Re: Mystery downloads

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Thanks smlunatick,

My connection is via a 3G (Australia Telstra Next-G) wireless modem that is
connected directly via USB to the NCS host PC. Note that the wireless part of
this connection is from the modem to the Telstra 3G (Next-G) network -- not
from our PCs to the modem. It is not possible for anyone to piggy-back this
connection in any way. In fact, it is impossible for anyone else to log on to
our account because the logon is linked to the IMEI Number of the modem.

KumbiaKid

"smlunatick" wrote:

On Jun 9, 9:48 pm, KumbiaKid <Kumbia...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The only stupid questiion is the one not asked. No, it's not OS updates (I've
got the Windows update set on all the PCs to notify but don't auto download
or install). However, one suspect (the newest bit of software
installed/updated) is AVG Anti-virus V8. I got another couple of bursts of
unexplained downloads yesterday (one around 11 MB and one around 21 MB) so I
disconnected one computer (the one with the new AVG) from my LAN. I didn't
see any more bursts for several hours, so I turned off auto-update on the AVG
installation and re-booted that PC and reconnected it to the LAN. Still no
more bursts for a few hours, but I don't feel confident that anything has
been determined or fixed yet. I'm watching my usage meter very carefully but
until I find a way to actually log the traffic in some appropriate way, I can
only speculate as to the cause.

So, I'd still very much appreciate any info about how to log the internet
traffic and and summarize download and upload volume by IP address. I found a
reference to WireShark, but I don't really know if that's appropriate. Any
ideas?

Thanks again,
KumbiaKid



"MrOrange" wrote:
this is probably a stupid response, however it wouldnt be sp3 or other such
os updates?

"KumbiaKid" wrote:

I use a wireless broadband connection to the internet with a 3GB monthly
limit (uploads + downloads). Yesterday my systems apparently downloaded 900+
MB and I have no idea what application or website did that to me. I'd be very
concerned about malware if this traffic were upload traffic, but since it's
download, I feel it's probably some poorly designed web site I was connected
to for a while -- is that a reasonable assumption?

In any case, I would really like to find a utility that would log, for each
IP address I connect to, the upload and download volumes. Can anyone point me
to a reliable program that will do that? I'm using WinXP Pro SP2 updated to
date. I have several PCs on a LAN connected to the net via a wireless modem
using Windows ICS.

Thanks,
KumbiaKid- Hide quoted text -

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How is this Internet access coneection set up? Is this directly
connected to this PC or to a wireless router? If to a wireless
router, you need to check the router and see if anyone else is"piggy-
backing" onto your Internet access without you permission. Then,
check on how to set up WPA wireless security.

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