i'm new to these forums so please 4giv me if i'm posting in the wrong section.
lets get straight to the problem.
in our office we have 3 computers connected to a netgear router. All wired connections. 1 computer is the bosses and that pc is only on for about 3 hours per day. We have a 5GB bandwidth cap. From ending of 2009 we reach our bandwidth cap by the 2nd or 3rd week of the month. We do not do downloads, only browsing and e-mails.
our isp insists that we are the only people using it because only our phone number shows up. the funny thing is there is 1 computer with windows xp that only send and receives about 20 000 packets each in a 9 hour day while the other comp with windaws vista send and receives a few million packets each in a few hours!
now how can i tell whether this is a virus or can this computer have been hacked by an outside source to use internet? i do netstat readings and it shows established connections although the e-mail and internet are closed.
our isp has provided us with a website where we can monitor our daily bandwidth usage. the usage varies but mostly the "incoming" is between 300MB to 400MB and "outgoing" is between 10 to 30MB. our isp insisted that we were using too much of YOU TUBE, FACEBOOK and TWITTER so they came in and blocked those sites on the router but we still having the problem. We don't even use YOU TUBE and TWITTER!
now how can i find this problem?
lets get straight to the problem.
in our office we have 3 computers connected to a netgear router. All wired connections. 1 computer is the bosses and that pc is only on for about 3 hours per day. We have a 5GB bandwidth cap. From ending of 2009 we reach our bandwidth cap by the 2nd or 3rd week of the month. We do not do downloads, only browsing and e-mails.
our isp insists that we are the only people using it because only our phone number shows up. the funny thing is there is 1 computer with windows xp that only send and receives about 20 000 packets each in a 9 hour day while the other comp with windaws vista send and receives a few million packets each in a few hours!
now how can i tell whether this is a virus or can this computer have been hacked by an outside source to use internet? i do netstat readings and it shows established connections although the e-mail and internet are closed.
our isp has provided us with a website where we can monitor our daily bandwidth usage. the usage varies but mostly the "incoming" is between 300MB to 400MB and "outgoing" is between 10 to 30MB. our isp insisted that we were using too much of YOU TUBE, FACEBOOK and TWITTER so they came in and blocked those sites on the router but we still having the problem. We don't even use YOU TUBE and TWITTER!
now how can i find this problem?
