Bandwidth

[homerz]

I have win xp and a use a dial up connection (56k modem). Sometimes while im not browsing or downloading anything (nothing at all) my connection is receiving data, lots of data! how can this happen? and is there a way to see where is the use of my bandwidth going at every moment? Thanks

[Bill in SD, CA]

Have you run updated scans with AdAware and Spybot lately?

Bill

[paul9]

if you right click on your taskbar and select task monitor, then you will be able to use the network monitor, but i don't remember if it shows incoming and outgoing stats, or an aggregate of both. also use a firewall, and deny suspicious programs an internet connection. www.zonelabs.com

[danny2543]

I had this problem before I got cable internet...... turns out that windows automatic updates were being downloaded... that might be it ;} check it out

[Banti]

You might want to install a software firewall to see what is going online. It should work in a dial-up connection (I have only installed them on b-band comps). I use Sygate's Personal Firewall and it tells me when programs try to access the internet, and gives me the option to never allow them access (i.e it remembers and no-longer asks me).

As mentioned above you really should run Lavasoft's Ad-aware.

Banti

BTW the only reason I mention Sygate when paul9 already mentioned ZA is due to the issues it has (or use to have) with Blizzard games. For some reason they would never run correctly unless I shutdown (not disabled) my ZA firewall.