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stealth internet activity
64 bit Windows 7 home premium
Every now and then there is considerable activity whenever the modem is connected, even though I am doing nothing, even if the browser is not running. I need to know how to find out what is using the connection.
I have automatic updates turned off for everything I know about. I initiate software updates when I am certain I don't need or want to do anything else with the computer. I don't want anything of any sort communicating without explicit instructions to do so.
This dial-up line is slow at the best of times. Sometimes, like today, something unknown will begin downloading hundreds of thousand, even millions of bytes. I don't know what it is, I don't know how to stop it except to disconnect. The competition for bandwidth makes it very hard to get my work done. There must be some way to tell what is being downloaded and what it is that is doing the downloading.