I tried sorting it out, it hasn't helped onebit.

btw i think this problem consists further then Limewire, i tried using Bearshare, some other p2p software (forgot name) and then BitComet to try torrents, all of them wont allow me to download at all.

another thing to note, if i try to download anything (such as Avast) i cannot download any faster then 40kb/sec.. usually between 6-40.

i was on the phone today with AOL, they put me through to www.BTOpenworld.com/speedtest and i could download from that at a typical 120kb/sec (which my connection should).

i also downloaded and ran spybot today, to remove any spyware, there wasn't much and it didnt help.

my 2 problems, to clarify:
- normal downloads capped at 40kb/sec (outside of using BitComet, which works perfectly).
- no torrents or downloads will download at all, on multiple programs.