated 2017-08-01 09:26:00
Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com
Runtime: 6:53
Performance: Below Average

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Click the [Remove/Report] links to remove adware or update the whitelist of legitimate software.

Problem: Apps are crashing
Description:
Chrome keeps giving me page unresponsive pop up when not in safe mode.

Hardware Information: ⓘ
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-2415M) CPU: 2-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery: Health = Replace Soon - Cycle count = 1026
iCloud Quota: 27.60 GB available

Video Information: ⓘ
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
RS95 1280 x 720

Disk Information: ⓘ
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 disk0: (1 TB) (Rotational)
[Show SMART report]
EFI (disk0s1 - MS-DOS FAT32) <not mounted> [EFI]: 210 MB
(disk0s2) <not mounted> [CoreStorage Container]: 999.35 GB
Recovery HD (disk0s3 - Journaled HFS+) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

MAT****ADVD-R UJ-898 ()

USB Information: ⓘ
USB20Bus
hub_device
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
USB20Bus
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
hub_device
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Virtual disks: ⓘ
[redacted] [redacted] (disk1 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 998.97 GB (761.54 GB free)
Physical disk: disk0s2 999.35 GB Online

System Software: ⓘ
macOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29) - Time since boot: less than an hour

Configuration files: ⓘ
/etc/hosts - Count: 7

Gatekeeper: ⓘ
Mac App Store and identified developers

Possible adware: ⓘ
Unknown file: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.agent.plist
/Library/Application Support/Malwarebytes/MBAM/Engine.bundle/Contents/PlugIns/FrontendAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/FrontendAgent
Unknown file: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.malwarebytes.mbam.rtprotection.daemon.plist
/Library/Application Support/Malwarebytes/MBAM/Engine.bundle/Contents/PlugIns/RTProtectionDaemon.app/Contents/MacOS/RTProtectionDaemon
Unknown file: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.malwarebytes.mbam.settings.daemon.plist
/Library/Application Support/Malwarebytes/MBAM/Engine.bundle/Contents/PlugIns/SettingsDaemon.app/Contents/MacOS/SettingsDaemon
3 possible adware files found. [Remove/Report]

Kernel Extensions: ⓘ
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.FTDI.driver.D2XXHelper (1.0 - SDK 10.12) [Lookup]
[loaded] com.malwarebytes.mbam.rtprotection (3.0 - SDK 10.12) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.motu.driver.FireWireAudio (1.6 64254 - SDK 10.4) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.motu.driver.MicroBookAudio (1.6 64254 - SDK 10.4) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.motu.driver.PCIAudio (1.6 64254 - SDK 10.4) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.motu.driver.USBMidiKext (1.6 64254 - SDK 10.4) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.xxxchurch.x3nke (1.0.3 - SDK 10.8) [Lookup]

/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (Wacom Tablet 6.3.17-5 - SDK 10.11) [Lookup]

System Launch Agents: ⓘ
[not loaded] 8 Apple tasks
[loaded] 184 Apple tasks
[running] 90 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[failed] com.apple.ucupdate.plist (Apple, Inc. - installed 2017-03-22)
[failed] com.apple.watchdogd.plist (Apple, Inc. - installed 2017-07-15)
[not loaded] 38 Apple tasks
[loaded] 178 Apple tasks
[running] 99 Apple tasks

Launch Agents: ⓘ
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-07-17) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a23d420d.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-01-13) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2016-10-30) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.agent.plist (? 631295be 680057a5 - installed 2017-07-31) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.motu.MOTULauncher.plist (? ? ? - installed 2014-10-17) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (? 504e3ecb be93c7fb - installed 2017-05-16) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist (Wacom Technology Corp. - installed 2017-01-16) [Lookup]

Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-01-13) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-01-13) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist (? 68cad67 0 - installed 2016-08-10) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2016-10-30) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.adobe.agsservice.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-05-26) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.apple.aelwriter.plist (Apple, Inc. - installed 2016-08-10)
[not loaded] com.linksys.connect.helper.plist (Linksys LLC - installed 2017-01-05) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.malwarebytes.mbam.rtprotection.daemon.plist (? 31419c10 e3f423ee - installed 2017-07-31) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.malwarebytes.mbam.settings.daemon.plist (? a40d558f d0b9e521 - installed 2017-07-31) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (Shell Script e3fefdd2 - installed 2017-03-15) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.wacom.TabletHelper.plist (Wacom Technology Corp. - installed 2017-01-16) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.wacom.displayhelper.plist (Apple, Inc. - installed 2017-07-15)
[not loaded] com.x3.x3daemon.plist (XXXchurch.com - installed 2017-01-24) [Lookup]

