Check out the manual or website of your antivirus provider to see how to disable it. Try to disable each of them to see if there is any change. Sometimes your firewall or antivirus programs interfere with your download speeds. This scenario is due to high traffic in that region, so selecting a different location can sometimes actually increase your download speed, even if it is further away. Note that sometimes the region closest to you is not the most suitable option. Now right-click on any app and hover over Set priority and now you can choose any of the realtime, high, normal, etc. Open the task manager and under the Details tab, you will see all the apps running.
Open Steam and click on the Steam menu in the top-left corner and select Settings.