Programs+on+your+computer

** That are connected to the Internet **
 * Programs on your computer **

** How to find out **

Would you be interested to know what programs on your computer are connecting to the Internet? Is there a spyware program on your computer that is surreptitiously sending information over the Internet? Or which of your legitimate programs are "calling home?"

There is a command line utility that will help you find out. It works in both XP andVista.
 * Click Start.
 * In XP, click Run and type cmd in the Run box. In Vista, you need to open the command prompt with elevated privileges, so click All Programs, Accessories, then right click Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator then:- In Win 7 :- Start type in the box without the quotes “CMD” At the top of the window right-click Cmd.exe elect to run as administrator by clicking the option, then:-
 * At the command prompt, type Without the quotes “netstat -nab “

This displays a list of running programs, the protocol being used by each to connect to the Internet, and the IP address and port being used. The list is astounding when you see LISTENING and ESTABLISHED masses of them