Internet connection speed upgraded but still slow

I upgraded my internet from 3 Mbps to 6 Mbps  The speed has increased a little bit but not much. I just did the speed test and my download speed is 2.4 Mbps and the upload speed is 0.7 Mbps  This is only a slight improvement from when I was only paying for 3 Mbps  Shouldn't my download speed be around 6 Mbps now? I have AT&T U verse and the 6 is the highest speed they offer for my area currently. I am working on a desktop connected wireless. Any help would be appreciated.

Have you checked with your connection settings because if you told your ISP to upgrade and check the details after login to the broadband connection.

as every Internet connection provider is providing the details of the speed and usage of the Internet. In the package details you have to check whether it was upgraded or not. If it is showing that 6 Mbps you need to have to contact customer care for this slow speed.

One more thing is to check whether the downloads are running in background or not. Your Internet will be slow because if the background downloads are running, exit or close that programmes.

After once test the Internet connection speed, lots of providers check the internet speed best is that speedtest.net. go with it.

May your PC is infected with virus or trojans once clean with any good antivirus programmes and then check your Internet connection speed.

Every time I switch off my computer, I need to restart it before switching it off why is it happening?

I work on computer about an hour or so and every time I switch off my computer, I need to restart it before switching it off. I do not know why it happens? There is no virus in my system as I use Microsoft Essentials and it cleans my computer from any sort of malware or virus.

Might be there is a virus in your system because of the threats that present in your system this is happening. Do one thing just remove Microsoft essentials and install the latest antivirus full edition like Norton internet security they gives you a 30 days trial where you can scan the whole system for threats and it protects your PC for 30 days if you are satisfied with it you can buy a full version.

Say some antivirus like free edition or shareware version doesn't scan in-depth of a system where the threats still present and the system files will be effected so you need to know that free edition has only limited features in order to get rid of these types of threats you need to try these Panda  Symantec ..etc they provide trial version for 30 days and you can observe the change.

Many people don't know just they bought antivirus of dollars but the functioning and features were not known by every consumer just they bought installs it in system that's all. One should know the features and options available in the Security software's.

"Internet Explorer Stopped Working"? My Computer keeps saying

I've seen similar situations to this but the problem is: It has no viruses and the protection shield is on and it still says it stopped working besides the page that I go on still shows behind the box that says it. I've tried the whole Control Panel thing with the virus check and everything and the scan to see what's wrong with it (if it has a problem) and it says that it's completely fine yet it still shows up every time I try to go on the Internet. Anyone went through this or has any idea in how to fix this? It's been going on for 5 days.

Might be your PC is still infected with the virus or malware because there are many things that drive to this problem. 

If you are using the free version of antivirus that does not have full features in which it not scans in depth so the infection still remains in depth you need to know whether you have installed full version of antivirus or not? If you have installed full version of antivirus and you might have scanned the whole system without updating the virus definitions.

If you have scanned the whole system with free version of antivirus that might remove the virus partially so you need to know virus was not cleaned fully from your system might be still infected and your system files are not working properly so that's why you are facing this kind of problem.

You need to repair your windows with the Windows installation disc that might clear the problem

What kind of router should I get?

The WiFi in my on campus apartment sucks,someone told me I should get a wireless router and connect it via the Ethernet port but I don't know what kind I should get. It would be used for my laptop and phone.

Yes, because if you receive low signal rate you should get Router, better connect the LAN or ISP cable to the router and configure the router to give access to certain devices only.

If you see routers manual that is easy to configure the router and don't forget to assign the security key because if that is an open network anyone can access your Internet until they are in your WiFi range.

but when ever you should know that if your home is spread in large area better research on Internet and buy the better one. Many people don't know which router we should buy they will get the kind of router that are low in price and then it not functions correctly.

To be frank I bought a router firstly which I don't know about it and it cannot not spread area in long, if connected disconnects automatically, connects back again and then I researched on Internet got the best router.

[ Avira AntiVirus ] If I delete a virus from my quarantine, does it leave my computer?

Or does it go back to the file in my computer which it was located before? Please be clear, I'm 13 and don't understand things too well, ha-ha  But please help me! I won't move anything from my quarantine until I know what things do. I am using Avira Antivirus. The virus found on my computer was discovered four days ago( I think), by the name of "ADWARE/Agent.aeph". It's a malware. I don't know too much about these things, so please be...not too big-wordy. 

