I use
a laptop, which is connected to the Internet via UMTS or
Satellite. As you may know this is an expensive method
and generally paid per MB. So I was quite annoyed, that
my laptop showed a mind of its own and started to
generate a lot of traffic.
Investigation revealed there was a service started by
svchost.exe. Detailed investigation revealed, BITS was
the culprit. I put it to manual and stopped it. Testing
showed the functionality of the system is not impaired.
I
send you this info, because more and more users are
using UMTS and the like. And the costs of a rogue
process can be quite high. To illustrate: I lost some
$30 in network usage charges, before I solved the
problem.
And I
have at least some utility software and expertise in my
toolkit. If one is unaware of this one can end up paying
a lot more than needed.
Hope
this helps.
