I have newsleecher for downloading from usenet, my ISP is BT (I think they use giganews servers). I was able to download at speeds of 550 KB/S, but in the last day it has dropped to 180 KB/S. I did install emule plus and utorrent, could this have made any effect on the speed, or maybe have installed a bit of spyware which would throttle the speed?
This all applies to my laptop running wirelessly through a BT home hub.
My PC, connected through BT home hub through ethernet cable has always only been able to download at 180 KB/s, but also has some p2p software installed (limewire, utorrent, emule plus).
I have tried restoring my laptop to before emule & utorrent, but has made no difference.
If anyone can offer any advice it would be appreciated.
It is worth noting that downloading from the internet has not slowed down.
It is also worth noting that the speed has slowed down, even when the p2p applications are not active.
This is a last resort before I format them both.
2007-01-08 23:27:11 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
You might have spyware on your system.. I use both programs and my computer runs fine.
2007-01-08 23:44:52 · answer #1 · answered by BigWashSr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