G580 - pathetic download speed & wifi connectivity

I had purchased G580 laptop in October & upgraded to windows 8. Since then, the wifi problem has been regular. After updating the drivers the wifi is mostly. Once in a while I have to restart the router.. That's still OK, but the download speed is really pathetic.
I have another old Acer Laptop with windows 8 (upgraded) too. I have an 8 MBPS broadband connection. The Acer laptop has 1 Mbps download speed without any hindrance. But, the Lenovo G580 is giving 250kbps downloads, that too with regular stoppages. Another big issue - while.. this dead slow download happens, not even a single webpage opens.. Regular "error loading" messages.
Kindly help in rectifying the issue as I have updated all the drivers through windows update as well as lenovo site.
I'm using a bitdefender antivirus, will that have any problem with wifi speed ??
Kindly advice as the only other option is to discard the laptop.
thx
Satish

hi satishrk1978,
If you have the Atheros AR9285 Wireless Adapter, you can try to:
1. Update your wireless card driver to v10.0.0.221, get it here, otherwise skip this step.
2. Depending on your brand of router (and if applicable), make sure you disable WMM QoS (Wireless Multimedia) and WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)
3. Use a WPA2-PSK TKIP or AES encryption.
4. If you have a dual band router (2.4Ghz and 5Ghz), try to use only the 2.4Ghz band.
5. Temporarily disable any running firewall / antivirus software.
5. After applying steps 1-5, try running a speedtest again via www.speedtest.net.
Let me know the result.
Cheers
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