adsl bandwidth usage issues

[|sAvAgE|]

the attached screenie, taken about 10 minutes ago (according to my clock 00:20). which means i downloaded 243 MB in 20 minutes. perhaps this is possible, like in a freakish way but to clear things up i wasnt even downloading anything @ that time and i doubt the few lines i typed on IRC uses 243MB of bandwidth.

so, anyone else having anomalies on their adsl usage graphs? 243MB is quite a bit to just ignore and i suppose nothing can be done about this, right?

[Ph@ntom]

LOL! Someones bound to get capped soon! :P
Check your backround services and anything that relates to auto-updating (norton, windows update, etc.)
Else I dunno, unless you've shared your drives or directories and someone got into your machine or something.

[Floruro]

I had some weird stuff last month too.
In one day, which i knew i wasnt downloading, suddenly i had used 1.3 gigs in that day alone. First time this weirdness has happened.

[187<>Ceasar~]

Some punk ass mofo somewhere has probably figured out how to tap into ADSL lines accross the nation, or not.

[Macera]

Get a program called bandwith controller, it will show you per second, graphs of incoming and outcoming traffic, you cannot check what teh source is though :/, and its for your lan too, but, you cant maybe get a firewall?