Better delete the thing from the quarantine because the virus in the file cannot be cleaned, so the antivirus programme will move the virus into quarantine.

Here you need to know some things where if that is a compressed file, some antivirus programmes like free versions cannot the clean the infected files in a computer so it moves the file to quarantine. if you wanna recover that files and want to delete only infected file, disable the antivirus system and then extract the files and enable the antivirus system, it will scan the the files infected file will be quarantined.

I have faced many problems like this because whenever the infection found in compressed file the antivirus deletes the total compressed file and leads loss of the other files. If you go through the premium versions of the antivirus programmes you will not face this problems but when you are going to extract the infected compressed files you need be careful (infection depends on virus) do at your own risk.

Why don't my computers remember my passwords?

I have 2 lap tops ,why do I have to always enter my passwords when there supposed to be saved? for easy access....

If you are using only one browser every time and the laptops which you are using maintaining privacy so you can enable auto forms option in the browser settings.

So if you enable these options you will be asked to save the passwords but remember when you share your laptop the passwords are automatically gets filled when any one select your ID from the drop down and here privacy matters.

So many third party software's are also available to save all the passwords and forms, If you are using any Mozilla  chrome or Internet explorer you can find the extensions or plugins in their market places. Some browsers are providing many tools like profiles so you need to know how to use profiles........here by default one profile is created called 'profile1' and after create a 'profile2' if you are using the profile 2 for browsing, all other forms filling, saving the passwords...etc

In my opinion that saving passwords into browsers is a bad way because if you save your common email passwords that might be ok but if you save banking passwords, credit card tokens..etc that is very bad thinking. If you are using use these tools to a certain limit.

Can i connect beam cable to a WiFi router and share internet connection to mobile phones and pc/laptop?

Presently using Beam Telecom internet connection (fibre optics cable), planning to purchase a modem to share internet connection. First of all, is it possible to connect the cable to modem and then share the internet connection among mobile phones, a PC, and a laptop. If so, what other equipment do I need and what steps do I need to take in achieving this. If it is possible, please suggest a modem under 1500 rupees?

Yes, It is possible but the Beam ISP people cannot give you the fibre optic cable in the phone line and just they provide you the direct no phone connection or anything and plugin and use.

If you want to share the internet connection among mobile phones, a PC, and a laptop you need to buy the router not the modem, modem is for phone line internet connection. So buy the Wifi router it's better for you and can share the Internet with all devices.

One more thing is if you want the Internet connection with spreading in high area take the high frequency router which clocked at about 5 ghz so these routers can cover more area.

If you are new to use the Wifi router, just follow the router configuration instructions that provided in the router manual. and purchase the routers like netgear, dlink, belkin, asus...etc

Right now I can't get into the computer but I am attempting a restore to get rid of it?

OK the restore let me get into the computer and it is working ok, but I am wondering if the virus is still there, I am running all of my virus scans and anti malware software. hope it will be fine. Well after the full scan I seem to be ok I am using the computer .so I hope everything will be ok

After system restore your system cannot be fully restored to the previous state as it shows restored successfully but some files cannot be restored like user created files or virus created files. After doing all this I faced several problems like getting the process done very slow and later it gone to previous state before the system restore point.

So I advise you to not to do system restore, better first install a good antivirus and scan the whole computer, then install a trojan remover and scan it and restore the windows policies...etc and restart the computer, if every thing is not fine you need to perform windows repair by inserting the boot disc.

You will find the options in the windows setup process so I would like this is the best restore process to the system files, where original files will be restored while installing.

If your system is infected dont do system restore and in most cases it fails and if done partially may be.

My dell laptop won't connect to my wireless Internet?

I got a dell laptop yesterday and I am trying to connect it to my wireless Internet so if someone can help me that would be great.

Once check whether the drivers are installed or not and you can go to device manager by right clicking on my computer, click manage and then check in the device manager whether is there ? marks are there or not.

If there the drivers or not installed, so I suggest you to download the drivers from the dell official website.

Make sure the router is turned on and once keep a open network so you will come to know whether the WiFi is working or not and after keep wps/wpa2 password to be secure so none other device can access.

