Re: 4 Gig worth of packets sent every 12-36 hours

From: pclogger (pclogger_888_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/06/05 

Date: 5 Jan 2005 16:18:29 -0800

hh wrote:
> When I bring up my network connection, the number of packets sent
grows in
> increments of 4 Gigabytes. ... The number of
> incoming packets seem to be very reasonable.
You seemed to say that a lot of packets are going out. If so, I doubt
that it is Norton. In theory, a "call home" to check for the latest
definition should not take 4G of data to do the job.

Can you see the destination or source IP? If so, you should be able to
confirm that it is Norton. My guess is that it may be runaway bug or a
Trojan. Run netstat to get an initial feel. Confirmed your suspicion
with ipTicker.

Good Luck