How to temporarily block a connection to the Internet?

[jvalh]

I know that I can shut down the broadband network connection by pressing
a button on the DSL modem. Is there any simple way to do this from the
computer?

While the computer is idling, I notice that the incoming data can build
up a megabyte in an hour. These data are not related to anything I
started. Seems like the computer and the internet are constantly
chattering to one another.

Is there any simple mouse- or keyboard -switch-off and -switch-on available?

Win7 Home Edition is in use.

TIA

 

[Hot Totty]

I know that I can shut down the broadband network connection by pressing
a button on the DSL modem. Is there any simple way to do this from the
computer?

While the computer is idling, I notice that the incoming data can build
up a megabyte in an hour. These data are not related to anything I
started. Seems like the computer and the internet are constantly
chattering to one another.

Is there any simple mouse- or keyboard -switch-off and -switch-on
available?

Win7 Home Edition is in use.

TIA

Yea sure. Right Click on your taskbar icon for your connection and then
select "Status". In the dialog box that opens there is a button to
disable your connection temporarily.

hth

 

[Big Steel]

I know that I can shut down the broadband network connection by pressing
a button on the DSL modem. Is there any simple way to do this from the
computer?

While the computer is idling, I notice that the incoming data can build
up a megabyte in an hour. These data are not related to anything I
started. Seems like the computer and the internet are constantly
chattering to one another.

Is there any simple mouse- or keyboard -switch-off and -switch-on
available?

Win7 Home Edition is in use.

It sounds like you have some kind of malware running on the machine. You
can install Current Ports it's free and look at the connections to
remote IP(s) to see what the computer is connecting to and what program
is doing it. You then look-up the IP(s) to determine if it is a legit or
dubious connection.


http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html

 

[TLC]

I know that I can shut down the broadband network connection by pressing
a button on the DSL modem. Is there any simple way to do this from the
computer?

While the computer is idling, I notice that the incoming data can build
up a megabyte in an hour. These data are not related to anything I
started. Seems like the computer and the internet are constantly
chattering to one another.

Is there any simple mouse- or keyboard -switch-off and -switch-on
available?

Win7 Home Edition is in use.

TIA

I wrote 2 simple batch files, i.e. Disable_LAN.bat and Enable_LAN.bat
as follows:

The contents of the Disable_LAN.bat are:

@echo off
netsh interface set interface "Local Area Connection" disable


The contents of the Enable_LAN.bat are:

@echo off
netsh interface set interface "Local Area Connection" enable

You can use any text editor such as Notepad to create these batch files.

 

[Dick Mahar]

I know that I can shut down the broadband network connection by pressing a
button on the DSL modem. Is there any simple way to do this from the
computer?

While the computer is idling, I notice that the incoming data can build up
a megabyte in an hour. These data are not related to anything I started.
Seems like the computer and the internet are constantly chattering to one
another.

Is there any simple mouse- or keyboard -switch-off and -switch-on
available?

Win7 Home Edition is in use.

TIA

Maybe go to task manager and shut down the browser....Can't hurt anything

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Maybe go to task manager and shut down the browser....Can't hurt anything

Also most likely won't help.

Consider all the programs which legitimately update themselves or check
for updates with the browser not running.

Windows, iTunes & QuickTime, antivirus programs, Adobe Reader, and Java
come to mind, and I haven't even started to think about it yet.

 

[LouB]

I know that I can shut down the broadband network connection by pressing
a button on the DSL modem. Is there any simple way to do this from the
computer?

While the computer is idling, I notice that the incoming data can build
up a megabyte in an hour. These data are not related to anything I
started. Seems like the computer and the internet are constantly
chattering to one another.

Is there any simple mouse- or keyboard -switch-off and -switch-on
available?

Win7 Home Edition is in use.

TIA

If the connection is a wired connection and you can easily reach the
back of your computer then unplug the ethernet cable?