my dialup internet connection sends a lot of data out, usually more than I receive when I am surfing or downloading. But even when I am doing nothing, it sent out a lot of data, about 3k bytes/sec.
I have Windows 2000 pro sp4, ie6 sp1, eTrust antivirus, ms Anti-spyware, ad-aware, spybot, zone alarm personal, sygate personal.
I understand that some programs need to contact their servers to obtain updates, but constantly sending out 3k/sec is weird. Any idea?
I scan the system daily to get rid of spywares. Also I tried to block outgoing traffic using zone alarm and sygate. Zone alarm doesn't seem to have the option to block only outgoing traffic. Sygate does have the advance rules, but it didn't seem to work.