On Sep 3, 2006, at 2:23 AM, Chris Gavin-Egan wrote:

> I have just been emailed by my broadband supplier to tell me that
> I have gone over my monthly bandwidth by 18gb (how i don't know)
>
Upload or download bandwidth?  Usually they're different...

Check to see whether you've been hacked.  Apparently it's relatively
common for inadequately protected systems to become file servers for
all sorts of illicit activity (music and video "sharing", porn,
DDOS attacks, etc.)

BillW

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