Malware can do all kinds of bad stuff when you least expect it.
But yes! Cybun brings up a good point. Windows updates can be atrocious.
Might be a stupid input, but could it come from a pc update? I know W10 is notorious for downloading massive updates without asking, they gave me a gigantic data usage issue because our limit used to be 50gb
Malware can do all kinds of bad stuff when you least expect it.
But yes! Cybun brings up a good point. Windows updates can be atrocious.
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Not using windows. Using Mac IOS and there hasn't been an update lately that has occurred for me.
Did a Malware scan and it found 17 threats eeek, Now those are dealt with. Thanks for the program for the Malware scanner.
Hmm, Mac! Okay.
There is a built in utility that will show you your network usage by application:
(you need an account to see links)
I don't know that this is going to show you anything historical, it doesn't appear so, BUT it will show you what is running now and how it is using your network. If there's some kind of background process going on, this could help.
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Well I contacted my service provider after turning off my router for more than 12 hours. It showed that yup there was no data usage.
So still wondering where the heck over 100gb went in two days. In talked to the service provider tech he said that if we have a gaming system that it could use that much. OUt xbox is unplugged and is always off and highly unlikely.
I did ask if items can update when off or on sleep mode and he said yes....can anyone else confirm this? I find it odd something would update when it is off or sleeping. Bu what do I know?
When I said we have apple TV he said it was likely that updating even though it was sleeping. How does Apple TV have a 100gb update?
That is pretty mysterious.
So it looks like Apple TV can consume a fair amount of data:
(you need an account to see links)
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If it was a software update, you can control when those happen by adjusting settings:
(you need an account to see links)
Where this article says to turn ON automatic updates, I would say turn them OFF.
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Charmander (01-16-2019)
Last time I faced with similar issue I used (you need an account to see links) software to monitor my PC on Local Area Network. It helped me to trace and prevent information and data theft. Now I use this software on a regular basis, it works in tandem with other security measures and help prevent potential attacks.
Last edited by Sam Grin; 01-23-2019 at 10:08 AM.