Internet Speed dramatic decrease!

[Pooh Bear]

Idunno whats going on...

I'm on cable and I've gone down from 500KBPS to barely 40KBPS...

So I figured I might have some crap on my computer... So I ran programs.

Zone Alarm = Found nothing
Norton = Found nothing
Microsoft Spybot catcher = Found Nothing


Nothing... There isn't a single piece of crap on this computer.

SO I figured, hey maybe it's just my cable line? Well.. no it isn't... Laptop
runs at 500KBPS off my line and so do two other computers. . .

So I'm stumped... What could be lowering my KBPS so much? No I don't
have any DLs going or any P2P connections that I'm aware of...

I haven't downloaded anything 'odd' at all. Last thing I Downloaded was
Microsofts Spybot do hitchy-majiger thingy.

Any guesses? Is there a way to limit my DL speeds?

I use Netscape...

I know I'm experiencing a DL problem because:
Ventrilo went from 40ping to 100ping
Online games went from 40ping to 100ping
DL speeds on ALL sites went from 500KBPS to 40...

Help?

[Panama Red]

You may have better luck cleaning out the junk with the programs most often recommended here at PC Mech. Download and run Adware and Spybot, latest versions and take a trip over to Trendmicro.com and run their scan for virii and trojans. Might also try unplugging the power from the cable modem and plug it back in to reset it.