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| Thread ID: 78515 | 2007-04-18 10:10:00 | Internet usage troubles! | Chris815 (10270) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 542088 | 2007-04-18 10:10:00 | For no reason at all, my "packets" of internet data (sent/received) are going up even when I am not using the internet, or have any program open that uses a connection (eg. LimeWire). I left it idle on the desktop with nothing open and the usage meter went up for no apparent reason, as if it thinks I'm downloading things. PLEASE HELP! | Chris815 (10270) | ||
| 542089 | 2007-04-18 10:15:00 | sounds like you need to get speedy's HiJack this file and run it on your computer, since it would appear that someone else has access to your bandwidth. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 542090 | 2007-04-18 10:19:00 | Anti-Virus, firewall, Windows Security Center downloading stuff? | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 542091 | 2007-04-18 10:23:00 | I have AVG, it's not downloading or anything. Neither is Windows Security Center. I just have the Windows firewall active, and it's always been fine. I am on a computer network as well, and have never faced this problem before. It only started yesterday. |
Chris815 (10270) | ||
| 542092 | 2007-04-18 10:32:00 | Run hijackthis & post it for the boffins to read. It sounds like you might have a worm or something - it's quite possible to be infected even with AVG and windows firewall. Hijackthis (www.trendsecure.com) |
mmmork (6822) | ||
| 542093 | 2007-04-18 10:46:00 | I have AVG, it's not downloading or anything. Neither is Windows Security Center. I just have the Windows firewall active, and it's always been fine. I am on a computer network as well, and have never faced this problem before. It only started yesterday. I would suggest that you get a decent 3rd party firewall since Windows firewall is about as effective at stopping intrusions as a sieve is at holding water. There are plenty of very good free firewalls available. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 542094 | 2007-04-18 11:13:00 | Run hijackthis & post it for the boffins to read. It sounds like you might have a worm or something - it's quite possible to be infected even with AVG and windows firewall. Hijackthis (www.trendsecure.com) I will try it, but why would a worm (on my squeaky clean PC!) make it so that the packets rise when nothing is being downloaded? |
Chris815 (10270) | ||
| 542095 | 2007-04-18 11:15:00 | I will try it, but why would a worm (on my squeaky clean PC!) make it so that the packets rise when nothing is being downloaded? Anything's possible with Windows. Since its a clean PC, was SP1 or 2 installed or any updates? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 542096 | 2007-04-18 11:24:00 | Anything's possible with Windows. Since its a clean PC, was SP1 or 2 installed or any updates? Oh, by "clean", I mean regularly scanned with AVG, Ad-aware, Spybot, etc. Apart from that, yes. I just scanned with HijackThis and am not sure what to do... |
Chris815 (10270) | ||
| 542097 | 2007-04-18 11:33:00 | Just post the contents of the logfile generated by HijackThis and Speedy will get back to you soon with his analysis. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
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