Downloads freezing on my computer

[Eel O'Brian]

Whenever I try to download files now, the little download window freezes at 0% and I have to close the program or reboot my computer.  It usually takes several tries before it finally works.  What could be wrong?

[Mupepe]

have you run your virus scans and whatnot?

[Eel O'Brian]

No.  I run a firewall, though.  Do you think it might be hijacked?

[Mupepe]

No.  I run a firewall, though.  Do you think it might be hijacked?

Well, it could just be a virus that slipped through and is fucking with your system.  Run your virus scans first and see what happens.

[MrAngryFace]

you downloading torrents and if so are you on vista?

[demi]

BAD RAM

[Wobedraggled]

Could be any number of things, is it downloads only?

[Eel O'Brian]

Yeah, just downloads.  Everything else runs fine.  I'm going to defrag it tonight, and see if that helps.  How would I check for bad RAM?

[Eel O'Brian]

And yes, I have downloaded torrents, but not recently.  I am running Windows media Xp.

[MrAngryFace]

dunno then, some vista releases caused network access to just freeze until reboot, its been fixed for a while tho

[Wobedraggled]

defrag

it's not ram, because it would affect other things.

if you can get it , run ccleaner  ccleaner.com clean out the junk and clean up the registry as well.

something funky in one of those two areas could be the cause.