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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 1022576" data-attributes="member: 8287">Bobtomay, here is a strange one for you.&nbsp; Antivir Pro - The Pay Version that has Email protection.Friend and his wife both use XP SP3 Windows machines.&nbsp; They are paying for FiOS.&nbsp; I got kind of suspicious when I did a speed test and also tested their speed downloading a large file from a fast site.&nbsp; No matter what on both systems they were getting 171K a second.&nbsp; If I hooked up either my iBook or Netbook via WiFi I got the full download speed.&nbsp; I got one of the computers here.&nbsp; Same at my house.&nbsp; Checked for hours for Spyware, Malware.&nbsp; Nothing.&nbsp; Found out what it was.The Email Virus Detection in AntiVir Pro uses a LSP connected with Winsock.&nbsp; It was slowing down the download speed just like norton was on the OP's system!&nbsp; I reset Winsock taking out the LSP for Antivir and speed was back to my normal download speed!&nbsp; Reinstall AntiVir Pro with that email option enabled right back to the 171k a second.&nbsp; Another client I who I fix computers for is using Panda AntiVirus and his download speed is way below what he should be getting also.&nbsp; I bet it's the same issue as it has an Email LSP.On Windows I have seen some versions of Norton totally break Winsock making the Internet totally stop working even though there is an IP.&nbsp; So you did the right thing getting that thing off your system!&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />In case someone wonders what an LSP is:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layered_Service_Provider" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layered_Service_Provider</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 1022576, member: 8287"] Bobtomay, here is a strange one for you. Antivir Pro - The Pay Version that has Email protection. Friend and his wife both use XP SP3 Windows machines. They are paying for FiOS. I got kind of suspicious when I did a speed test and also tested their speed downloading a large file from a fast site. No matter what on both systems they were getting 171K a second. If I hooked up either my iBook or Netbook via WiFi I got the full download speed. I got one of the computers here. Same at my house. Checked for hours for Spyware, Malware. Nothing. Found out what it was. The Email Virus Detection in AntiVir Pro uses a LSP connected with Winsock. It was slowing down the download speed just like norton was on the OP's system! I reset Winsock taking out the LSP for Antivir and speed was back to my normal download speed! Reinstall AntiVir Pro with that email option enabled right back to the 171k a second. Another client I who I fix computers for is using Panda AntiVirus and his download speed is way below what he should be getting also. I bet it's the same issue as it has an Email LSP. On Windows I have seen some versions of Norton totally break Winsock making the Internet totally stop working even though there is an IP. So you did the right thing getting that thing off your system! :D In case someone wonders what an LSP is: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layered_Service_Provider[/url] [/QUOTE]

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