Can spyware on one computer affect the internet speed of a computer sharing the connection?
23 December 2008
hugh asked:
I share an internet connection with my brother – both connected to the same router – but his computer is really, really slow. Probably due to the amount of spyware/adware/viruses he has. What I wanted to know was, will the speed of his computer have an effect on my internet speed at all? Is that possible?
I share an internet connection with my brother – both connected to the same router – but his computer is really, really slow. Probably due to the amount of spyware/adware/viruses he has. What I wanted to know was, will the speed of his computer have an effect on my internet speed at all? Is that possible?
December 24th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Possibly, but only by slowing down the connection if it is spewing data to the Internet.