Edit this Article. We use cookies to make wikiHow great. By using our site, you agree to our cookie policy. Cookie Settings. Learn why people trust wikiHow. Download Article Explore this Article parts. Tips and Warnings. Related Articles. Author Info Last Updated: May 15, Part 1. Review the page that opens. You will be redirected to a new window which lists all your downloads. You can track their location and view all other information.
Part 2. Right click in the free space near the tabs of your web browser. Choose the option to show your Menu Bar. A new tab will automatically open in the Explorer, and the menu bar will be displayed. Choose the option of Tools. For anyone who designs websites, having more than one browser is a must because the page you are designing may appear different or work in one but not another.
All browsers act independently, allowing you to run multiple browsers at the same time. Can I have more than one Internet browser installed? Additional information How to install or uninstall the Google Chrome browser. How to install or uninstall the Mozilla Firefox browser. So askleo. Those are places that you go to using a browser such as IE, Firefox or Chrome. What that means is that any program on your computer, including the browsers that I just talked about, could in fact be downloading an update.
It may also happen to be a web server, and have some websites on it, but these kind of downloads are often coming from locations that actually have nothing to do with websites, depending on the program and the specifics.
Some programs- like your anti-malware tools- also update periodically. They just go ahead and do it. And of course, your email program could be checking for and downloading email.
But we also need to talk briefly about malware. The problem here, of course, is that malware can do anything. So if you have an infection of some sort, your computer could be downloading or uploading all sorts of things. It could even be sending email; a classic example of one of the ways that botnets are used. This article talks about using a Windows 7 utility called Perfmon to see which programs are accessing the network.
It actually does a pretty nice job of showing you which programs are connected to something out on the internet; which ones are downloading lots of data, and which ones are not. This can possibly at least give you a clue. Sometimes, unfortunately, the clue is very obscure. For example, sometimes Perfmon will show that the process called svchost is the one doing the download. But on the other hand, sometimes it will be really obvious. Give it a try. Subscribe to Confident Computing!
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