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my interweb is donged

yes i guess i have more problems

i have a 1.5 connection....and i can dl at around 200 kB/s
not great but acceptable to me for what is around....this is not where my troubles lay...ive always had these speeds and still have em

but i have 3 browsers and they are all slow as 56k dog shit....i cleared out my temp files cookies and all that other shit under properties......ive used firefox..ie..and aol and they are all fooked


help me not feel like i have dial up

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zooted adj : 1. under influence of drugs: relaxed, excited, or euphoric from taking illegal drugs, especially marijuana ( slang ) 2. intoxicated: very intoxicated ( informal )
looter n. : someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: plunderer, pillager, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter]

Could you have possibly have some trojan or spyware thats slowing things down?

yeah...i thought of that...i ran updated ad aware and spybot ....with all my porn surfing i wouldve figured alot more than i had....but still no good

thanx

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zooted adj : 1. under influence of drugs: relaxed, excited, or euphoric from taking illegal drugs, especially marijuana ( slang ) 2. intoxicated: very intoxicated ( informal )
looter n. : someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: plunderer, pillager, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter]

Have you tried uninstalling then reinstalling the browsers?

For uninstall procedures I use Revo Uninstaller. Very useful tool.

Try that, then reinstall them.

If that doesn't work, are you maybe using a proxy or TOR or something? That can certainly slow down browsing speeds.

Oh and use Mozbackup to save your complete profile before uninstalling Firefox. I think the same people behind that do backup software for Opera and IE etc.

Other than that, if everything else is working fine and downloading and uploading at normal speeds, maybe contact your ISP to ask them if they are experiencing problems with HTTP etc.

Hiya Tittiebiscuits!

1. Reboot/cold start any cable modems and routers you have.
2. Check your ISPs service page... Are they having problems in your area?
3. Try a Speedtest site, like the one on ZDNet.
4. If all else fails, grab HijackFree, select Ports, "Print This", right-click (select all), copy... Paste in here. Do the same with the Autorun section so that I/we can check your PC for dog shit

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Statistically... 9 out of 10 people actually enjoy gang rape.

thanx guys....it seems to have cleared up a little after i ran the spyware apps...mustve been it

1.5 dsl still sucks....

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zooted adj : 1. under influence of drugs: relaxed, excited, or euphoric from taking illegal drugs, especially marijuana ( slang ) 2. intoxicated: very intoxicated ( informal )
looter n. : someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: plunderer, pillager, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter]

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Originally posted by ZootedLooter

1.5 dsl still sucks....

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Scan your PC with these as well:

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/ax/
http://www.kaspersky.com/kos/eng/pa...kavwebscan.html
http://www.malwarebytes.org/rogueremover.php

(I know it seems like a ballache but... Just to be sure!)

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Statistically... 9 out of 10 people actually enjoy gang rape.

You should still do what NS's says and/or a log with either HijackThis or NS's HijackFree. There's bound to be more of the critters.

yeah i did the first 2....and emsisoft found some more shit....and also managed to knock out my mirc...no big...but kaperski came up blank so i stopped there

things have been looking good so far....i gotta get a better antivirus...norton can suck my taint with there free shit

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zooted adj : 1. under influence of drugs: relaxed, excited, or euphoric from taking illegal drugs, especially marijuana ( slang ) 2. intoxicated: very intoxicated ( informal )
looter n. : someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: plunderer, pillager, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter]

I use Avira. It is nice. And free.

the #1 cause of slow browsing is spyware, thats true. we all know that cleaning spyware out of a PC can be like cleaning piss out of a swimming pool. the most common spyware will do 1 of 2 things:

1. add an obtrusive route to your routing table. you can verify this by checking your routing table manually. at the command prompt, type in "route print" and see how many hops you have. a standard connection with no router will have 6. add a router and you've got 7. any more means that every packet you send will be routed to an unknown destination before reaching your target. this is how most ppl steal your personal information, god knows it worked for me in the past. if this is the case, you will need to delete the route manually by entering "route delete (destination) (gateway)". this link will explain everything: http://uw713doc.sco.com/en/man/html...oute.1Mtcp.html

2. corrupt your winsocks. winsocks determine how data is transfered from the browser to the routing table and also "listen" for HTML data being sent to the PC. the easy fix is to open the command prompt and type in "netsh winsock reset catalog" and press enter. this only works if you're using SP2 (but who isn't) and you'll have to reboot after.

if that doesn't clear it up, you may have to perform several tasks to repair the winsocks. here's the best reference i could find on the subject: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811259


the only real concern here is that the prog corrupting your shit will show it's ugly little head again. avast will clear that up. registration is free for a year and it'll also clean out your restore points (i love to bury mine in there).

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just pretend i said something smart and funny...

"netsh winsock reset catalog"

does anyone else concur?....and what are the drawbacks of doing this?...any?....ill give it a shot if no one disagrees....i still think its alittle slow for a 1.5 mb connection

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zooted adj : 1. under influence of drugs: relaxed, excited, or euphoric from taking illegal drugs, especially marijuana ( slang ) 2. intoxicated: very intoxicated ( informal )
looter n. : someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: plunderer, pillager, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter]

Ignore him. Avast is shite.

Install a real man's anti virus. Something like Avira, NOD or Kaspersky.

And stop surfing those porn sites, should stop the spyware at least you filth hound!!!!

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Originally posted by Mystic Slippers
Ignore him. Avast is shite.

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Originally posted by Mystic Slippers
Ignore him. Avast is shite.

Install a real man's anti virus. Something like Avira, NOD or Kaspersky.

And stop surfing those porn sites, should stop the spyware at least you filth hound!!!!

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just pretend i said something smart and funny...

I stand by what I said. Avira, NOD or Kaspersky.

I choose Avira as the best 100% free anti-virus. The other two are the best paid-for I believe.

I never questioned your knowledge, merely offered an opinionated alternative.

Oh and Avira is German, therefor it's efficient and gets the job done.

man ive been a real asshole of late. think im getting my rag.

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