If you have problem with the router you can hard reset the router, if not worked connect through LAN so you will come to know whether the problem of your laptop WiFi or LAN or the router's.

Once you have ever connected to Internet make sure you have good security software's like Avast, Norton and McAfee...etc because if you have a better security software you Laptop protected.

If I lose my graphics card installation driver disc can I install drivers online?

There are so many methods to get the drivers of your graphic card. First thing when ever you got your motherboard or graphic driver cd you need to get it back up or another written in another cd or you need to copy the entire folders of the cd to your hard disk drive not in c drive or OS drive.

If your friend or any other nephew purchased the same graphic card you can get the cd from them but please note here model number should be matched.

Another way is from the manufacturers website, go to the appropriate website and go to support then find the model and check your model and select the OS then download the drivers.

If you don't know the model or manufacturer, just enter the motherboard model in Google search download from the manufacturer website because other websites may contain viruses or trojans mainly exe files.

I have two laptops and one wireless connection but there is a problem?

i have an old laptop which I still use and I recently purchased a new laptop. both are connected to the same wireless network. But I am having a problem with the new laptop. When I am using my old laptop, the internet access bar at the bottom corner of the task bar shows full..All bars are filled and the signal strength is high. But when I switch off this laptop and open the new laptop, I have noticed that the signal strength is low and only two bars are full showing a weak network or limited connection. I can browse the internet on both laptops. Even when both laptops are on, the signal strength on the previous or old laptop is very high whereas on the new one it shows very low. My internet connection has high connectivity. I am not able to understand why this is happening . Can anyone tell me what's going wrong with my new laptop?

As your old laptop has good network controller where the new laptop doesn't have and check here the laptops specifications matter after checking you will notice the chipset used by your old and new laptops are different.

In my point of view your old laptop has the good network controller which spread the radio waves longer, which has high frequency whereas the new laptop doesn't have and there is specific difference in 802.11b/g/n, if these models differs the spread area.

One thing is check whether your new laptop got connected any other network which might be open network the signal of that network might be low so check the WiFi settings to which network you are connected to.

Might be your both laptops are not placed in the same area and if the area differ the signal strength also changes due to distance from the router and If you have smartphone place the two laptops and smart phone connect them to your router and you will come to know the exact difference

My computer keeps getting disconnected from router?

Just all of a sudden my computer disconnected from the router, and whenever it tried to reconnect it would just have limited access and would not have any internet access. I tried restoring my computer and nothing really happened. Right now I can connect to other internet connections fine, but when I try to join my regular router it just keeps connecting for a second then disconnects itself and keeps connecting and never works. I'm not sure if its the router's problem, as both my other computer and my phone can connect fine to the internet on my regular router

Once check with the router settings because if your ISP is providing any dynamic IP or DNS assigned IP address the router automatically detects and assigns the certain IP to the connected devices and once check with the router before connections.

If the ISP providing the static IP address you need to enter the IP address, DNS, and gateway in the router settings it should be configured then only it allows the Internet to the connected devices.

One more option is that where the router has some qos services like where you can specify mac address you need to connect to Internet and check whether QOS is disabled or not. It disconnecting automatically which means the problem is associated with the router and hard reset the router, to configure the router follow the router manual.

May be your system is infected with the virus and clean the whole system with any security programme or the network drivers are not functioning properly

Computer screen turns black and white?

Hello, I have a hp 2000 notebook laptop and sometimes the laptop will stop working and the screen will turn black with white lines and now it has also started beeping, I have run Kaspersky to look for viruses, I restored the computer to a previous date, I have tried everything I know to do but it still does this, so if anyone knows what the problem is or how to fix it I would really appreciate the help. Thanks

That might be the problem of the Hardware, it seems like the problem is related to RAM or the any other internal connection problem.

Is you do the software reset or restore and scanning the computer does it solves the problem and resinstalling the OS may fix the problem once check with the reinstallation.

After Reinstall if you are facing the same problem, you might need to contact the HP service centre and they will provide the solution for this. In my point of view the problem is related to the hardware, in most cases ram only.

If your laptop is out of warranty, you might take risk to change the RAM and check it, if you are through only do this otherwise contact the repair centre.

and automatically goes back with white lines does it occur at any specific of time after power on the system?

