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| 505555 | 2006-12-10 06:16:00 | Hi We are a little worried on our Telstra account... We are worried that we use 80% of our broadband limit in 1 day... We don't download much and I as a website designer, primarily upload and download pages, not the stuff of 800Mb worth. I decided to investigate and I downloaded a broadband meter. I turned off MSN and Gmail notifier and can't think of anything else that should be downloading. I have Windows defender up-to-date and same with AVG. It is downloading at about 8.2Kbps and just keeps going and going, clocking up the Megabytes. I spend long hours in front of the comptuer and this explains a lot. So... Should I install a firewall? |
music_man (5482) | ||
| 505556 | 2006-12-10 06:31:00 | A firewall is the first thing I install after a format of a drive. Well sorry. I install a firewall after installing the operating system and all hardware. I do this before I connect to the Internet. Even the default Windows XP one is better than nothing. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 505557 | 2006-12-10 06:32:00 | Well I would install some kind of firewall, even if you're on bb. Being on a fast internet connection, doesnt mean u shouldnt have a firewall installed. Altho it doesnt mean this will lessen what u get. The firewall will still ask u to allow or deny access to whatever. And you'll still have to make sure u allow programs that need access, or else they wont work properly. XP's firewall is OK, but if you get something nasty like a trojan XP's firewall wont stop it. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 505558 | 2006-12-10 06:32:00 | What sort of Telstra account do you have? cable or ADSL? How big is your bandwidth cap? If you have ADSL, do you connect via a router?, if so does the router have a firewall & is it on? |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 505559 | 2006-12-10 06:37:00 | firewall + spybot | developer (4447) | ||
| 505560 | 2006-12-10 13:06:00 | Any good firewall will prevent unauthorized outgoing traffic, (like dialers or trogen horses) :eek: connecting to priemium rate phone, or internet services on the other side of the world costing several $$$ per minute and using up your bandwidth!:) | Vince (406) | ||
| 505561 | 2006-12-10 16:53:00 | Should I install a firewall?Emphatically YES! | Greg (193) | ||
| 505562 | 2006-12-10 19:30:00 | Are you using wireless at all? | FoxyMX (5) | ||
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