i was just wondering if there's a problem with smart bro. for the past weeks, i have low download and upload speeds. my speeds dropped significantly (50%-60%).

as far as i can remember, my smart problem (no pun) started when i switched from avg (free) to mcafee (thanks to a friend, i was given a licensed copy). my friends told me that mcafee slows down your computer (i am not sure if this is true, but based on my experience, there could be some truth to this), so again, i switched to another anti-virus.

i first tried kaspersky v.7, but i didn't feel comfortable with it. so after 2 days, i installed bitdefender v.11. i am using the trial version (i don't have a serial number, but i do have a keygen. i tried using it but it didn't allow for updates). so after all this uninstalling and installing, my speeds didn't move up. so i concluded that the problem must be with smart.

am i right or wrong?

i use ccleaner diligently (whenever i use the pc, which is everyday). and i also tried retweaking my speeds (by following the 20 steps to increase speeds). so there.

i remember bitdefender asking me to do a registry clean up (?). oh well. i guess i will have to try avast. i used that before but i had a little problem with its interface. how about nod32 or avg? thanks!

oh my, this is really a slap in the face. i am a bs it - 3 student and i am really such an ignoramus with these stuff. anyway, here are my current speeds and please compare them with the ones in my signature:



here are some of the specs of my pc, if they would be of any help:

pentium dual core e2160 1.8 GHz
1GB ddr2
250GB seagate hard drive (3 partitions, c for applications and programs, d for multimedia files, e for documents)
sapphire lga mainboard

antivirus? uhm, i just want it to do its job, to prevent virus from sneaking in, especially those tough and common ones (specifically ravmon, krag, img kulot, destrukto, gwen garci scandal, et al). i also want it to have automatic updates, quick scan times. oh well. and i want it to be as simple as possible (i remember avast has a lot of "movement;" it distracts me, haha). thanks!

ah ok i got it. try avast again but this time install only the Standard Shield and Web Shield so it won't have that "a lot of movements" thing. 

whoah! i just downloaded tcpoptimizer (after reading the forums), used it, and look what i got:



hmm, i am now wondering how some guys get those 1000+ Kbps speeds...

smart <====   

amazing!  until now you did not answer my query if you are on a corporate account 

please be reminded to use english as your language. 

only joserizal can answer that.