Quote from: Vod on October 29, 2014, 02:15:49 AM

Quote from: BitcoinSoup on October 29, 2014, 02:10:28 AM

I have a wireless modem that I use for data. Today I noticed it was massively overheating and my computer was running unusually hot.

Then I got a message from my provider that I was almost a gigabyte over my limit.

However I did not use much data recently. Somehow my computer has used several gigabytes yesterday and today when my actual usage was well under 10% of that.

I imagine it is some kind of hack but are there any ideas on what else it might be?

I've been using the same wireless modem for about 6 months. There are no computer users within range of the modem besides me.

Install some software that will track your data usage.

This. You either have a software continously checking something on Internet, or a malware/virus. Bitcoin probably not involved.
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