How can I tell whats eating my PC's bandwidth?

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    I am checking my bandwidth monitor logs. Its really scary.

    yesterday, there was over 1GB of uploads which I have nothing to do with. So far today there are 600MB of uploads which I can't account for.

    My ISP bills me $2 for every 1GB of bandwidth I use over my 8GB limit each month.

    What can I do? I have no idea what is causing the anonymous uploads...

    Thanks,
    Mike
     
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  2. !Unreal

    !Unreal Well-Known Member

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    Is anyone else using your wireless internet if you have it. Make sure its all firewalled. Check your firewall to see outgoing connections and what is using the most.
     
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    Try a format of your computer. You could probably have some exes on your comp using your bandwidth. Also is your wireless connected secured by a password? (If your using wireless)

    Install a firewall, av, spyware software.

    Thanks.
     
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  5. mikey1090

    mikey1090 Moderator Staff

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    I am using wireless internet. The router is password protected (Its a BT Home Hub).

    I have run so many anti-virus scans and spyware/adware checks and they all come back clean. My PC is only 2 weeks old :(

    I ran the netstat check and found this -

     
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    There is a program called netlimiter you can use. It will give you a very simple list of everything that is currently using your internet connection and allow you to limit each programs access individually. The program itself is shareware if I remember correctly, but it has a 30 day free trail which is plenty of time to investivage :)

    Looking at their webiste they actually offer the monitoring only software for free. http://www.netlimiter.com/
     
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    I think someone is using your computer using port scanners
     
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