User Launch Agents: ⓘ
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2017-07-17) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist (Citrix Online LLC - installed 2017-05-26) [Lookup]
[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2017-07-10) [Lookup]

User Login Items: ⓘ
iTunesHelper Application (Apple, Inc. - installed 2017-07-21)
(/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application - Hidden
(/Applications/Adobe Acrobat DC/Adobe Acrobat.app/Contents/Helpers/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
Aimersoft Helper Compact Application
(~/Library/Application Support/Helper/Aimersoft Helper Compact.app)
com.adobe.SwitchBoard.monitor.plist MachInit - Hidden
(/etc/mach_init_per_user.d/com.adobe.SwitchBoard.monitor.plist)
Mach Init items are deprecated

Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ
AdobeExManDetect: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 (installed 2017-01-16) [Lookup]
AdobeAAMDetect: 3.0.0.0 (installed 2016-10-30) [Lookup]
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2017-07-21)
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 17.009.20058 (installed 2017-07-17) [Lookup]
AdobePDFViewer: 17.009.20058 (installed 2017-07-17) [Lookup]
WacomTabletPlugin: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.6 (installed 2017-01-03) [Lookup]
JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 131 build 11 (installed 2017-05-16) Check version

User internet Plug-ins: ⓘ
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: 1.0.105 (installed 2013-04-25) [Lookup]

3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ
Java (installed 2017-05-16) [Lookup]
WacomTablet (installed 2017-01-03) [Lookup]
X3 Watch (installed 2017-01-24) [Lookup]

Time Machine: ⓘ
Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ
3% WindowServer
1% kernel_task
0% fontd
0% fseventsd
0% Google Chrome

Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ
1.15 GB softwareupdated
812 MB kernel_task
286 MB Google Chrome
182 MB Google Chrome Helper
171 MB Google Chrome Helper

Top Processes by Network Use: ⓘ
Input Output Process name
37 KB 35 KB mDNSResponder
13 KB 26 KB apsd
3 KB 2 KB netbiosd
336 B 336 B ntpd
0 B 64 B SystemUIServer

Top Processes by Energy Use: ⓘ
3.40 WindowServer
0.48 launchd
0.08 fseventsd
0.08 mDNSResponder

Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ
8.36 GB Available RAM
6.55 GB Free RAM
7.64 GB Used RAM
1.81 GB Cached files
0 B Swap Used

Software installs: ⓘ
clmv4.1.1: (installed 2017-07-12)
AdSSO-v2: (installed 2017-07-12)
adlmapps12: (installed 2017-07-12)
AdlmFlexnetClient: (installed 2017-07-12)
adlmframework12: (installed 2017-07-12)
Maya_AdLMconf2017: (installed 2017-07-12)
Maya_core2017: (installed 2017-07-12)
Fcheck_app2017: (installed 2017-07-12)
MtoA 1.3.0 Maya 2017: (installed 2017-07-12)
Adobe Acrobat DC (17.009.20058): (installed 2017-07-17)
X3 Watch: (installed 2017-07-29)
Malwarebytes for Mac: (installed 2017-07-31)

Install information may not be complete.

Diagnostics Information: ⓘ
2017-08-01 09:12:01 Last shutdown cause: 3 - Hard shutdown
2017-08-01 09:10:39 x3d Crash [Open]
Cause: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSCFString objectForKey:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x10c429b60'
abort() called
terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
2017-08-01 00:28:13 Creative Cloud.app Crash [Open]
Cause: objc_msgSend() selector name: window
 
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Did you get Malwarebytes directly from the developers? I've used the free Malwarebytes many times and I don't have all that junk on my Mac. I suggest you uninstall the Premium version.
The /etc/hosts file has been tampered with - I do't know if that's good or bad in your case. the hosts file takes precedence over DNS (standard internet page requests), so some malware has inserted things in this file that prevent normal Apple security (automatic xProtect) updates. Please post the /etc/hosts file (or read about what shouldn't be there online).
 

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