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Thread ID: 118574	2011-06-12 00:56:00	12 days in and 80% useage gone....	beetle (243)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1208474	2011-06-12 12:21:00	Had a similar situation last month. Somehow the neighbor had hacked into our wireless and was downloading games. Changed the router, password and username, back to normal now. If you have a close neighbors, check it out.	mzee (3324)
1208475	2011-06-12 12:33:00	I have recently installed Networx on all my machines, and it can be told to dis-count all local traffic which is good. And its free.	nedkelly (9059)
1208476	2011-06-12 13:54:00	ideas? things to check? i just cant beleive we have used this much when we have been home less than normal and we not near the end of the month yet....... only about halfway...... beetle :stare: First thing I'd do would be a virus/malware/rootkit scan (and possibly a Hijackthis scan (and post it's result here)). Then check whether high usage is due to downloading streaming video (youtube, TVNZ TV progs, video news etc) or radio, or Skype (or even stuff from torrent sites/Frostwire, kids are quite likely to do this, not realising the consequences (high data usage(down and upload!)/viruses/illegal). The last two items (Skype/Frostwire) can consume data if you leave them running in the background. Also if you have a wireless broadband modem (as mentioned before), turn the wireless off if you're not using it, or if you are, set a password and turn encryption on (WPA2 if poss) so no-one unauthorised can use/steal your internet access/data.	feersumendjinn (64)
1208477	2011-06-12 21:33:00	Ok im just off to work so will get back to you on the scan, but alas the wireless and password bit is way above my knowledge i dont know how to do that . . . . . . will need complete and easy instructions on how to do it from the start . . . . . . . to end result . thank you for your input have given me some ideas and yes have very close neigbours, on either side, and even tho i dont know one lot at all theres always they possibility . ive only had BB since december so its still in the newbie stage for me, but i was certain 10 would be heaps for us, weve never got this high a useage before . . . . . . lol i want to be safe rather than sorry . . . lol :) beetle	beetle (243)
1208478	2011-06-13 00:46:00	Beetle, i started with a 5Gb plan (still cant believe that), then moved to 15Gb, then that wasn't enough so went to 25Gb, now i am on a 40Gb plan and still end up on dial up for a few days/weeks. Now slingshot have doubled my data to 80Gb....will see how that goes Sometimes if budgeting you just have to say, well dial up it is, until the month is over. Deal with it. EDIT: it can be an interesting thing to check out where it is all going, but TUC and networx as suggested above work well for me	Gobe1 (6290)
1208479	2011-06-13 03:02:00	The thing with broadband is that it's very easy to use a lot of banwidth quickly. A couple hours watching HD videos on youtube can burn a few gigs easily. And as more and more people get broadband the websites start to add more animation etc to make the websites look good - which all adds to the usage. At 10G a month personally I would have to limit myself to E-mail and light surfing or I'd risk blowing it.	dugimodo (138)
1208480	2011-06-13 03:49:00	Ok im just off to work so will get back to you on the scan, but alas the wireless and password bit is way above my knowledge i dont know how to do that . . . . . . will need complete and easy instructions on how to do it from the start . . . . . . . to end result . thank you for your input have given me some ideas and yes have very close neigbours, on either side, and even tho i dont know one lot at all theres always they possibility . ive only had BB since december so its still in the newbie stage for me, but i was certain 10 would be heaps for us, weve never got this high a useage before . . . . . . lol i want to be safe rather than sorry . . . lol :) beetle Does the above (in bold) mean that you currently don't have any security? If so, that may be the source of the missing allowance - somebodies connecting to your internet connection .	Richardd150 (13927)
1208481	2011-06-13 05:20:00	Does the above (in bold) mean that you currently don't have any security? If so, that may be the source of the missing allowance - somebodies connecting to your internet connection. More than likely........ i just plugged it in and away it went, i did ask what to do at the time........ but alas i think that info got lost in the muddle..and the question may have not been picked up.....and i dont know how to do it...... Im not a geek, never professed to be one, im one of these people that you need to help, often..:p i admit it was dumb, but i cant recall being told what to do or i would have done it to keep me safe... :rolleyes: beetle	beetle (243)
1208482	2011-06-13 08:51:00	More than likely........ i just plugged it in and away it went, i did ask what to do at the time........ but alas i think that info got lost in the muddle..and the question may have not been picked up.....and i dont know how to do it...... Im not a geek, never professed to be one, im one of these people that you need to help, often..:p i admit it was dumb, but i cant recall being told what to do or i would have done it to keep me safe... :rolleyes: beetle Nope, not dumb - you should have heard me swear the first time I set up my router. Got there eventually with the kind help of the folks here.	Richardd150 (13927)
1208483	2011-06-13 09:48:00	Nope, not dumb - you should have heard me swear the first time I set up my router. Got there eventually with the kind help of the folks here. lol i can quite understand......... now i find out how dumb i am as i thought wireless was on by default........ not off by default........ sigh.... the people here are wonderful......... and i have met a few of them, and they are quite normal people too............. not an alien geek after all :p beetle :)	beetle (243)
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