Hacked internet account?

First id like to say that i wasnt sure what section to put this into & this looked most appropriate so i apologise if i have posted this question in the wrong section.
Now my problem is as follows: I have a intel imac & a G4 powermac on a little internet network at home, along with 2 PC laptops (the pc's belong to my flatmates). we have a D-Link 502T as our modem, and a A-Link 'fast ethernet 5 port switch' to send the internet signal to the computers. Our ISP is AAPT & our monthly download limit is 15gig.
I have limewire, frostwire, & Xtorrent installed on my imac & i use them occasionally. my flatemates also have installed frostwire on their laptops. they both use commercially available anti virus/spyware programs eg AVG & nortons.
so the actual problem is that about 4weeks ago our internet usage started going up dramatically & in 2 weeks over 17gig has been downloaded through our account. The largest file i have knowingly downloaded is 2.6gig.
On one particular day almost 4.5gig was downloaded & that particular day there was minimal internet usage in the house.
I was playing Halo online for a few weeks & we do like to watch Youtube videos but i dont see how this could bump up our usage so much
A AAPT rep believes someone has opened a 'port' through our modem & is downloading through our account. the modem has been reset & the password changed.
is there anyway of finding out whether we were hacked or not?
Is there a better forum to discuss this sort of thing?
Any assistance would be appreciated
thanks
intel iMac 2.0ghz, PowerMac G4 466 Mac OS X (10.4.9) 1gig/160g HD, 768meg/30g & 200g HD

Hi Ralf,
since posting the question i have realised a few things;
1. our download speed has tripled but our monthly alowance has only increased by 25%
2. on a few occasions i have spent 4hrs or more on youtube
uploading does not affect our monthly quota for downloads so i dont think there is a problem with the filesharing apps, although my flatmate is deleting them.
as for 'video chatting', i am not but i think my flatmate watches thai tv on occasion (his gf lives there)
we have both downloaded net monitoring apps so we'll keep an eye on it but after posting the question i spoke to a few people & they were of the belief that it was very possible to do what we did.
thanks for the response

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