xp irritating please answer microsoft

[Gautam Ballal]

i have a dsl connection and windows is using all my speed
of my connection and uploading something i dont know what
while i am using the internet the uploads are more than
the incoming ..... whats happening

 

[Kevin]

Do you have a firewall installed? How do you know something is being
uploaded from your system? Are you sure you don't mean something is being
downloaded to your computer? Always run anti-virus software and malware
software.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

I suspect it isn't windows, but rather something else has insinuated its way
onto your system. Run a full scan with an updated antivirus product, then
check for spyware:

1) Install and run Adaware from www.lavasoft.de

2) Install and run Spyware Blaster from
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

3) Dump all TIF's and selectively delete unwanted cookies

4) Turn on the native firewall or install a third-party one

http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp
http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN

5) Also check these links for helpful advice on removing garbage:
http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm
http://aumha.org/win5/a/parasite.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Malke]

Do you have a firewall installed? How do you know something is being
uploaded from your system? Are you sure you don't mean something is
being
downloaded to your computer? Always run anti-virus software and
malware software.

What does a scan with a current antivirus program (meaning a version not
later than 2002 and using updated virus definitions) show? Also, remove
spyware with Spybot Search & Destroy from www.security.kolla.de and
Ad-aware from www.lavasoftusa.com. If you are uncomfortable doing this
yourself, call a good local computer repair shop (not Best Buy or
CompUSA) and have them fix it for you.

Malke

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Why don't you check your firewall to see what specific,
non-Microsoft application is doing this? Check your antivirus
software for current definitions, while you're at it. It sounds like
you've installed one or more Trojan horse programs.

Bruce Chambers

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