Hello Team/windows Experts,
I need help from you people on this issue that i am facing. I tried to find out the exact reason behind this, however i am not successful on this.
Here is the issue:
I recently re-formatted my laptop and re-installed windows 8.1. After that, I installed only couple of software program i.e. Mozilla Firefox and installed Bit defender total security 2015 and I updated my Antivirus software. I have two ISP connections, one is USB 3G wireless connection and another one is a normal wired connection to which a wireless router is connected (wifi connection).
Now, this is what I have seen happening. The moment i connect to the 3G usb wireless connection and even if i don't open any browser or website, I see that the data is being downloaded and i can see enormous amount of data being downloaded for no reason and I couldn't find as to what is being downloaded to my system. One can imagine and understand 10-15 Mb downloaded in couple of minutes and the connection sitting idle and not downloading anything later is fine, but if nothing is being accessed/browsed and still seeing 200-300 mb data being downloaded is something to be watched for.
The same situation was seen when i enabled my wireless connection from another ISP provider (wifi) and don't know within a minute or so 50 MB data was consumed and to see what its actually doing, i waited for another 5 -10 minutes and huge data was downloaded (may be another 100-200 MB).
Now before using my internet connection, I have done the following to ensure that unnecessary data is not downloaded from both USB 3G and wifi connection:
1. I don't run any torrents. They are absent.
2. I disabled automatic windows update
3. I have disabled live tiles so that consant update to the windows app tiles are off.
4. I have turned metered connection on for both the networks.
5. I don't download anything from internet unless very important related to my studies. I do very normal browsing.
I am pretty sure that antivirus signatures are not more than 5 mb or so (they are even smaller in files), so they won't eat that much data.
If at all, I have to see what is being downloaded to my system, where can i find that detail/information?
How should I stop this from happening as i have to watch my 3g USB stats every now and then to see if its downloading lot of data or not?
As this is a recently formatted system, I don't see any malware/virus issues as I have my system protected. Although now software can protect the system fully, but still i haven't access/browsed any website that might cause issues to my system. However, this is something i am trying to find out and if you guys can help/suggest me, it would be great.
Warm Regards,
R Janak Sundhar