In my previous post, the ICON is on the bottom right, not left.

I have been on Internet for about half an hour now, and MY VOLUME Thing says that I have used 21 Megabytes.
My Computer tells me I have used 1.4 Megabytes

You see the difference?
Don't go by that Volume thing..its silly.. just ignore it.
It is mainly happening because the modem keeps dropping out and reconnecting.

I wonder if you have changed the hours you spend on Internet Partypooper.
At Peak Periods, like after 5pm or so, the Phone Network gets very busy and downloads are very slow.

Party,

I think you stated you are using a plug-in modem, not wireless. If that is the case nobody outside can use your bandwidth, it's usage from within your PC [and laptop now it seems].

Sad to say, that if you connected your laptop to your PC using USB you could have easily transfered a rootkit Trojan to your laptop. It sure sounds like you have transfered something!

I would suggest you check for nasty rootkits by downloading a small free program to check for rootkits hiding a bot Trojan: http://research.pandasecurity.com/a...rsion-1.07.aspx

Panda Anti-Rootkit is a program that uses latest generation technology to detect and remove rootkits. Rootkits are programs designed to hide processes, files or Windows Registry entries. This type of software is used by hackers to hide their tracks or to insert threats surreptitiously on compromised computers. There are types of malware that use rootkits to hide themselves on a computer [hiding them from any firewall, anti-virus or any melware/spyware apps].

There is no guarantee that even if the program finds a rootkit that it will fix the problem, but there is a good chance that it will. Please let me know what you found if anything, before deleting. One step at a time, so lets rule out [or in] Rootkits first.

Chrome, unfortunately that sounds right as when I first contacted 3, thats what they suggested, but what seemed impossible is that I can log on anytime of the day or night and the same thing is happening??

Moeee, yes unfortunately it is REAL usage, and any excess is charged at 10c per MB, which doesn't sound a lot but at this rate is a great concern.

Crash, ok, I'll follow that and get back to this page a bit later. Ta!

Hi Party, you could try a forum dedicated to computer users.
I've used www.atomic.com.au a few times and found them a very helpfull lot.

Mike.

Crash, ran that Panda thing, found nothing, frustrating isn't it?

Mike367, thanks will give em a go

One post disappeared (can't think why) anyway thanks all, and mike I'll try that one ta!

Running Panda was a good thing. At least no known rootkits on your PC.

It's very hard to diagnose PC problems blind and a port monitoring program [what is going in or out over the internet] would not be much use to you as it's all a bit complex.

I would still suggest you post your problem on http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php as this group is the best of the best if any nasties are involved.

Will do Crash and thanks again. One last question if someone is hacking my usage would there be any other tell tale sign? like would it happen sometimes and not others or all time etc etc?

If it is a bot, it would happen as soon as you turn on your PC. Often they use only so much bandwidth but on multiple machines so its not that noticeable on any individual machine. Main usage is for sending spam automatically.

Could you do what I said about the monitor ICON in the corner.
Check whether the Megabytes are being stolen by Downloading or Uploading.

Your download usage should be a lot more than your upload usage.