On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Chris Downie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some app or process is randomly downloading to my computer. I came in this > morning and the lights on my router were flashing away franticly. My > connection was also very slow. It turns out I had busted my cap and was being > throttled. > Now I typically average only 50meg useage a day but in the last 24 hours I > used 500meg and 80meg in the last four hours alone and I haven't even been at > the computer. > The downloading varies between four and ten minutes then stops. There doesn't > appear to be a set period between downloads. > > I had a look at htop and the only processes that stand out (or I don't > recollect seeing before) are a couple of spamd child and five instances > of /sbin/getty/ 38400 tty1 through tty5 > > What should I be looking for and what can I put in place to track what is > downloading and where it's coming from?
sudo netstat -tanp will give a list of apps that have active TCP network conenctions
