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Slow internet when playing a movie.

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  • 30-01-2014 12:06pm
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    daredevil360
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭


    Just wondering if anyone on here has heard of this , after downloading a movie with utorrent i stop it from seeding and close the program then go to downloads and play that movie with vlc /windows media player my internet connection drops from 2.8 mb to almost nothing .if i stop the movie and turn off the laptop my internet connection returns to normal ,

    So do i have some sort of trojan ,virus ? i have run malwarebytes, Avast ,CC Cleaner ,searched for unusual programs running in task manager cant see anything out of the ordinary .I have even turned wifi off on laptop and same problem exsists , it doesnt happen if i play movie off my phone .laptop is running windows 7 .

    I am no computer whizz so any help tips would be great thanks


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    jsa112
    Registered Users Posts: 840 ✭✭✭jsa112


    wouldnt be a virus issue, did mbam or avast find anything ?


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    daredevil360
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭daredevil360


    No they came up with nothing !


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    jsa112
    Registered Users Posts: 840 ✭✭✭jsa112


    run dds and post its log

    www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/dds/


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    daredevil360
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭daredevil360


    ok did this earlier ,is this ok


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    johndoe99
    Registered Users Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭johndoe99


    i remember a while back reading on utorrent forums that with older versions of utorrent, there was a bug that even when closing utorrent it kept seeding. Do you have the latest version?


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    daredevil360
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭daredevil360


    yes I have it 3.3.2 I was on there too looking for a solution .The internet works fine the problem is when i play a movie ive downloaded it starts to slow to nothing then .


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    jsa112
    Registered Users Posts: 840 ✭✭✭jsa112


    logs are fine, sorry no idea whats causing it mate


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    daredevil360
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭daredevil360


    jsa112 wrote: »
    logs are fine, sorry no idea whats causing it mate

    Ok mate thanks for your help


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    johndoe99
    Registered Users Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭johndoe99


    This is probably a big leap, but it's all i can think of in such a strange situation.

    Several things can slow internet speed, i'm thinking possible High RAM usage, when you have VLC Player running, what % of RAM is available/free?


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    daredevil360
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭daredevil360


    i have tried it with other players also ,but I hear what you are saying how do I find out about the ram ?is it in taskbar/processes if so it says vlc 55,800k.


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    johndoe99
    Registered Users Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭johndoe99


    with the movie playing:

    Open Task Manager by right-clicking the taskbar, and then clicking Start Task Manager.

    Click the Performance tab. The bottom two graphs display how much memory is being used in megabytes (MB). The percentage of memory being used is listed at the bottom of the Task Manager window.


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    daredevil360
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭daredevil360


    movie playing it says 39%


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    johndoe99
    Registered Users Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭johndoe99


    daredevil360 wrote: »
    movie playing it says 39%

    well that's not it, you have 61% free.


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    daredevil360
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭daredevil360


    johndoe99 wrote: »
    well that's not it, you have 61% free.

    Thanks anyway,am stumped !. I have no clue what it is ...may be router related not sure


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    connorfleming
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭connorfleming


    Shouldn't be router related if it's only happening when you finish downloading a film. Have you tried looking in the processes tab of task manager for uTorrent, if it's there try killing it and see if that helps


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    daredevil360
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭daredevil360


    connorfleming wrote: »
    Shouldn't be router related if it's only happening when you finish downloading a film. Have you tried looking in the processes tab of task manager for uTorrent, if it's there try killing it and see if that helps

    Yeah I've done that ,end process / close program even rebooted ,removed torrent and played directly from downloads with WiFi off ! ,don't know what the heck it is lol .


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    Evil Robot
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭Evil Robot


    Why do people download? Streaming is way quicker, no waiting for download, no virus risk, no taking up room on your hard drive, and its legal.


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    daredevil360
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭daredevil360


    Evil Robot wrote: »
    Why do people download? Streaming is way quicker, no waiting for download, no virus risk, no taking up room on your hard drive, and its legal.

    My slow ass internet won't even play a 1 min HD YouTube video lol


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    Evil Robot
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭Evil Robot


    daredevil360 wrote: »
    My slow ass internet won't even play a 1 min HD YouTube video lol

    Lol, I know that feeling.


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