Re: [PCWorks] Lag on dial-up
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:36:00 -0600
Is a firewall being used?
Last time I saw svchost acting like that it was malware. You
need to run a scan with everything you can, in particular the
free anti-malware products from a-Squared and MalwareBytes.
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/antimalware/
"a-Squared Free", "HiJackFree", and "Anti-Dialer" have found
things all others have missed. One of those, I can't remember
which, has a rather complicated left menu where you can select
a bunch of different areas. It's not a "scanner", it will tell
you about all the open ports and what's accessing them. I
THINK, think, it's either HiJackFree or Anti-Dialer.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php has also found things
others have missed.
The DNS client usually isn't needed. You can shut it down, set
it to manual and see what happens.
-Clint
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Kaulback"
Well I narrowed the lag down to svchost.exe Network service
using 100%
of the cpu when the connection is made and broken. It seems to
be a
tossup between the DNS client and the web client services being
the culprit.
This doesn't happen in vista, only xp.
Peter Kaulback
On 10/7/2010 9:15 AM, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote:
>>> Seems to me ISP support should be able to help.
>
> Yeah, "should", but they always blame the PC or user. But at
> least in this case it very well may be the PC.
> -Clint
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Moore"
>
> Is there a speaker on the modem? Can you hear what it
> happening? Is it
> trying to do the logon all that time or Does it seem to logon
> and then his
> computer is having trouble. That will give you a place to
> start.
>
> I would confirm modem settings with the ISP. Look at the
> settings for the
> modem in device manager. Open the network settings for the
> modem and check
> there. You may be able to launch a terminal window for logon
> that will let
> you see what is happening.
>
> Seems to me ISP support should be able to help.
>
> Ben Moore
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> He has a 2.4ghz Athlon cpu and 1gb ram so he has enough power
> for the
> winmodem.
>
> It's getting hard to find hardware modems now, but until
> broadband is
> more available I have to find one for him.
>
> And I will try the av trick too.
>
> Thanks Clint.
>
> Peter Kaulback
>
> On 10/7/2010 7:12 AM, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote:
>> I haven't been on dial-up in so long I've forgotten
>> everything
>> about it, so all I've got is try and disable the AV
>> software.
>> While mine loads (either at startup or enabling it after
>> I've
>> shut it down), there's a really long wait and I can't click
>> ANYTHING during that time. But it's not 3 minutes.
>>
>> Is the CPU sufficient enough for a WinModem? Has it always
>> done this or this event recent?
>> -Clint
>>
>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Peter Kaulback"
>>
>> A friend with an emachines computer is experiencing up to a
>> 3
>> minute lag
>> when he dials a connection through the winmodem. Nothing
>> responds and
>> there is no traffic in or out yet there is 100% cpu usage
>> during this
>> lag period. The computer is about 5 years old and is
>> equipped
>> with xp home.
>>
>> Incidentally, if any browser is used to start the connection
>> it
>> won't
>> come up until after the lag breaks.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Peter Kaulback
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