My problem is that at anytime my internet connection can at least seem to go faulty and stop working partially. By this I mean that, for example I will start my computer up (with the cable modem DIRECTLY connected to it) and browse websites, use P2P applications or most of the time play World of Warcraft. The problem is that after extended periods of time I will lose functions of my internet, such as I am playing WoW and want to check a website and internet explorer along will ALL other applications except WoW believe my connection is gone. That is the most frequent, but I also have times where I will leave a P2P application running for a while AFK and return to find that it is fine, but again ALL other applications have lost their ability to utilize the connection.
My beliefs are these:
1. Perhaps it is a spyware issue, I have allways used protection, I loved that Microsoft Anti Spyware Beta, but I had to Reformat and now can only get Windows Defender which never seems to detect anything.
2. A Virus, I know, I know, I sound like some moron secretary saying "Well my computer must have a virus..." but hear me out. I had Mcafee untill they had that big upgrade which would block out my P2P apps and I had to uninstall it and get AVG untill (hopfully) they fixed it. AVG isnt necessarily great as u dont pay for it...
3. I just got a Linksys router to solve my networking woes and perhaps it messed with some settings when it was Automatically set up, or maybe it is some other strange connection issue I am oblivious to.
For the record this problem happes with or without the router, its not that. Also restarting the computer fixes the problem for varying amounts of time, usually from 2-6 hours.
Please someone give me some advice, Linksys has some smart ppl but I cant stand going through 2 hours of "Turn your computer off, then back on, then see if it works".
Thanks in advance.
My beliefs are these:
1. Perhaps it is a spyware issue, I have allways used protection, I loved that Microsoft Anti Spyware Beta, but I had to Reformat and now can only get Windows Defender which never seems to detect anything.
2. A Virus, I know, I know, I sound like some moron secretary saying "Well my computer must have a virus..." but hear me out. I had Mcafee untill they had that big upgrade which would block out my P2P apps and I had to uninstall it and get AVG untill (hopfully) they fixed it. AVG isnt necessarily great as u dont pay for it...
3. I just got a Linksys router to solve my networking woes and perhaps it messed with some settings when it was Automatically set up, or maybe it is some other strange connection issue I am oblivious to.
For the record this problem happes with or without the router, its not that. Also restarting the computer fixes the problem for varying amounts of time, usually from 2-6 hours.
Please someone give me some advice, Linksys has some smart ppl but I cant stand going through 2 hours of "Turn your computer off, then back on, then see if it works".
Thanks in advance.
