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Win XP Pro SP2 / 256 MB RAM / Intel Celeron 2.66 GHz
Excess Unknown Internet activity
Of late, noticing a lot of background Internet activity.
I'm on a small home-net LAN w/ each comp connected to a hub
which goes to an ADSL router connected to telephone line.
Although I've not gone on the Internet today, I see
constant activity at the Internet Monitor icons in the
Notification area.
When check "status", I see, by now, 5 MB sent / 20 MB received -
and yet I've not initiated any Internet activity myself today.
I've uninstalled a few unused programs including everything
to do with Google DeskTop. My antivirus has already updated
this morning and that took only a few seconds.
What could be going on? and where all all these 5 MB of
"sent" coming from and where are those 20 MB "received"
(up til now and growing) going to?
How can I determine what's going on and how to stop it?
(rcvd 26 MB by now).
Thanks in advance,
Excess Unknown Internet activity
Of late, noticing a lot of background Internet activity.
I'm on a small home-net LAN w/ each comp connected to a hub
which goes to an ADSL router connected to telephone line.
Although I've not gone on the Internet today, I see
constant activity at the Internet Monitor icons in the
Notification area.
When check "status", I see, by now, 5 MB sent / 20 MB received -
and yet I've not initiated any Internet activity myself today.
I've uninstalled a few unused programs including everything
to do with Google DeskTop. My antivirus has already updated
this morning and that took only a few seconds.
What could be going on? and where all all these 5 MB of
"sent" coming from and where are those 20 MB "received"
(up til now and growing) going to?
How can I determine what's going on and how to stop it?
(rcvd 26 MB by now).
Thanks in advance,