very slow internet- Virus?

[joejoebro]

Hello everyone,

Very recently my internet connection has slowed down very drastically when changing pages, using either Firefox or Safari.

I am wondering why it is running so slow on the net, any help would be greatly appreciated.

My isp seems to be working ok- 1 user is experiencing fast(normal) internet, one using wireless is usual as well. Me and another seems to be slowed down. (they are all windows).

my comp- G5 dual 2.7power pc, 2.5 g ram, osx10.4.11.

I have completed a ping test;
ping has started ...

PING 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.246 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.689 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.631 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.696 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.689 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.688 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.657 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.650 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=0.658 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=0.660 ms

--- 192.168.1.254 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.631/0.726/1.246/0.174 ms

I think this proves the cables are working?

I have also done a traceroute;
Traceroute has started ...

traceroute to www.apple.com.akadns.net (17.112.152.32), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 bebox (192.168.1.254) 7.803 ms 97.145 ms 99.977 ms
2 unknown-00-90-d0-63-ff-3b (87.194.100.1) 30.307 ms 21.872 ms 21.943 ms
3 * 213.161.72.69 (213.161.72.69) 21.704 ms *
4 64.125.28.38 (64.125.28.38) 21.483 ms 31.597 ms 25.096 ms
5 208.185.188.186 (208.185.188.186) 20.838 ms 21.559 ms 20.907 ms
6 ae-32-54.ebr2.london1.level3.net (4.68.116.126) 32.653 ms 30.347 ms 21.658 ms
7 ae-42.ebr1.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.137.70) 95.108 ms ae-41.ebr1.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.137.66) 99.112 ms ae-44.ebr1.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.137.78) 95.816 ms
8 ae-81-81.csw3.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.134.74) 101.582 ms

(I'm not sure what these results suggest).

please can anyone help, I'm not sure what to do and getting very frustrated, cheers.
Joe

 

[Satcomer]

The "unkown" in the traceroute might be a problem. There is ONE Trojan Horse known for OS X (it involves a p0rn site asking to install a QuickTime plugin to view a video). Read about the DNS problem it install at this MacWorld blog post.

Consider going to a better DNS servvice that YOU control. The service is in the USA and is called OpenDNS. You can get a FREE account and control your DNS directly as well as other services.