Computer is always downloading
My MBP is always downloading something at the rate of 25-50KB/s. I see its numbers on Menu Meters and it looks like this:
Then it periodically uploads at a similar rate. What can it possibly be downloading for days on end? Is there a Terminal based dump of network downloads? The computer is also doggishly slow with lots of spinning wheels. MacBook Pro 2011, 10.9.2.