This has been happening of late. When i check the status of my Internet Connection I notice that the sent and received bytes keeps increasing. I’m sure there are no downloads taking place that I’m aware of. No torrent clients, no antivirus nothing. I checked my PC for malware but that didn’t help.
As a result of this, i keep getting high pings in online games and can’t even watch videos in youtube anymore.
any solutions? like, some software to monitor all the programs that use the itnernet connection without my knowledge or something??
My primary concern is gaming (Call of Duty 4) so I wouldn’t mind this idle downloading (whatever it is) as long as the major chunk of my internet connection is directed towards Cod4!
NETSTAT -B > C:\NETSTATLOG.TXT
Then open the netstatlog.txt on your C:\ in notepad, copy the contents and paste it. Thanks. You could also go through the LOG and use the WhoIS web site to determine who each of the internet connections are connecting to.
http://whois.domaintools.com/
If you see a connection with someone you don’t know then look at the service or program that was opening the connection, in the NETSTAT log. Google the app or service to see what uses it. If it is an app that is a high risk or one you did not install on your system then Google for how to uninstall it.
I also like the Wireshark Idea posted above because you can see what connection is doing the most packets. Then with the NETSTAT log, identify what service or app is doing that connection and remove it.
This kinda advanced stuff so be careful not to remove the wrong app or service or you might break your computer. If you are not comfortable with doing this, then take it to some one who is. As with any thing at this level, I would do a System State backup before you begin.