Recently my data usage skyrocketed. Before March 26 I'd download maybe 4 to 8 GB per day, a high usage day might be 12 GB. On March 27 that jumped to 20, even up to 30 or more GB per day. I've exceeded my ISP data usage limit for the first time ever, that goes back mucho years.
I've tweaked Firefox browser settings and done what I could on general network and privacy settings but what I'm seeing is that if I open Firefox and leave it alone, the network only downloads a few dozen individual bytes every few seconds. But if I open 24hcf, my data download usage jumps to a bunch of MB every few seconds. That's even letting it sit on one page, basically not downloading anything new.
All websites show a small increase in data usage as you first load them but then once the content is loaded that stabilizes, but the fire just sends and sends data no matter if I'm actively opening topics or just letting it sit. Data usage increased some .3 GB in the time it's taken to type this.
So my question is - anybody else seeing this? I have adblocker going and it blocks anywhere from 7 to 20 odd ads per page but once they're blocked that data flow should cease.
The normal Windows monitoring tools just show that data is being downloaded but they don't get more specific than the processes in task manager. For whatever reason 24hcf is just talking up a storm to somebody and downloading data right and left. Anybody know of any on line tools that might pinpoint what exactly is being downloaded?
Update - as I was just typing this, not sending or receiving anything (that I know of) my data usage increased .5 GB, that's with nothing going except the keyboard. Gotta have my fire fix but if Rick put something on here around 3/27 that's downloading tons of crap I need to know about that and find a way to block it.
