GhostWalker Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 Not sure if this is the correct place to put this soo.... Since Jan 25th my Bandwith has litterly hit Max and above. Nothing has changed, everything is the same as it was prior to this happing. I've checked all the settings and nothing is different. I even removed from the server some possibilities that could be causing it, yet my bandwith has kept increasing to the point that I just went over the limit. I ran my anti-virus scan and got rid of the W32.Novarg.A@mm email virus, (I hope), Could that have something to do with it? I'm even installing Firewall to see if it's an outside hacker. Is there any way to pin-point Excactly what is hogging it other then just "Traffic"? Heellpp!! Quote
TCH-Dick Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 If the virus has been sending out e-mail through your TCH account that could explain some of the bandwidth since e-mail does count towards your total bandwidth use. You can look in cpanel and get an ideas of where your bandwidth is going. Quote
GhostWalker Posted January 29, 2004 Author Posted January 29, 2004 I've checked my cpanel several times over. Bandwith is all being reported as HTTP traffic off the main site. I've checked all the sub-accounts on the site just to be sure and none of them are using anymore then normal. It's all coming from the main site itself. As of this moment I've official 'Busted' my limit and my site is Bandwidth Limit ExceededThe server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later. I've still got 3 days left before I hit the new cycle. What do I do if it keeps up?? I can't afford to upgrade to the next plan nor can I afford to keep purchasing extra bandwith. Quote
MikeJ Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 If it's all showing up as HTTP traffic, go through your AWSTATS in detail. In particular, look at the Hosts list and see if any are requesting an inordinate number of pages or bandwidth. That might at least help you narrow it down. Outside of that, you may need one of the TCH guys to poke around and look at the traffic going to your site. Quote
GhostWalker Posted January 29, 2004 Author Posted January 29, 2004 Probably going to have to see if one of them can help cause half the stuff I'm looking at doesn't mesh with the AWSTAT reports I'm reading. Most of the Big hits came pre-Jan25th and hardly anything after that Quote
Alan Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 Hey < GhostWalker > Do you have any downloads on your site? If so, change the location of them, and see if it continues, it could be someone on another site, linking directly to your downloadable files, AkA "Bandwidth Theft" Hope it helps. Quote
GhostWalker Posted January 29, 2004 Author Posted January 29, 2004 I just finished deleting them completly from the site. The only thing I have left is stories, pics & a couple of message boards. Though it is strange that when the bandwidth hit max, suddenly I had more space on the site. It went from about 230 megs then to over 450 megs now.... but that's probably just what I deleted from off the severs... *Puzzeled* I don't think they were THAT big though.... Quote
Alan Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 Hey, Not sure lol, they where most likely that big, because there is no way that someone can use your space without them having your passwords, that I can think of, but I would change my password just in case if I where you. Let us know if that fixes the bandwidth problem. Quote
brokenpillar Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 Go into AWstats and check under the full list of Referers. If you see items under there with a bunch of Hits listed but nothing under the Pages column, then someone linked to an item on your server. Quote
GhostWalker Posted January 30, 2004 Author Posted January 30, 2004 Kewl, thanks. I'll do that once I get home from work. I've already warned most everyone that if the bandwidth and hits increase again once the new cycle begins that I will be locking the site down untill I get it figured out. Quote
GhostWalker Posted January 31, 2004 Author Posted January 31, 2004 I think I found the evil reason for the whole problem. Turns out that somehow a Flash Animation file (.swf) was on one of the sub-accounts. I checked the Files that were hit and it showed it had 5610 hits and used up 8.02 gig. We removed the file and folder it was in and will see what happens tomorrow. Wish me luck!! Quote
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