[Skimmertalk] Aggregator Security 4.1 ?

[Mark n2qt]

There have been comments that Microsoft is sending windows10 update files in preparation
for updating the OS.  The amount of down load sounds suspicious.

This article details the subdirectory that is used

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/07/28/windows-10-automatic-download/

Mark. N2QT

> On Aug 3, 2015, at 4:14 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bill - If using Windows Firewall, you can turn it on and tell it to permit the Aggregator to communicate.  It'll ask you the next time you start it and remember thereafter. I also suggest you install Windows Security Essentials even if you never use it for surfing.
> 
> No way that the Aggregator should use more than a few Kb per hour.  I would ask Verizon to tell you what IP address used all that data, since it is possible someone stole your Verizon ID and used it to do something like downloading a movie.
> 
> 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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>> On 8/3/2015 3:43 PM, Bill Straw via Skimmertalk wrote:
>> This question is submitted to the group because I don't know much about computers
>> and internet stuff.
>> 
>> Last night at 0300 local I got a Verizon text that I had hit 70% of my monthly data.
>> Sure enough, on MYVERIZON, 3.7 GB had been used in a 3 hour period.
>> 
>> The home setup is a Verizon Router, hidden SSID, WPA-2 password protected. A Google
>> Chromebox is ethernet connected to the router. It would have been in sleep mode.
>> 
>> Only 3 MAC address devices are allowed to connect to the router, a Google Chromebook
>> and a laptop, both were OFF at the time.
>> 
>> The third device is the "skimmer-PC" which is on and connected 24/7 (of course!)
>> This PC is only 8 months old, only used for the skimmer, the only websites it has
>> been to are yahoo mail and RBN. The firewall is off, I think that was in the RBN
>> install instructions, and it doesn't have any virus software since it doesn't get
>> used to "surf" the net, the Chrome devices do that.
>> 
>> Any advice? We don't use the internet much and don't want to burn up my 20GB Verizon
>> data plan !!
>> 
>> Thanks, Bill KO7SS
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