All my bandwidth is being used and I don't know why

tiago2014

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Earlier today, the quality of my internet connection dropped suddenly. Then, I checked my Task Manager and it says I'm downloading constantly at 2.1 Mbps, what is basically all the bandwidth I have. Then, I check the Resource Monitor and it only reports the use of some bytes per second of bandwidth.

I have already disabled Windows Update because I thought it could be downloading updates, but I still have the same bandwidth usage.

Look at the screeshot:
network_issue.png
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
If some program is not updating or OneDrive synching you may have some malware, which AV or other security programs do you have ?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
    Motherboard
    Asus Prime x470 Pro
    Memory
    16GB Kingston 3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
    PSU
    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
    Case
    Raidmax
    Cooling
    CCM Nepton 140xl
    Internet Speed
    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
I don't even have any cloud storage service installed here. Besides Windows' default security features, I'm only running AVG Free Edition 2014 as AV.

Anyway, today, the bandwidth usage is magically back to normal.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Hi,there
Have a look at your Router logs. Could be someone else is accessing your wi-fi.
Check also that there's no torrent processes running (seeding for example).

Check also your MOBILE PHONE isn't doing a lot of updates - switch off automatic application updates - especially things like News services and social media networks.

People often FORGET that mobile phones these days are quite large consumers of Internet services (and tablets as well if you have any).

Otherwise just block everything going out and see if anything is trying to connect.

Cheers
jimbo
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Linux Centos 7, W8.1, W7, W2K3 Server W10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 X LG 40 inch TV
    Hard Drives
    SSD's * 3 (Samsung 840 series) 250 GB
    2 X 3 TB sata
    5 X 1 TB sata
    Internet Speed
    0.12 GB/s (120Mb/s)
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