Thread: BSNL Broadband not blocked well

I use bsnl broadband under 250 plan. When i get connected to dataone, it starts sending and receiving packets.. It is normal.. but i have a problem that when i dont use the internet also the packets are received.. the packets received are many times greater than packets send. I DOUBT if any other is using my connection illegally.. the usage increases very fast. I fear that whether my broadband is not blocked well or not.. anyone pls help me...

Mention make model of your modem router.
Are you using a wifi router ?
use shaplus meter to check usage
Home page of ShaPlus Software

Sometimes there are viruses/trojans/malware or even plain adware in the system that is quietly exchanging data. Check this out.

Originally Posted by thiru

I use bsnl broadband under 250 plan. When i get connected to dataone, it starts sending and receiving packets.. It is normal.. but i have a problem that when i dont use the internet also the packets are received.. the packets received are many times greater than packets send. I DOUBT if any other is using my connection illegally.. the usage increases very fast. I fear that whether my broadband is not blocked well or not.. anyone pls help me...

There is a possibility that your computer resources ( cppu & ram) are being used by a cracker.

Check whether yor windows auto update is on or off....it could even be antivirus software getting latest updates.

There are many products which has automatic updates. May be your anti virus is downloading updates. The best way is to use a bandwidth monitor like bitmeter. It has a graphical interface which shows your usage when your computer is idle.

Is it possible to find out which program is downloading and what data is being downloaded. Can it be stopped?

Originally Posted by vijaykhairnar

Is it possible to find out which program is downloading and what data is being downloaded. Can it be stopped?

For that we need a firewall. My Zonealarm firewall shows which program is downloading. We stop/ban it permanently.

Bitmeter has a graphic interface which can tell if the net connection is idle/uploading/downloading/both.

Is it possible to find out which program is downloading and what data is being downloaded. Can it be stopped?

Windows Task Manager.
Applications/processes etc.

Thanks for the reps