Can viruses mess up internet connections?

Question

Can viruses obtained (not by downloading) by going on dangerous sites affect ur internet connection? Because My computer, when i load a website, fails to load the first time, and then the second or third or fourth it works. Also, my PSP has a DNS error 80410416. I went on the same sites with both...

Answer 1

yes  

Answer 2

Yes.  

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free...  (I really love this one, for viruses and general spyware c**p, it finds a lot, and it's free)

http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols... (online free scanner, have to use IE not firefox to run it)

http://www.ccleaner.com/ (have found viruses with this also, but mainly just for cleaning up the registry and built up c**p on the computer after viruses are cleaned out -- run this after you run the other scanners, once for normal scan, then once for registry scan, keep running registry scan until it's fully cleaned).

Answer 3

youve got the VERY DEADLY IE VIRUS by the sounds of things run kasperky straight away its the only sercuity witch can rid most of it  

Answer 4

Yeah they can but I have noticed just recently with mine and all my friends connections , the internet is going slow, and the sites all need repairing.