What kind of laptop is better to get, Inter or AMD?

I want a laptop for college. Laptops with Intel processors are good because of the processor but lack a good graphics card Laptops with AMD processors come with way better graphic cards but Intel is kinda faster Basically AMD A10 Vs Intel i3 Laptops. I'm going to be playing games most of the times on my laptop, i want something that can at least play BF 3 on medium. I only wanna spend around up to 430 dollars

Better go with AMD laptop because the AMD introduced APU's in the past so just because silently choose amd  they have better graphic card with inbuilt processors where you don't need to install the graphics card and when compared to Intel processors and performance the AMD APU's perform better.

If you are a hardcore gamer don't go for the Intel because really lack of graphics which I faced the problems alot while playing games and if in turn it is a desktop we can insert a PCI graphic card where we will have a chance to change the GPU but in laptop its not possible.

In past 7 years I heard that AMD laptops getting overheated so many people are not willing to buy AMD laptops and now there is no such type of heating in the processors the technology got improved alot and you can dare to buy a one.

But I assist you with the AMD laptop go for it.

My laptop is full of win 32:vitro virus and win 32:scribble virus.how could I remove these?

Does I need to format all drive?my anti virus is not up to date and when I connect the dongle,my anti virus block that.tell me what to do?

First install a Trojan remover and disconnect your PC from Internet then scan then whole computer. After completing the scan you will find some option in tools menu like reset windows policies, reset internet explorer policies..etc and run those tools, If these actions cannot be performed in Normal Mode and go to safe mode run these actions and then boot to normal mode.

Then try to update the virus definitions of the antivirus if not updated getting an error just uninstall the antivirus and install the avast free antivirus, update it and scan whole computer if threats detected delete or clean them, however it is the free edition which has limited features and you can grab the full version from the official website.

If the trojan remover not worked or antivirus not performed well then you need to format the whole system because if you format the primary drive that might be not useful because the virus still present in other drives of your PC. Better backup the important data to other external drive and then format your system.

Try to research on Internet by entering the virus name removal tool and some security websites provide removal tools for win32 version of threats.

Is it a good idea to download something from an unsecured network?

I'm trying to download something. But I want to use WI-Fi I don't know my neighbours wireless pass code and I'm not sure if my neighbours do have WI-Fi. I'm thinking about using the unsecured WI Fi. Is it a good idea. Will I might get a virus. I would like to know if its safe and if its a good idea.

All unsecured networks may be safe or not safe, because some people dont know how to keep a secured network and some knows but they might hack your smartphone data if they are professionals in hacking.

If you are on unsecured network browse at your own risk one more thing is that you mush have installed a good antivirus in smartphone if you are on unsecured network you will safe. Moreover totally depends on what you are browsing and downloading, say you are downloading any files from mail that's quite natural or you are copying the shared file that might be risk because the file is network may or may not contain virus.

If your device is loaded with antivirus it will safe for you and you can access any type of file or website, it warns you if that is an inappropriate file. One more important thing is you need to update the virus definitions atleat once in a week.

Tip :- dont list your passwords, userid's and credit card numbers and other credentials in you smartphone or in email or in any cloud storage

Can I close out of my anti virus software now?

I ran my anti virus software, Norton, to get rid of a dangerous file I just downloaded. Right now it's stuck on a log for a game I downloaded, but I'm pretty sure it's found the virus thing because it says 105 security risks detected and resolved. So, should I close it or keep it running, because it's been sitting on this screen for a while now and would it be okay, if I just went ahead and hopped on the Internet if I can't close it?

Yes you can close it and it just showing the results of the scan and if you find any important in that and the result will be displayed on the right side of the window. Some viruses or infected files cannot cleaned, whether if you want to delete or move to quarantine you can do that manually.

Some antivirus cannot clean the compressed files because the antivirus has limited features those are may be trial versions or free versions. After scanning they will display the results and showing that which files are infected and types of virus, action taken on them, if you find any compressed file check whether that file is realted to you or not and dont just delete all the compressed files.

I suggest you the full version of antivirus has the deep scanning parameters where it scan the total compressed file and cleans that particular in that file so better have the full version of security softwares. Most of antivirus cleans the trojans aswell if they cant download the trojan remover where it cleans the trojans files and have many better features

If I have Norton 360 do I still need internet security or it is just OK to have the 360 only?

