Seems like in no time you can see millions.
Recently I have noticed that my computer averages between 1million and 10million packets received and only in the hundreds of thousands sent. I have tried virus scanning using Avast Anti-Virus and I did spyware sweeps with Spybot and AdAware.
Current system config is: IBM T30 Thinkpad, intel P4 1.8GHz, 512 RAM, Windows XP SP2 (fully updated), netgear 108Mb/s wireless card on 802.11g frequency, connects to a Netgear Pre-N router via Cable Modem (IO Cable line aka Cablevision).
Normally I run Avast anti virus, use mozilla firefox, I play Gunbound an online game, Windows firewall enabled, runs SpyBot-SD Resident scanner, and Trillian chat application.
So does anyone have any idea why my packets received are so high!?

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