Monitoring My Bandwidth Consumption

Kassem

Hey everyone,

I've noticed that around 20MB are being consumed almost on a daily basis even when I'm away from my computer. So there has to be something that is draining the bandwidth. Do you know of any way or software that could tell me what's going on exactly? Like if some software is downloading updates in the background, it could figure it out for me...

Thanks in advance.

Georges

You can use Kasperky Internet Security feature called Network Monitor.
Here's a preview:

Kassem

That's exactly what I'm looking for! Will check it out! Thanks G. :)

EDIT: Here's a picture of my network's activity:

So what exactly is this Host Process for Windows Services and is it okey to shut it down?

Chup

http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/45450.aspx
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Xsever

Or use DU Meter. It is specifically made for this purpose, and it features a lot of reports (daily, monthly, hourly, etc..)

Georges

Xsever wroteOr use DU Meter. It is specifically made for this purpose, and it features a lot of reports (daily, monthly, hourly, etc..)

Does DU Meter tell you where/how the MBs are going ? - Or just the overall consumption ?
I use DU Meter, and never found the option you're talking about...

This is what DU Meter tells you about:

Kassem

This Host Process for Windows Services is evil! I stopped one of its services, it came up with several others.

Georges

Kassem wroteThis Host Process for Windows Services is evil! I stopped one of its services, it came up with several others.

Lucky you... What do you say about me then :P
Simply, i don't give a shit about all these windows processes...

Xsever

I now see what you are exactly looking for and as you said, DU Meter is not the best for that.

A software that always check for updates is GoogleUpdater.exe. Consider checking if you have that running.

rolf

Use the forum search function. It has been asked twice or more and I answered already.

Flakk

I use Netmeter.

Kassem

This is seriously pissing me off! It has just consumed 30MB and yesterday 45MB of my quota! And I do not know what this process actually is! I really need to do something about it, otherwise a huge portion of my quota will be wasted! I think what I need is a software which tells me what's currently connected to the internet and possibly give me the option to disconnect it and prevent it from connecting to the internet again. Does Netmeter do that?

Flakk

Kassem wroteThis is seriously pissing me off! It has just consumed 30MB and yesterday 45MB of my quota! And I do not know what this process actually is! I really need to do something about it, otherwise a huge portion of my quota will be wasted! I think what I need is a software which tells me what's currently connected to the internet and possibly give me the option to disconnect it and prevent it from connecting to the internet again. Does Netmeter do that?

No netmeter is a very basic monitoring system.

MegaCool

I use DU meter to check the consumptions but its not that accurate especially if your LAN connected with other users.

It happened with me once, my windows kept uploading randomly didn't know why, it bottle-necked my connection,
later uploading stopped and it started downloading randomly all the time, I tried many things to work it out but failed, therefor I went with
the classical solution "Format".. yes my friend that's one working solution, format your system.

Georges

MegaCool wroteI use DU meter to check the consumptions but its not that accurate especially if your LAN connected with other users.

It happened with me once, my windows kept uploading randomly didn't know why, it bottle-necked my connection,
later uploading stopped and it started downloading randomly all the time, I tried many things to work it out but failed, therefor I went with the classical solution "Format".. yes my friend that's one working solution, format your system.

No my friend.. This is not a solution.

Here's the list of network adapters that DU Meter monitors...
You can uncheck some of these adapters ;)

amkahal

svchost.exe is responsible of traditional network operations on windows like dns resolving, etc...
i have the same problem, and the solution of blocking this process from using the internet is not efficient since you cannot use the internet normally, so here is my solution:
- i'm using COMODO firewall, it's not critical, you can use any firewall software that monitor all connections from/to your machine.
- try to inspect from which hosts "svchost.exe" is downloading, then use the network security policy of your firewall to prevent downloading from these hosts.
- this solution is working very smoothly for me.

good luck!

Kassem

amkahal wrote- try to inspect from which hosts "svchost.exe" is downloading, then use the network security policy of your firewall to prevent downloading from these hosts.

Ok so how do I do that?

amkahal

@Kassem:
As i said, you can do this using any network monitoring software("Firewalls" usually monitor connections).
i recommend "COMODO firewall" for you.

Kassem

Alright... I'm currently using the firewall that comes built in Kaspersky Internet Security 2011. I blocked the following IP Addresses so far:
- 77.42.253.23 (I suspect this is the one responsible of this whole issue)
- 74.125.0.34
- 77.125.210.242

Is there a way to check which Host Name the IP refers to?

Also, I disabled my Windows Clock from synchronizing with the Internet Clock. Nabs (Tigerheart.Hackers) suspected it might be the problem.

@amkahal: Could you post the list of IP's you blocked in order to solve this issue? Thanks in advance.

Georges

Kassem wroteAlright... I'm currently using the firewall that comes built in Kaspersky Internet Security 2011. I blocked the following IP Addresses so far:
- 77.42.253.23 (I suspect this is the one responsible of this whole issue)
- 74.125.0.34
- 77.125.210.242

Is there a way to check which Host Name the IP refers to?

Also, I disabled my Windows Clock from synchronizing with the Internet Clock. Nabs (Tigerheart.Hackers) suspected it might be the problem.

Try typing the IP Addresses in your browser (the first two redirects me to google.com - The 3rd didn't do anything.

Windows Clock synchronization is definitely not the issue you're facing. (How come such a process can take up to 20 MB/day ?).