[G4] Spyware/Malware?

[Scot Nakamura]

On 1/1/13 12:13 AM, Kristen R wrote:
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> On 11/04/2012 11:18 AM, 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 can not tell you why your new installation or your old install fails.
> We have not been given enough information to know. But I can say, since
> your new install has not been on the Internet that Spyware or Malware
> are not culprits. Such software can only run from the OS they were
> installed on. The new installation thus could not be corrupted. Unless
> the new install was from a backup or some other source then an Apple
> install disk.
>
> Kristen
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Thanks for the insight,

Scot Bruce Nakamura