Question No website will load and torrents stopped connecting - restart of PC fixes it but issue returns in 24 hours

[DaveyMamez]

After years without problems today I can't browse the internet in any browser. Any site that I try to view says "site is currently unreachable". I tried running "Troubleshoot problems" but Windows Network Diagnostics says it couldn't identify a problem. I disabled Kaspersky Free Anti-Virus for a minute but it still couldn't load any sites. I don't think I have a virus as I haven't viewied any naughty sites for a long time.

Torrents also won't download. In my client torrents are red and won't download and it says "An operation on a socket could not be performed because the system lacked sufficient space or because a queue was full".

I tried turning Windows firewall off but it made no difference.

If I restart my PC then everything is fixed but within 24 hours the problem returns.

Even my LAN won't work as I can't connect to the satellite receiver via FTP to download recordings.

However, when I have the problem, on the same PC in a Windows 10 virtual machine in VirtualBox I can still browse the internet.


Operating System: Windows 7 64bit with SP1
Firewall: Windows 7 inbuilt firewall
Anti-Virus: Kaspersky Free
Torrent Client: uTorrent 2.2.1
Yes I've configured my software firewall's rules for my client
No I've not sucessfully completed port forwarding since there's no need with a BT Home Hub and I had no issues with the internet working in the past.

 

[COLGeek]

Has the system been scanned for malware?

 

[DaveyMamez]

What program do you suggest? I tried Malware Bytes but it seems to be quite useless as it's blocking lots of sites such as TomsHardware for malware!

 

[COLGeek]

What program do you suggest? I tried Malware Bytes but it seems to be quite useless as it's blocking lots of sites such as TomsHardware for malware!

MWB is good. Those are likely just tracking cookies. Remove all threats MWB finds after a complete scan.

You can also run Hitman Pro: https://www.hitmanpro.com/en-us