my internet is really slow

iwanttosave_2

hi, please help,

for the last 2-3 days my internet is painfully slow, ok yes i am still on dial up but it is never this slow, even in peak times. I counted how long it took to load this page and it took 39 seconds, it normally takes about 10 at the most. I am on tiscali and am using the accelerator as well.

So far to try and fix it is cleared my cookies and temp files, checked all my settings are correct and did a full scan of my computor with panda platinum protection, it didpick up spyware but disinfected it all. Is there any other help out there, i tried the ccleaner that mr. s reccomends but its still no good.

Browntoa

what operating system ??

if Xp then download Microsofts Anti-spyware and then run it in safe mode

iwanttosave_2

yes on xp, but will that get me back up to speed, i really can't cope going this slow

Ganyam

A Browntoa said, run ms antispyware and possibly adaware.. I would think it will sort your problems out.. :j

Browntoa

you said that spyware got picked up on the other scan, you can only really be sure it's gone by running in safe mode....and I run 4 different bits of Spyware software at various times to keep clean (they sometimes pick up different thing)....Spyware can slow down your Pc by eating up processor speed

if you hit ctrl alt del the performance Tab will tell you how much processer (CPU) is in use...mine says 3%

iwanttosave_2

mine is running at 5% where do i find this download is there a link please, knowing my luck i'll find a dodgy version and get more stuff slowing me down.

thanks

intel

Have you installed any software lately?

The reason why I ask is that some Antivirus and Antispyware tools
scan webpages before you go them this is especially trus with Avast
on guard protection web scanner, it will check the whole page then let you view it.

iwanttosave_2

no not installed any software at all, it seems to have perked up a tiny bit but still nowhere as good as normal.

intel

It may be due to bad weather conditions as this can have an adverse affect.

carol_a_3

Mine's been really slow to load these forum pages for a few days now but fine on everything else I browse on...I think it's to do with their new servers.

Browntoa

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en

download link