Internet Optimisers

[Kyle06]

Hello everyone Just askin a quick question I was wondering if anyone knows any good internet connection optimisers

And just to let you know I have a cable modem just tryin to speed things up lol thanks:wings

[Rahwgwar]

Hare may be of use to you. http://www.dachshundsoftware.com/index.html

And you can also check out System Mechanic. But I heed you some advice; only install it and use it if you really know what you are doing. It is some powerful software that can screw up your comp. If you don't know what you're doing, you best not install it. If you wanna give it a go, read through the documentation VERY closely and stay on the safe side. I'm not responsible for anything you may do wrong.

[phalkon30]

WOAH!!!! back up

NEVER ever download and run an executible like that, that "tuner" could easily be a trojan

There is really only one tweak that will help you

First, check out these 5 tips from TechTV http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/broadband/story/0,24330,3309781,00.html

Then go to http://cable-dsl.home.att.net/ and find the appropriate registry key, that is the only setting with any real benefit, the rest of the programs out there are mainly scams, or really do nothing at all

edit: DISREGARD ORION he will be banned shortly, he is posting virus's

[Rahwgwar]

Phalkon, were you referring to me? If so, sorry, didn't realize it could cause that much damage.

[Theinfamousone]

[i]Originally posted by Orion8576]

I don't trust anyone with those colored face avatars. CCSDUDE saved me from screwing up my comp before because someone named MoonMann recommended deleting a certain files in the system32 folder which was supposedly spyware. I don't trust this guy either, actually, I'm pretty sure it's the same guy.

[phalkon30]

Originally posted by Rahwgwar
Phalkon, were you referring to me? If so, sorry, didn't realize it could cause that much damage.
Absolutely not, I'm reffering to orion

TIO, yeah, I saw that post, most likely the same guy, this will make it very hard to trust anybody new

Orion has posted this link in another thread, with a completely unrelated purpose for the file, and somebody mentioned they got a "corrupt file" error or something, its almost possitively a bakckdoor

[aqlo]

That thing Orion posted is some sort of utility that has been tampered with, the CRC is wrong and there are other difficulties. Everything on the server at that port wants to load it to you and the main site doesn;t seem to know a damn thing about it except that people keep requesting it and it thinks it's giving them a file not found error (but it isn't)

[collideous]

File: wtsetup.exe
Size: 1790716
Date: 11-18-99
Name: WhoIS Thingy v1.0
Description: WIN95/98/NT FREEWARE August 1999 release. Query WhoIs servers all over the world! Jonathan Hill.

Contains Spyware (http://www.suttondesigns.com/EnigmaBrowser/Spyware.html)!!!

[phalkon30]

Thanks collid, I knew it was something bad, I just don't have an a/v installed at the moment, and didnt want to risk killing my computer

[Kyle06]

Hmmm I think I am going to try phalkon30 idea and thank you for stoping me from useing the other one lol thanks

[Krell]

http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8588

[SolidWing68]

watch out for certain programs with spyware as if you didnt know

[PiRaNeTuS]

Speedguide (http://www.speedguide.net/Cable_modems/cable_patches.shtml) is my favorite place to go for optimizers. They have registry patches you download to correctly optimize your connection. I noticed a big increase in speed after I applied those patches.

[shellreef]

I use iSpeed (http://www.hms.com/ispeed.asp).

[Winphuk]

I've tried all kinds of internet boosters, but I found that there is no substitute for a high speed connection and lots of RAM.

[Theinfamousone]

When I reformatted my computer, I tested 2 or 3 times the speed at one of those speed tester sites....1.1Mbits, I used a program called TCPOptimizer, 10 seconds later I was at 2.3 Mbits, and it hasn't gone back down.