Is my Local Area Connection Status addressing a concern ?

This is a follow-through question to my last one as I could not get a relevent answer.

I am in the process of resolving a low speed broadband connection with help from my ISP. However, they believe there are unknown and hidden processes running in the background, completely undetected by the anti-virus and anti-spyware software.

However, all I want to know from you guys is this: Is there anything for me to observe on Local Area Connection Status window - like the number of sent packets in comparison with the number of received packets at the current login ?

PS: Right now, the number of sent packets is far too high than the received even with all programs and applications closed. My ISP says this is a clear instance of the internet connection being used by unknown programs in the background !

Is my Local Area Connection Status addressing a concern ?norton ghost

Well, I think your ISP is correct. If your machine is sending packets out in a higher number than received that is totally backward from normal useage. You generall send a request out. Like www.yahoo.com then yahoo returns a page. That page is much much larger than your request so the sent to receive value is certainly more received than sent!

You need to see if you can clean your machine. There are worms, trojans and viruses that HIDE from the programs designed to kill them. If you have one it may not be easy to find.