[G4] Spyware/Malware?

[Scot Nakamura]

On 1/8/13 10:09 PM, Charles Lenington wrote:
> On 11/4/12 14:18 PM, Scot Bruce Nakamura wrote:
>> Hello:
>>
>> Recently, my DSL download speed that was about 1.5 Mbps on my MDD
>> running 10.5.8, was cut in half, and it does not seem to be an ISP
>> problem because if I connect my Macbook to the same network, I get 1.5
>> Mbps speed again.
>>
>> I reinstalled my 10.5.8 on my MDD on a different drive partition and
>> found that the browser won't load at all, zero throughput, yet if I go
>> back to the partition that was giving me about 0.70 Mbps speed, I can
>> surf the net again.
>>
>> Question: What is making it impossible for me to connect to the Internet
>> even after reinstalling the OS? Spyware? Malware?
>>
>> Thank you
>> _________
>
> I see no reply, and I haven't this list.
> Are you still having problems?
> If so, have you downloaded something using a Torrent? If so check to 
> see if it's the problem.
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Hello,

I don't use Torrent.  I solved the problem by reinstalling the OS.

Thanks for your advice,

Scot