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Solve : Stolen Bandwidth (I think this belongs here instead of Spyware)?

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I use a Networx monitor on my computer and usually use LIKE 2-3 gigs a day, I downloaded a copy of Ubuntu to use, and then left my computer running while i went to sleep, When i woke up i looked at my Networx monitor and noticed it read a 300giabyte Download and upload amount since I went to sleep, this started like 30 mins after i left my computer idle and stopped when i started working on it, It shows me hourly usage and says that like 50-70 gigs an hour were being used, What happened? What caused this? and HOW DO I FIX IT?You must have a BLOODY good Internet service to transfer 50 to 70 GB in an hour without hitting a cap; or you have "All connections" selected.
Uhhhm ok but that doesn't answer my question,And why is this marked Resolved not its not resolved at all
Well. we do not know how you got the Ubuntu download.  P2P?
And we don't understand how you transfer 70 gigs in a few hours.
Both things cast DOUBT on the accuracy off your reported results. I'll try again, more simply this time.

1. What caused this:

If the machine hibernates, Networx can show some crazy data transfer figures after the machine wakes up again, especially if you have "all connections" selected. This is because of a known bug in Networx. It doesn't mean you actually transferred that amount of data.

2. How you can fix it:

You can try changing the monitored connection to your actual network adapter only. Or get a different bandwidth monitor application.






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