Can spyware on one computer affect the internet speed of a computer sharing the connection?

December 23, 2008
spyware
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?

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One Comment

  1. crzybob

    Possibly, but only by slowing down the connection if it is spewing data to the Internet.