What is downloading all the time

marco

marco

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Every time I log on, my NetMeter shows something downloading in spurts. About 1MB every 15 minuts even if I do'nt go onto the web. Please help as it is using up bundles. I have disabled windows updater and IE updater. How can I find out what programme is causing this?
 
Do you have any messaging programs running? Skype can chew up bandwidth if you allow it to become a super-node.
 
i go thru these methods nowadays - with ALOT of success!!!!

1) download a program called prevx1 - get url at google.com
very nice freeware spyware remover - and strong

2) again at google.com - "trend micro" - 3rd link http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ - the free online antivirus scanner (very strong and good)

let us know what these did plz

cheers
 
I have deleted MSN, ran SpyBot and AVG. Windows Updater and firefox Updater is disabled. I have now downloaded DusSuperController and will try it.
thanx guys
 
Installed Netlimiter, but it seems too slow to catch the peaks. D U SuperControler seems a much better programme and more user friendly as it cought the culprit. SVCHOST.EXE in sys32 was doing all the downloading. I have now stopped it with the above programme but this is only a temp. solution as it is only a trial version and will carry on in 2 weeks time puting me back to square one. Any ideas out there?
thanx guys
 
I suggest you try something like this:

http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/download.php

It's my favorite firewall which combines netmetering in one . Since it actually logs everything, you can see exactly down to the IP/webaddress from where the data came from [not only the process] . This is what i usually find lacking with netmeter type of software, it just accumulates all your download but you can never see where it actually went. For example, i can with Agnitum see in my logs that i pulled down 100MB from youtube.com [as opposed to other software which will only show you maybe "firefox" ] .

I think there's plenty of firewalls with similar features, but Agnitum so far only one that could give me the logs [as in able to view backwards an entire month+ ]
 
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try doing what I do, install and run assorted different spyware appz - to see what each finds/doesnt find. Then uninstall them after the run, to avoid clogging the pc. Spybot for instance doesnt find the things that Scanspyware does.. And Counterspy routinely picks up things that the above two dont 'see'. Another two to install/run/clean/uninstall are Pest Patrol and BPS Spyware remover.

If you use this technique, you'll probably find some nasties lurking on your system - whereas just relying and trusting on spybot or any other single app, means you havent actually cleaned your system properly..

If something unknown is 'speaking' to somewhere on the net, then by all means try block it with a firewall - but it does suggest that you have spyware that hasnt been found and disinfected from your pc, to begin with.
 
Thanks, will try this when my new bundle kicks in on 29th.
 
Reloaded XP. Everything fine again.
thanx
 
i am using bitdefender as a firewall and have blocked svchost (the one that says tcp and i have allowed the one that says udp- whatever all that means) because i found that to be my bandwidth culprit when i was on virgin mobile/mtn -
 
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