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Hello, not sure if i am going to be using the correct termanology, so if i
do not, please don't hit me. I was wondering if there was a program out
there (preferably freeware) that does a good job of sniffing various ports
that some outside user would be 'listening' to or more importantly 'acting'
through. In other words, letting me know if i am the only one attuned to my
computers actions, perhaps constantly running in the background and if such
a 'breach' does take place, lets me know about it. I suppose the actual
preventing of that (if there is one) will come later, but i would just like
to know if it is happening. I could describe my situation in more detail,
but as i dont want to bore you all, i'll leave it at that. Thanks for any
help in advance, it is greatly appreciated.

~Senturon

"Senturon" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello, not sure if i am going to be using the correct termanology, so if i
> do not, please don't hit me. I was wondering if there was a program
out
> there (preferably freeware) that does a good job of sniffing various ports
> that some outside user would be 'listening' to or more importantly
'acting'
> through. In other words, letting me know if i am the only one attuned to
my
> computers actions, perhaps constantly running in the background and if
such
> a 'breach' does take place, lets me know about it. I suppose the actual
> preventing of that (if there is one) will come later, but i would just
like
> to know if it is happening. I could describe my situation in more detail,
> but as i dont want to bore you all, i'll leave it at that. Thanks for any
> help in advance, it is greatly appreciated.

netstat (may not be available on your version of Windows - hard to tell from
the headers). If not, then TCPview from (IIRC) sysinternals.com.

Both require some knowledge to interpret.

HTH

Hairy One Kenobi

Disclaimer: the opinions expressed in this opinion do not necessarily
reflect the opinions of the highly-opinionated person expressing the opinion
in the first place. So there!

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 23:51:04 -0000, "Hairy One Kenobi"
<abuse@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:

>"Senturon" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> Hello, not sure if i am going to be using the correct termanology, so if i
>> do not, please don't hit me. I was wondering if there was a program
>out
>> there (preferably freeware) that does a good job of sniffing various ports
>> that some outside user would be 'listening' to or more importantly
>'acting'
>> through. In other words, letting me know if i am the only one attuned to
>my
>> computers actions, perhaps constantly running in the background and if
>such
>> a 'breach' does take place, lets me know about it. I suppose the actual
>> preventing of that (if there is one) will come later, but i would just
>like
>> to know if it is happening. I could describe my situation in more detail,
>> but as i dont want to bore you all, i'll leave it at that. Thanks for any
>> help in advance, it is greatly appreciated.
>
>netstat (may not be available on your version of Windows - hard to tell from
>the headers). If not, then TCPview from (IIRC) sysinternals.com.
>
>Both require some knowledge to interpret.

TCPView (free) from <http://www.sysinternals.com/> is OK. Port
Explorer (also free) from
<http://www.diamondcs.com.au/portexplorer/index.php?page=home> is
better.
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.