Hello there, 

 

Chances are your issue with the WiFi has nothing to do wtih any malware or a threat.  I would appreciate if others would chime in here with an opinion, but I think this is almost certainly a hardware, spatial or other problem.

 

Hardware: There is a good chance that there may just be something with your WiFi router.  I have gone through several over the years, and the first symptom of it getting ready to fail entirely has always been this kind of disconnecting behavior.

 

Spatial:  This is just the distance from your router to your device.  Are they in the same room?  Is so, your issue is probably not to be found here, but if your WiFi router and your device are not in the same room, this could be the problem.  While a WiFi router may be rated to have a certain range, that rating is based on 'line of sight'.  That means just what it sounds like... sight.  How far can a device be from it, with NOTHING in between, the devices visible to each other, and it still work.

 

Any walls or floors will significantly reduce that useable range.  Also, as it is radio waves, once you have walls, appliances like inside a kitchen, those radio waves can bounce.  This causes 'weak spots' in reception.  Your device might just be in a weak spot and moving it a few feet could make a big difference.

 

 

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