Hi,
Probably a scan with Malwarebytes will find out if your PC has been
hijacked.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Chrissie Cochrane
Sent: 20 September 2016 20:29
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Broadband Speed
Hi Jonathan
is there a way to check whether my upload bandwidth has been hijacked?
would this occur at the computer or router level? the router's firewall is
turned on. is there also a way to see what is happening?
thanks
Chrissie
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jonathan H
Sent: 20 September 2016 20:08
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Broadband Speed
Hi Henry,
Although they do have legitimate uses, bit-torrent and peer-to-peer are the
main method by which illegal file sharing takes place.
Quite often,a client will be installed on an end users PC without them
knowing, and will use their internet connection to share these files.
This will hog the user's upload bandwidth, and having seen this several
times before, I am thinking that this might be the case here.
On 20 September 2016 at 19:36, Henry Miller <henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
explain:
Hi
Been following this thread with great interest, but please could you
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Best wishes
Henry
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Jonathan H
Sent: 20 September 2016 18:14
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Broadband Speed
Hi Chrissie; from what you said, I think it would be quite likely that
someone or something is running an uploader, like bit-torrent for
example.
If you can't find it in the account control panel, then ask BT to
block all peer-to-peer type traffic and I think you might find that
your speed might improve.
I speak from experience here!
On 20 September 2016 at 17:54, Chrissie Cochrane
<chrissie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
thanks for your help. I am testing with an ethernet connection, and** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:-
it says my line profile upload can be up to 20mbps and it says there
are no problems with the line yet I am getting 0.99 mbps: something
is definitely rotten in the state of Denmark as they say.
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