Broadband locking up...

[ils]

Can anyone help & give tell me any common causes for my connection to keep locking up? - When it happens I have to reboot. P.s - I'm not technically minded.:puzzled:

[Fordie]

ils. Asking the obvious have you scanned for a Virus/Worm etc. 4D

[JPM]

We need way more info...

OS
Apps
AV?
USB or CAT5 broadband
Any recent changes to your PC? patches etc

[Road Runner]

Just had my computer cleaned 1737 nasty things on it all thanks to my 13 year old down loading ???:flame::flame:
works very well now very fast.:D

[ils]

Thanks guys, I was beginning to lose heart! My computer has now started to lock up when offline as well. I'm using quite a new virus checker & nothing shows up. I've recently cleaned out a load of crap from the hard drive which has quickened things up, but to be honest the pc is getting on a bit and needs replacing.
Cheers, Illya.

[PDL]

Try these three:

Ad-aware

Spybot search and destroy

Hijack This

Once you have cleaned your machine of all the spyware, run a verus scan, defrag and then run disk cleanup. Then get a firewall and you are ready to roll again.

[Nigel C]

Defrag in safe mode with only the minimum programmes running the defrag is quicker and more thorough i defrag once a week.

(for those who don't know ) usually safe mode usually is accessed by pressing F8 on boot up