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Old July 29th 12, 10:45 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
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Default Local Area Network Connection Has Constant Activity?

"charliec" wrote:

The constant activity is under "Activity" on the Local Area
Connection Status window, tons of packets are being "sent" and
"received" - just in the last 45 minutes, 165,000+ packets sent,
237,000+ received. I've never had this kind of activity on the
network when not doing anything.


So if it wasn't a hardware change in the last few days when this
behavior changed, what software have you installed? Might be time to
consider a 3rd party firewall so you get prompted when a process want to
make a connection and you can see to where it is connecting. TCPview
will tell what currently has a connection but it won't show you what had
a connection but is no longer connected plus it's not going to regulate
what can connect to where.

First use the utilities I mentioned in my other post. Those will likely
show the culprit of the network traffic. Could be, for example, your
anti-virus, Flash Player, Adobe Reader, Windows Update, and other auto-
update features in several apps that you left configured to do these
background and automated updates without ever prompting you about them.
Any apps you have installed that have an auto-update function should be
configured to ask you for permission to install the update, not just
blindly modify your computer setup.
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