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DSL issues- could malware be at fault? Maleware I can't detect?
I've been having internet issues since roughly January, which started at night between midnight and 6 AM, but has become more frequent. I generally suspect an ISP issue, or maybe a modem going faulty(it's a Netopia modem my ISP gave me 6 years ago). I have a technician coming out Tuesday to check the modem and lines in the house. I've even wired a new phone jack into the house with no improvement. Now I'm prone to cutting out every 2-5 minutes.
BUT.... could this be a malware issue? Something all my scans have been unable to find? I run Microsoft Security Essentials, Windows Firewall, Spybot with full immunizations and Tea Timer and I also have Malwarebytes free version and a Hitman pro trial. I've run multiple scans by multiple programs and find nothing at all. Since I installed Spybot I've not noticed any actual infections and the immunizations seem to have helped. But then again... could this be something that's dodging every scan? It's possibly paranoia at work but who knows? I know some malware can be very nasty and I have to run multiple scanner programs because many things found by one program are ignored by another.