Ratwell

Your problem could definitely be linked to Avast.

I was running avast with Vista as well and my browsing and network file
transfers were extremely sluggish, yet there was nothing wrong with the
network itself. I disabled Avast's "On Access Protection" and my browser
became unclogged.

"uRdoomd" wrote:

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> "Mr. Cool" wrote:
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> > Hello,
> > Originally this was posted on the general discussion board, but I thought I
> > might get more help here.
> >
> > I have had Vista since it went on sale and have never had any problems using
> > the internet before. But, a few days ago- seemingly out of the blue as there
> > had been no software or hardware changes to my setup- the internet on my
> > Vista desktop crept to a crawl. I use the Microsoft firewall and Avast. My
> > computer has a 4.1 rating and has had no problems related to the internet
> > before.
> >
> > My XP laptop is fine on my wireless router and there has been no apparent
> > change in internet speed. It doesn't seem like it's a problem with my ISP or
> > router.
> >
> > Things I've tried with no effect...
> > 1. Plugging the modem directly into the desktop.
> > 2. Complete scans with Windows defender, Avast, Ad Aware, and Spy Bot.
> > Removed low risk cookies, but that's it.
> > 3. Copied files over to another drive and backed them up on DVD, then
> > reinstalled Vista. IE was slow when I tested it and I haven't bothered
> > getting Firefox yet.
> > 4. A poster on the general discussion board suggested: "You might try this
> > and see if it is a TCP/IP Auto Tuning issue:
> > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/72308-auto-tuning-tcp-ip-receive-level.html"
> > I followed the instructions in the link, but with no effect.
> > 5. When I was trying to download Avast after the reinstall from Download.com
> > it was transferring at a rate of 1-2 kbps on my desktop. When I tried the
> > same download on my laptop it transferred at 80-100 kbps.
> >
> >
> > What's your guys' take? Shouldn't the reinstall have wiped out any virus or
> > malware?
> >
> > Thanks for the help!
> >
> I had the same problem and I found a solution... at least for me. I had my
> modem in bridge mode and I did the "10 second" reset to set it back to
> factory defaults and my problem was solved. I'm not behind a router so I
> don't know if it applies to you or not. The only reason I stumbled on this
> was because my router doesnt like my gigabit ethernet and I couldnt use the
> PPoE setting on my router anymore so the only option was to bring it back on
> my modem. Good luck with yours and hope it works for you too if it even
> applies.