Unusually high downloads (1 Viewer)

[boris]

ok so i was using the internet at uni on my lappy and i had $4 worth which at 1.1c per mb is like a few hundred mb. Our monthly download limit at home used to be like 500mb and we would occasionally go over it but that was with the net being used like 8hrs a day. yesterday here at uni i used 234mb in one day. i watched about 10mins of youtube maybe, checked emails and a few other things. i was probably on there for about an hour. how the fuck did i rack up that many mb in downloads in such a short time?

 

[dux&src]

trojans/backdoor/malware etc sending data unknowingly from your computer to another???

??it's a possibility.

 

[boris]

only just set up the net on thursday. brand new computer. its only ever been on google, hotmail, youtube and news.com lol

 

[Kwayera]

DU Meter Home Page

 

[dux&src]

^ yep ^ that should help.

 

[wrxsti]

ok so i was using the internet at uni on my lappy and i had $4 worth which at 1.1c per mb is like a few hundred mb. Our monthly download limit at home used to be like 500mb and we would occasionally go over it but that was with the net being used like 8hrs a day. yesterday here at uni i used 234mb in one day. i watched about 10mins of youtube maybe, checked emails and a few other things. i was probably on there for about an hour. how the fuck did i rack up that many mb in downloads in such a short time?

Stop looking at PORN.

 

[LordPc]

I've had that happen to me a few days ago aswell

whose your ISP?

 

[shinji]

I've had that happen to me a few days ago aswell

whose your ISP?

read the OP properly.

ok so i was using the internet at uni on my lappy

 

[L]

I've had that happen to me a few days ago aswell

whose your ISP?

now way

 

[LordPc]

oops, i jumped the gun

 

[SAVAK]

which shit uni charges $$$ for bandwidth

 

[boris]

yeah so whats going on eh

 

[Fortify]

ok so i was using the internet at uni on my lappy and i had $4 worth which at 1.1c per mb is like a few hundred mb. Our monthly download limit at home used to be like 500mb and we would occasionally go over it but that was with the net being used like 8hrs a day. yesterday here at uni i used 234mb in one day. i watched about 10mins of youtube maybe, checked emails and a few other things. i was probably on there for about an hour. how the fuck did i rack up that many mb in downloads in such a short time?

Lol; maybe that's your problem.

 

[vds700]

ok so i was using the internet at uni on my lappy and i had $4 worth which at 1.1c per mb is like a few hundred mb. Our monthly download limit at home used to be like 500mb and we would occasionally go over it but that was with the net being used like 8hrs a day. yesterday here at uni i used 234mb in one day. i watched about 10mins of youtube maybe, checked emails and a few other things. i was probably on there for about an hour. how the fuck did i rack up that many mb in downloads in such a short time?

automatic updates??

 

[intranet]

Stop looking at PORN.

hes got a good point, once u start, theres no going back, and each image cuts its way into your bandwith...

 

[Fortify]

automatic updates??

I think most automatic updates aren't very large files.

 

[wrxsti]

I think most automatic updates aren't very large files.

they can sometimes reach 16mb.

 

[Silent_Sniper]

Do you use limewire or stuff like that??

 

[timace]

I think most automatic updates aren't very large files.

XP Service Pack 3 is between 60 and 300MB, depending on how far behind your patching is.

 

[Bacilli]

That's true. Ah, when was the last time you scanned your computer TS?