Why does DU Meter show constant dl and uploading?

Jimbo · 23 May 2006 at 17:31

Just wondering if its normal for DU meter to show my connection contsantly downoading and uploading? if I hover my mouse over the icon in the tray it will say.. DL: 4.8 kb/s UL: 5.6 kb/s

Im not browsing or anything?

this will add up towards my monthly usage on Nildram and Im a bit worried about it.

Indy500 · 23 May 2006 at 17:33

Get a list of the running processes from task manager.

Jimbo · 23 May 2006 at 17:38

Gotcha thanks mate.

Jimbo · 23 May 2006 at 18:07

Ive killed most of the suspicious services but its still showing a constant dl ad uploading going on.. is this normal??

Indy500 · 23 May 2006 at 18:08

Jimbo said:
Ive killed most of the suspicious services but its still showing a constant dl ad uploading going on.. is this normal??

A few of the windows services do sometimes access the network, but I've got several internet apps running and I see no activity unless I actually browse\send a message etc.

Jimbo · 23 May 2006 at 18:23

Cant work it out, check this....

I didnt have any internet site open at all too. :confused:

Indy500 · 23 May 2006 at 18:27

Whats wscntfy.exe? and ali1589.exe?

Jimbo · 23 May 2006 at 18:31

"wscntfy.exe" is the Windows Security Center, introduced in Service Pack 2. It displays a tray icon indicating the status of updates, virus protection, and firewall.

ali1589.exe is for my raid manager.

Indy500 · 23 May 2006 at 18:34

I disabled the security centre, just gets in the way. I'm also tired of SP2 blocking harmless files on IM transfers...

How are you connected to the internet?

Jimbo · 23 May 2006 at 18:42

Im connected via Nildram 8mb max adsl, im using a Netgear dg834g router.

Indy500 · 23 May 2006 at 18:43

Jimbo said:
Im connected via Nildram 8mb max adsl, im using a Netgear dg834g router.

I'm running out of ideas here....done a spyware\malware check?

Jimbo · 23 May 2006 at 18:44

Can anyone reccomend me a good spyware scanner? cheers for the help by the way.

Indy500 · 23 May 2006 at 18:45

I use:

Ad-Aware
Spybot Search&Destroy
CWshredder
Spywareblaster

Sounds OTT I know, but it means my system is clean pretty much all the time. Just get the odd tracking cookie once in a while, and if I tweaked browser settings, that wouldnt be a problem either.

Rednut05 · 23 May 2006 at 18:47

Spybot. Google it. Its free

Jimbo · 23 May 2006 at 19:19

Cheers all I will give these a try.

atomiser · 23 May 2006 at 20:04

wired, or wireless connection to the dg834g?

Jimbo · 23 May 2006 at 20:10

Im using a wired connection to the router at the mo, but there is a wireless connection to my laptop, its turned off though at the mo.

This is really starting to alarm me now, take a look at the following screenshot...

Theres no way this can be right? its contantly going up and up too. I really need to stop whatever it is from downloading and uploading here.

I did a scan with spybot and it found trackers etc, I removed them but still my connection shows a constant dl/upload going on. :confused:

atomiser · 23 May 2006 at 20:16

the way i see it is you have a couple of options...

1/ turn on all loggin in your router... see what your pc is communicating with, then research what ip addresses your pc is connecting to.

2/ download and install ethereal onto your pc and see exactly what is going across the wire.

see what either of those bring back.

edit: ive also got a dg834g and i thought the logging capabilities were better than this... i think ethereal is the way forward...

Jimbo · 23 May 2006 at 20:18

Thanks for your help, I'll try that. I have also changed the wep key incase somone had hacked it and was connecting to my wireless signal. Im really puzzled.

atomiser · 23 May 2006 at 20:20

Jimbo said:
Thanks for your help, I'll try that. I have also changed the wep key incase somone had hacked it and was connecting to my wireless signal. Im really puzzled.

wep keys dont take long to break these days...

look on your router to see if there are any additional stations connected to it