In my point of view, Norton 360 premier edition is the best one because the Norton 360 premier has backup utility where it backups our data and restores the data to the original destination.

Norton 360 which has limited features where backup and pc tune up is not available where Norton 360 premier edition has.

I have used Norton 360 but it seems to be not fit to my computer where my system is low in configuration and my system will become very slow when I installed it and so I removed it, Installed Avast free edition that was better for me.

Not only 360, any security software that is provided by Symantec was awesome and in that Norton 360 premier edition provides 25 GB of cloud storage that is also a secure. Just don't install the Norton Internet Security which has the better features where one can afford to buy the security software.

Once before buying or installing the antivirus once check the features of the that particular security programmes and so you will come to know whether need to install any new softwares or ...etc

Is any safe way to copying data from infected usb (without antivirus)?

How to prevent spread the virus when copying files from usb drives (without any anti-virus soft-wares). I think using command prompt to copying the files from usb which prevent the virus attacks. Is it true? Or any other way you know?

You can copy required files from usb few mouse clicks and just hold ctrl+alt+shift and insert usb drive into usb and after no autoplay will run. Open my Computer and dont double click or right click on the usb drive, if you clicked the virus will spread and go to the address bar and click the dropdown menu, copy the required files from usb drive to destination.

And here once check whether you are going to copy the files that which are original files because some viruses hide the original files and creates duplicate on the same name called .exe, for example there is folder called new folder and virus here hides the new folder and a duplicate exe file is created with the same icon and when you double click it will executes and infects your PC, so here once check before copying goto properties of that folder or file after see that whether it is in desired format or not and then copy the required files.

You can copy from dos aswell and just you need to the few commands, but I am not sure that this process prevents the virus attacks

What do I do if my computer has a virus and I have no software?

My computer has a virus because I called Microsoft and asked and they said it did, but I don't have the 200 dollars to pay to get it off. I have no security and the virus disabled any type of blocking I have on my computer. It even said the main windows blocking thing was off, but the virus is making it unable to turn the blocking on! I have no way to download anything, the virus blocks anything from being downloaded, saying it contains a virus... what do I do?!?! I'm looking for a last resort here, that's free... do I shut off my computer until I get help? What happens if the virus or hacker goes into my bank account or gets the information... DESPERATE HELP NEEDED HERE

If you don't have any important data, my suggestion is to format your system and fresh install of operating system and after install a good internet security where it scans all the drivers and cleans your computer.

If yo have any important data, go to safe mode and backup your data to other drive or pen drive and after that install a trojan remover and scan the whole computer and reset the windows policies, internet explorer policies, disconnect your system from internet.

First thing remember if you are connected to internet you must have good antivirus, better it protects your PC from attacks...etc.

Install a Avast free edition, it blocks viruses, trojans..etc and also they provide 1 year free license.

Please help!!!!!!! how do I use wifi?

I turned on wifi and scanned for networks. A couple of unlocked networks came up, I don't know if it was theirs, but I tried connecting to those, it got through but then brought me to a bunch of companies like time warner cable, xfinity....etc, and asked me for a username and password, is this normal? is all unlocked wifi hotspots like this? I don't have any WiFi accounts, how can I connect? any help is appreciated. thank you.

When I visited on the road and I turned on Wifi found so many networks some are secured and some are not. When I try to connect to Internet, it is connected and once after checking whether Internet is working or not, it worked.

After checking the details of the wifi network they did not assign the network key and so anyone access. Some networks are asking me user id and password and login page is opening, may be that login page is created by them. I found that it is Star hotel, when I checked that if you are into that hotel they will provide a user id and password until we are in that hotel and for customer they are setting the session times.

Not all hotspots are secured or non secured, if that is a mall you can avail free internet.

Laptop problems. Please help!!!?

When ever I try to delete McAfee and all those other annoying PC cleaning popups on my laptop they just end up coming back on there somehow. Is a way to permanently get rid of them !?! Please answer. Any info will help thanks.

Deleting Mcafee means you are going to installed location and deleting the folders may be that's not the right way. You need to go to control panel and uninstall the McAfee antivirus and this is the procedure you need to follow.

