Way to know what programs are connecting to the internet

[tyanlion]

Hi,

Is there a way to see what program is connecting to the internet?? I have tried netstat -a in cmd prompt but that really doesn't tell me what program is connecting.

[USSS]

Port Explorer 2.100

[tyanlion]

wow thanks i didn't even know such a program existed. however in my computer there is no sent and recieved packets being shown in port explorer but i am my netowork connection status still shows something is sending and receiving information. is it spyware? or is this normal? all i see is that the system processes are listening.

[dr_st]

Also:

Kerio firewall shows active ports, incoming and outgoing.
NetLimiter shows inbound and outbound traffic, associated with processes.

[USSS]

...my netowork connection status still shows something is sending and receiving information. is it spyware? or is this normal? all i see is that the system processes are listening.

I believe the publisher of Port Explorer has a very comprehensive FAQ that can answer your questions about system processes that typically connect to the Internet.

[Deckard]

I have been using TCPView, been quite happy with it.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysint ... pView.mspx

I have checked Port Explorer, it looks very nice, a bit more informative than TCPView, but they are doing basically the same thing.

[tomh009]

Go to a command prompt and type

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netstat -b -n

[ryengineer]

I think that's one of the basic features of any firewall.

[dandrop]

Go to a command prompt and type

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netstat -b -n

That's neat! I learned something new. Thanks

[tyanlion]

wow thanks that is really something new for me