railtrailblader
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I am a Windows XP user. While viewing my dial-up status window, I notice that my computer is continuously sending out bytes. My average speed is about 44.4 kps. However, even with this normal speed for a 56k modem, it often takes a long time to view web pages. I sometimes have to keep hitting the refresh key in order to receive text and images. There is a great discrepancy between the number of bytes sent and received with the former type of activity having the most bytes. I have tested various ISP and browsers, and my computer still does not stop sending out bytes. I have performed a virus scan but have come up with nothing and also checked my internet options. These problems of a sluggish connection, plus webpages not found, have baffled me since it started about two months ago.
When I type in a URL, my browser periodically goes to a tripod.sbc.html website, or something along that line, which is not even my selected starting homepage. I searched for files associated as “tripod' and upgraded the spyware/adware removal software on my computer, but have also come up with nothing thus making this one clever Trojan if that is the case. I recently tried reinstalling Internet Explorer, substituting it with Deepnet Explorer, downloaded Trojan Remover and Sybot Search and Destroy, and am now running a firewall. I noticed that when sending out a ping to test my service connection my DNS server responded well, however, my IP server only received half of the bytes sent. Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Walter Conklin
When I type in a URL, my browser periodically goes to a tripod.sbc.html website, or something along that line, which is not even my selected starting homepage. I searched for files associated as “tripod' and upgraded the spyware/adware removal software on my computer, but have also come up with nothing thus making this one clever Trojan if that is the case. I recently tried reinstalling Internet Explorer, substituting it with Deepnet Explorer, downloaded Trojan Remover and Sybot Search and Destroy, and am now running a firewall. I noticed that when sending out a ping to test my service connection my DNS server responded well, however, my IP server only received half of the bytes sent. Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Walter Conklin