computeramateur
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My son has recently moved to Gold Coast. We bought him a Toshiba laptop (Windows Vista firewall), with wireless broadband internet access. His monthly allowed usage is 3GB per month. Our monthly usage at home is 5GB per month and when he lived at home, we usually averaged about 3GB of usage per month for 4 people. Last month, he went well over the 3GB allowed usage and this month his ISP is saying he has used 2GB already (in 5 days!). 1GB downloads and 1GB uploads. He swears he uses the computer no more than he did at home; even less because he works full time now. Any suggestions why his ISP is saying his usage is so high? He says he pulls the USB for the internet out when not on the computer. Could someone be hacking in? Windows Vista to blame?