Author Topic: Spyware/Adware (Read 406 times)

Curval · « **on:** March 18, 2004, 02:31:35 PM »

This should probably be in the internet connectivity forum, but:

My ping to the MA was at 100. Recently I have noticed that it is 230-250.

Would adware or spyware be doing this, or am I barking up the wrong "tree"?

ra · « **Reply #1 on:** March 18, 2004, 02:42:41 PM »

It couldn't hurt to run adaware and spybot.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #2 on:** March 18, 2004, 02:47:00 PM »

FWIW, Neither have ever affected me on 4 different boxes.... Cable or T1 lines.

Wlfgng · « **Reply #3 on:** March 18, 2004, 04:34:41 PM »

same experience as rip..

more likely just traffic.. are you cable?

Curval · « **Reply #4 on:** March 18, 2004, 04:37:17 PM »

ADSL.

It did nothing for my ping time, but I found 89 objects in my scan.

Chairboy · « **Reply #5 on:** March 18, 2004, 04:38:56 PM »

Get AdAware right away:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

It's free, so no harm done, and you might have something unexpected on your system even if it is unrelated to the slowdown.

Oh, and Wlfgng, don't succumb to the cable-modem myth!

Curval · « **Reply #6 on:** March 18, 2004, 04:56:17 PM »

That's what I used Chairboy. No effect on my ping tho.

Vulcan · « **Reply #7 on:** March 18, 2004, 07:00:13 PM »

adaware AND pestpatrol.

adaware misses quite a few.

Wlfgng · « **Reply #8 on:** March 19, 2004, 09:14:50 AM »

Chris, there's more to it than myth broski

when we first got cable, we had unlimited bandwidth.
Once they reached a certain number of subscribers, they limited the bandwidth so everyone could have 'dependable' ping times...

bottom line is we don't go as fast as we used to .. sigh

Curval · « **Reply #9 on:** March 19, 2004, 09:42:38 AM »

I have discovered why my pings are down.

The off-island internet connection was lost two weeks ago and needed repair so they rerouted all our traffic through some South American servers on the back up lines. This has resulted in significantly high ping times.

Should be fixed by this weekend.

It's all good. I had some nasty spyware and adware which is now gone, so maybe my spam will be reduced a bit.

Our off-island internet connection is done by underwater cable lines which streach from England to South America. It takes time to repair these lines as they need to use a special ship etc.>

Wlfgng · « **Reply #10 on:** March 19, 2004, 10:00:52 AM »

no, those aren't difficult to repair..

cripes... england to south america
what a job