slow internet speeds after format?

[BustedAvi]

Before i formatted, my speeds were awesome, and i couldnt complain (Cogeco Cable with 5mps).

Now afgter i formatted, i;ve noticed that my speeds dropped alot, pings in games are higher, etc etc.

I noticed a process on my other computer and now on this one that was never there before (wuauclt.exe). It is supposively a legal process for WinME, but i am runnin WinXP SP1. Read up on that here http://www.liutilities.com/products/...brary/wuauclt/

Anyways, i am really aggravated by this... and i am wondering if theres anything i could do to get my speeds back up...

Thanks

[elroy]

Read here:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojcultb.html

It says it is a trojan.
Troj/Cult-B is a backdoor Trojan which allows a remote intruder to access and control the computer via IRC channels.

[BustedAvi]

i Thought it was a trojan... thanks...

but when i got to remove the registry Windows Auto Update, it isn't there???

[Bill in SD, CA]

Try running The Cleaner for trojan removal.

Free for 30 days.

Update the definitions.

Bill

[butch81385]

its not there on mine either, but i did a search for it and it was in a different place, should i delete it there?

BTW, is this why my computer had new updates to download every other day?

[elroy]

I suppose it could be someplace else. I would backup the registry prior to working on it. Open the regedit tool and select "export" and it will save a copy of the registry in case things don't go well. It must have a .reg extension to be replaced.

[BustedAvi]

I ran "The Cleaner" , nothing came up. I updated prior to scan.

I ran a search for it in the registry and i also found it. Maybe you could tell me how it goes after you've deleted it?

[butch81385]

running the cleaner right now. but it says 125 minutes left...

i will try deleting that and restarting and seeing what it does....

[BustedAvi]

lol you must have alot of crap... ok cool..

hey when you searched the registry did you search wuauclt.exe or Windows auto update?

[butch81385]

i searched for wuauclt
it only found it in one place:
hkey_users / s-1-5-21-19939627649.....etc, /software / microsoft / windows / ShellNoRoam / MUICache = c:\Windows\System32\wuauclt.exe REG_SZ Windows Update AutoUpdate Client