Slow internet vs windows xp on college network

i own a macbook and at my college the internet is ungodly slow, so i got the idea one day to boot into windows. and to my surprise windows internet is extremely fast i was geting speeds in the megabits for downloads and mebabit for upload. when running the speed test under mac all i get is around 100 kbps download and 100 kbps upload. i have tried changing everything i can think of to no success.
and yes i have talked to the resnet people and they are of no help. is there a difference between the way networking works on windows and mac? any ideas of what to do to speed the connection up

Hi Joe,
College networks can have a lot of unusual security monitoring systems in place, so it's conceivable that they limit non-PC speed, but as you said, you've checked that.
There is a known issue with some Gigabit Ethernet capable Macintosh systems and some switches. This problem can be fixed by software configuration, so it's possible Windows automatically does it, but MacOS doesn't. Have a look at the instructions specified in this Apple article and see if it helps: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303660

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      Description: SyncServices Log
      Date Modified: 05Apr15, 01:14
      Size: 229 KB
      Contents: ...
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    2015-01-15 23:05:10:406|SyncServer|2015|0x7f948b507600|Server|Info| Cancelling all sync plans.
    2015-01-15 23:05:10:419|SyncServer|2015|0x7f948b507600|Server|Info| Goodnight, Gracie.
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    2015-01-28 22:55:34:318|SyncServer|18688|0x7f9270506d90|Server|Info| Goodnight, Gracie.
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    2015-02-01 00:49:00:659|SyncServer|7426|0x7ff4bae07710|Server|Info| Goodnight, Gracie.
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    2015-02-09 09:36:04:240|SyncServer|17932|0x7fb18860f330|Server|Info| Goodnight, Gracie.
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    I have tried altering the mtu settings as directed, with no impact
    The issue is therefore independant of router, internet provider ( I have access to three), wired or wireless connectivity. It also preexisted the Lion upgrade
    I know there are other, similar threads on here, but my symptoms are different (no drop of ping, not just a wireless issue, multiple networks)
    Any suggestions or recommendations would be welcome.
    Cheers

    Thanks for advise but now resolved.
    Being paranoid and from a Windows background I had put an anti-virus program on - Sophos. Frankly I had forgotten about it. Turing it off resulted in a 1000% improvement in my internet speed. Who would have known?
    OK I should have guessed a little earlier.
    Cheers

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