what's downloading in the background

[John Smith]

I'm running XP SP1 on my computer and recently I switched over to
dialup (EarthLink) from cable. I've noticed that when I'm connected
to the internet, my computer seems to be constantly downloading
something in the background - even when I'm not doing anything. I've
exited out of Messenger and ran AdAware to make sure some SpyWare
isn't running in the background. I doubt it as this is a new install
and I don't have much on it. I can watch the download under 'Windows
Task manager' in the Network tab. It averages between 700 and 1400
bytes/sec. I've turned off 'Automatic Updates, background intelligent
transfer service but that didn't help

Anyone know what this download is and how I can stop it? With dialup,
I can't afford to waste bandwidth.

Thanks for your time.

[JDavid \(reverse the d and k\)]

Run "netstat -a" sans quotes from a Command Prompt while the activity is
occurring, so you can see the port usage. Could be there is a foreign IP
address that you can trace to another remote user/service and go from there.
You may have to run "netstat -an" and plug the IP addresses into the ARIN
database to find out what ISP is connecting to your computer.

To reach a Command Prompt: Start>All Programs>Accessories

ARIN: http://www.arin.net/whois/

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Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
"John Smith" > wrote in message
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> I'm running XP SP1 on my computer and recently I switched over to
> dialup (EarthLink) from cable. I've noticed that when I'm connected
> to the internet, my computer seems to be constantly downloading
> something in the background - even when I'm not doing anything. I've
> exited out of Messenger and ran AdAware to make sure some SpyWare
> isn't running in the background. I doubt it as this is a new install
> and I don't have much on it. I can watch the download under 'Windows
> Task manager' in the Network tab. It averages between 700 and 1400
> bytes/sec. I've turned off 'Automatic Updates, background intelligent
> transfer service but that didn't help
>
> Anyone know what this download is and how I can stop it? With dialup,
> I can't afford to waste bandwidth.
>
> Thanks for your time.

[WaIIy]

On 25 Apr 2003 20:29:36 -0700, (John Smith) wrote:

>I'm running XP SP1 on my computer and recently I switched over to
>dialup (EarthLink) from cable. I've noticed that when I'm connected
>to the internet, my computer seems to be constantly downloading
>something in the background - even when I'm not doing anything. I've
>exited out of Messenger and ran AdAware to make sure some SpyWare
>isn't running in the background. I doubt it as this is a new install
>and I don't have much on it. I can watch the download under 'Windows
>Task manager' in the Network tab. It averages between 700 and 1400
>bytes/sec. I've turned off 'Automatic Updates, background intelligent
>transfer service but that didn't help
>
>Anyone know what this download is and how I can stop it? With dialup,
>I can't afford to waste bandwidth.
>
>Thanks for your time.

I also have dialup Earthlink and noticed the same thing. I obtained a
packet sniffer and my computer was polling my connection and switching
to several different cities 525 bytes at a time. It wouldn't stop.

This will cure your problem.......... or you can manually do it in
Services.

http://grc.com/UnPnP/UnPnP.htm
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