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Hello,
I am having a very interesting problem with Internet Explorer and download speeds. I seem to only be able to get 5.5kbs max with any browser (I have tried Mozilla) or anything that connects through HTTP (Like Antivirus Live Update). I can download fine through Aol Instant Messenger and most other protocol's work fine. I have checked MTU registry settings and seem to have made the connection steady, but it still downloads very slow. I have plugged in a seperate computer and it gets great download speeds (350+kb/sec), so I know that it is something to do with HTTP calls. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Seth
I am having a very interesting problem with Internet Explorer and download speeds. I seem to only be able to get 5.5kbs max with any browser (I have tried Mozilla) or anything that connects through HTTP (Like Antivirus Live Update). I can download fine through Aol Instant Messenger and most other protocol's work fine. I have checked MTU registry settings and seem to have made the connection steady, but it still downloads very slow. I have plugged in a seperate computer and it gets great download speeds (350+kb/sec), so I know that it is something to do with HTTP calls. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Seth
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I have run Symantec Virus scanner along with ad-aware. Both it didn't come up with a virus and of course there were some tracking bots found... but nothing out of the ordinary. I think there must be something a bit bigger causing the issue.
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Also, the computer gets great pings to known sites. Like yahoo.com, google.com, etc.
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You might even boot to safe mode with networking, then try a dnload to see if something else is interfering..
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Something had happened with the network card settings. I had the updated drivers for it, but once I uninstalled the NIC and re-installed it, everything worked fine. Thanks a lot for all your help guys!
Very good..!!
And thanks..
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And thanks..
FE
It might be spyware or a virus, try running this free program http://www.safer-networking.org
Also Symantec.com has a really good on line virus scanner, click on security response once on their web site, then about half way down the page on the left there is a link that says on line security check and virus scan.