Huge spike in data usage

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ghettomaster

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#1578858 23-Jun-2016 10:10

OldGeek:

Irrelevant to the thread

Agreed. FWIW I thought it worth mentioning that if there is malware on your network that is causing the increase in usage, you would want to address that regardless of what plan you are on.

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#1579154 23-Jun-2016 18:24

mclean:

Going back to the original post: You're not trying to send an email that's too big and is stuck in an upload loop?

No. The majority of the data is 'download'.

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#1579155 23-Jun-2016 18:26

ghettomaster:

OldGeek:

Irrelevant to the thread

Agreed. FWIW I thought it worth mentioning that if there is malware on your network that is causing the increase in usage, you would want to address that regardless of what plan you are on.

The thought occurred to me - but re-enabling the (Genius) router firewall stopped the problem (well so far anyway).

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#1579157 23-Jun-2016 18:29

clinty: For the record Seeby is the MD of Voyager that is mentioned above

Noted and under consideration ;-)

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#1581158 27-Jun-2016 15:00

OldGeek:

The thought occurred to me - but re-enabling the (Genius) router firewall stopped the problem (well so far anyway).

Oh also I must mention, as you have accidently opened the firewall it would pay to change your admin password just as a precautionary measure.

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#1581385 27-Jun-2016 18:47

Nebbie:

OldGeek:

The thought occurred to me - but re-enabling the (Genius) router firewall stopped the problem (well so far anyway).

Oh also I must mention, as you have accidently opened the firewall it would pay to change your admin password just as a precautionary measure.

Thanks - all done.

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#1588565 8-Jul-2016 23:43

Sounds like a ddos attack due to your firewall being down for that short period, had it happen to me before on Orcon when my firewall settings were off on the modem.

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