Comcast said in the month of May I used 1,115 GB of bandwidth. Can anybody tell me how this is possible?

Question

I know there is no way I used that much bandwidth. Can you tell me what do you think caused this. I think maybe there is either a trojan or a root kit on one of my computers. Can anybody tell me if you think this is the case and if it is, if you can let me what are the best programs to use to remove them. Thank you in advance!

I know there is no way I used that much bandwidth. Can you tell me what do you think caused this. I think maybe there is either a trojan or a root kit on one of my computers. Can anybody tell me if you think this is the case and if it is, if you can let me what are the best programs to use to remove them. Thank you in advance!
EDIT: They said it was both uploading and downloading.

Answer 1

Are you using a wireless connection? If yes, you should consider the possibility that someone is stealing your bandwidth. There are a number of things you can do to prevent unauthorized use of your wireless connection, such as: 1.) using a password for your router, 2.) MAC filtering and 3.) WEP or WPA encryption. Please read PC World Magazine article on how to secure your wireless connection:

"How to Secure Your Wireless Network" -- written by Becky Waring, pcworld.com (http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130330/article.html)

There are a lot of free network tools which can help you monitor your Internet connection and help you pin down where your bandwidth is going. Please read Lifehackers.com's article on the top 10 best network tools.

"Top 10 Network Utilities" -- written lifehacker.com (http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacker-top-10/top-10-network-utilities-267208.php)

In particular, look at NetMeter (http://www.metal-machine.de/readerror/). If your computer is indeed infected, you should see a hugh spike in bandwidth.

Answer 2

Became popular in the mid 1800's but the origin is unknown. The oldest written references to 'OK' result from its adoption as a slogan by the Democratic party during the 1840 American Presidential election. Their candidate, President Martin Van Buren had the nickname 'Old Kinderhook', and his supporters formed the 'OK Club' (he lost the election though). Another possible origin for "OK" is that during the late 1830s, humorous misspellings were a fad, and one of them was "Orl Korrekt" (OK - All Corrrect).

Answer 3

The only way possible is if you have a P2P client on your computer and are downloading a bunch of stuff. Or, you are just on the Internet constantly. And think WoW if you play is online so it uses a lot of bandwidth. (or any other online games)

Answer 4

if it's a wireless connection, it's possible you have someone else using your internet.

press ctrl alt and dell and go to process, and look to see if you have somethink called khost or kservice, this is a program that gets put onto your computer by other programs and is used to file share, even when your not using the internet it's still active.

go to www.download.com and download zonealarm. it will help you to find out what programs are trying to access the internet, and you can stop programs that you dont want to access the internet.

Answer 5

If you were downloading or uploading large files much of the time, you can reach those levels.

If it was not an intentional uploading or downloading then it can be maleware. Upgrade all virus protections and scan all systems and do a clean up.

Answer 6

Go to http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,7423-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html and download Adaware and click on the download key. This is a free download.

Answer 7

upstream or down????