Popups are getting automatically on you laptop it means there might be some ad ware sort of software's are installed in your laptop once check them and uninstall them. Most of malware sites or ad ware sites automatically install a plugin into your browser and if you enable privacy options you will get the alert.

If you are using McAfee full versions and update and scan the whole computer, if not install the avast free antivirus that's work better ever. They provide one year license aswell.

If you want to get rid of all those things you need to enable privacy options in the operating system. Windows 7 has the good privacy options where windows xp has very less.

Which is the best free antivirus for computer?

The best free antivirus is that Avast in my point of view that is the free best antivirus till now and I was using this avast free edition since version 5 and the avast is the major antivirus programme and using since 3 years, I personally experienced a good performance of the security programme.

They provide 1 year license as well which is free of cost and provides upgrades and updates for a year. It scan engine, virus database is awesome and user interface is very nice where one can easily understand the programme and use it thoroughly.

Eset also provides a god antivirus programme, but I didn't find that much performance when compared to Avast antivirus and so many antivirus programmes are available on the Internet. AVG is also one of them and  provides free license for lifetime when I was using it a 4 years ago and problem with this is, If a infected file found in compressed file i.e. zip or rar file, this antivirus programme deletes all the data means the complete rar or compressed file will be deleted and so other important files in it will be lost.

That was the time I was searching for a good antivirus and I found Avast. 

Symantec Norton is awesome which I used a Trial version for 30 days. If wanna buy I would by the Norton Internet Security or Norton 360.

Better buy full version of antivirus programmes for a better protection

HELP!!!MY COMPUTER CAN START UP!!?

I want to open Mozilla Firefox (internet) then my computer stopped working so I press the off button and when I press it again to restart..advance start up option appear because I didn't shut down properly.But when I use the option it doesn't work and appear a stop error code: 0x0000007B(0xF88DB524,0xC0000034,0x00000… and stop error code:0x0000007B (0xF89A6524, 0xC0000034, 0x… can't use any of those option..What should I do?

There might be lot of infected files in you windows, Your pc is infected with virus and trojans...etc. Once check or remember that you might have downloaded any attachments from mails that may contain virus or trojans etc and that too you have downloaded that file from Mozilla Firefox.

I think you don't have any good antivirus, Firstly install Trojan Remover on you system as Mozilla doesn't opens and download the trojan remover using trojan remover and install it scan the whole computer but before that disconnect from internet. There is a option called reset windows policies and internet explorer policies..etc and reset all them. Install the Avast antivirus they provides 1 year free license and scan the whole computer.

If your system is not booting up, once reinstall the windows or contact the system administrator.

Does system restore can help my laptop to remove virus?

In my point of view the system restore can not help any desktop or laptop, just it restores the system files or system to the previous state.

If your system is infected with virus, trojans...etc then you are trying to restore the system to previous state, may the virus does not allow the system to restore to a previous state. Most the infected systems which I observed system restore does not work, it gives a message "system restoration fails" and after that it it restarts.

May the system restores works in safe mode, once try in safe mode. Better install any free antivirus and update it and scan whole computer. I prefer to install Avast free edition antivirus, they provide one year free license and install it update and scan the whole system.

I assure this process will work, your system gets cleaned. If you are connected to internet, install a firewall, maximum it blocks threats.

Wireless adapter problems?

So I have a desktop and am trying to get it connect to the internet. I have a wireless adapter connected but the computer doesn't seem to pick it up at all. I am not sure if the computer isn't picking up the adapter or if the adapter just doesn't work as I can't even get a network connections list (just local). The network itself works just fine. If anyone could help me out, I have a 2002 windows xp.

It seems that your network adapter is not working fine, means that you have not installed the drivers or may not have installed the correct drivers. First thing I wanna know the wireless adapter is connected to the PCI slot or onboard wirless and If that is a PCI slot, may the slot is not working fine, just insert the wireless adapter in other PCI slots. Check whether working fine or not.

After that one check the model number of the wireless adapter and download the latest drivers as you are using windows xp and it may not contain the pre installed drivers, you need to download the latest drivers and your wireless network should not be in hidden mode.

One more thing is that assign a WPA2 key the wireless network for the secure connection, if not it will become a open network.