Computer keeps downloading random files

I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Hi, Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I appreciate your interest on windows Before we proceed I would like you to answer the following question: Could you please tell me whether the downloading software belongs to Microsoft? Run services. Ensure that the Windows Defender service is started and set to Automatic.

Please get back to us with updated status. We will be happy to assist you further. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to A. User's post on November 17, In reply to Waleed Durrani's post on November 18, After a half dozen reboots I decide to go back to square one and double check all my connections.

Layer one, networking techs know, is the cause of so many problems. I quickly find … drum roll, please … an ethernet cable is connected to two of the four modem ports. Oddly, the indicator lights at the modem ports for both ends were flashing green, ie, normal.

Everything worked perfectly. In my defense, the lighting in the room was dim, and the cable went through a hole in the back of a cabinet. Too quickly. To summarize: Start over. Tear down the system as much as possible. Remove printers, phones, cams, etc. Connect one thing at a time until something breaks. Research and resolve that last thing you connected. Wow Steve, I really appreciate your insightful and detailed comment! It goes to show you how sometimes you really need to troubleshoot everything you can think of to find the solution.

Thanks Tyler for sharing. Thanks for the valuable advice, recently just after changing the paste on the cpu, the computer is a bit worse for me. I will try a few of your methods. Its really great and very informative post.

These are very common problem for many people. It will be very useful to me. Thanks for sharing. I absolutely love the way you do your blogging, your dedication towards your passion and i am daily reader You are the inspiration. Keep up the good work. Thanks for guiding us for this informative articles. I've tried deleting all the files that download but they come back 1 minute later.

I've also tried deleting all my downloads from the past 2 months and have wiped all cookies, but they are still downloading. I usually use safari but tried switching to firefox and that hasn't made a difference either. On average I'd say I get about of those. I did the get info as you suggested Thomas and it has come from:. My email was hacked into last night and spam was sent out to all of my contacts, would this be related?

Is it a virus? How can I fix it? Sep 13, AM. Sep 13, AM in response to nicole In response to nicole Both of those sites are on a list of known malware distributors. They are extremely untrustworthy sites. However, that does not necessarily mean that there is malware involved.

Do these files continue to appear when you don't have any web browser open? If yes, there's some other software downloading them, which could be but is not necessarily malware. If no, do those files start appearing as soon as you open a web browser? Or do they only start appearing after you have visited a particular site?

Also, note that your e-mail account could be hacked without malware being involved. That often happens with accounts on popular servers Yahoo, Hotmail, GMail, etc when you have a very weak account password.

To rule out malware in all these cases, just download a copy of ClamXav and run a scan of your entire hard drive. Sorry to say that I've just joined this club.. So much for progress..

I switched from Safari to Firefox and so far all is quiet on the download front. So I unplugged my ethernet cord last night while I was sleeping. When I plugged it back in this morning the problem seems to have dissappeared.

Is it possible that it was just a glitch in my college's internet provider? I'll tell you that IMO the issue is simply dormant, not gone. I can't imagine it won't be back. I notice Limewire installed, that could be waking up and chewing up the bandwidth, that's what it does! I ran spybot once again and the same Right Media cookie came up. When I tried to delete it once again the bandwidth monitor started ticking again and hasn't stopped since.

I ran malware bytes to try and remove this "virus" to no avail. I also ran McAfee and nothing was found either. Any other suggestions and am I right in assuming that this may be the underlying issue? As Seen On. Welcome to Tech Support Guy! Latest posts. Windows Random Discussion. All Other Software.

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