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this is my first question here I use Google Chrome as a browser, when I download something using IDM i noticed the speed doesn't get even 25% of my full speed but when i close chrome, it changes quickly and reach the full speed ? how does chrome can affect the downloading speed even i just opening a blank page ? this happens every time I tried to use GlassWire as a firewall it turned out that chrome always downloading something or uploading (while opening only a blank page not even surfing websites) and how to know what it's uploading ? or where does it download these things ?

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  • It is not necessarily downloading to file. But if it is a file, there are utilities to check for open files and associates them with the process that uses them (in Linux (and OSX?): lsof, and in Windows, possibly some SysInternals utility. But it may be time to review your list of Chrome add-ons.
    – xenoid
    Commented Aug 27, 2017 at 10:29
  • AdBlock - Dominoes - IDM Integration Module -Pop up blocker for Chrome™ - these are my extensions
    – scr2em
    Commented Aug 27, 2017 at 10:32
  • If you just open Chrome or Firefox, you can see they are connected to some websites. But that traffic is too low to interfere IDM download.
    – Biswapriyo
    Commented Aug 27, 2017 at 13:04

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You can see the destination IP addresses and consumed bandwidth for each network connection with the built-in Resource Monitor.

Unfortunately it's impossible to see file names or exact plugin that creates the connection, but sometimes you can guess it form the IP address:

  • try Whois, sometimes you can get the IP address block owner's name from it
  • try nslookup, probably the reverse DNS PTR record will be meaningful
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