I use a program called Active Ports to track incoming and outgoing... If the entry flashes red you just have to double-click 'n it tells all... >From: Thomas Mayer <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Personal Computer Hardware discussion List ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Who is sending to/from my computer? >Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:32:18 -0700 > >Quite a number of programs automatically update themselves. During >installation, the more professional programs will ask you if you want >automatic updates. The unprofessional ones don't ask. In fact McAfee & >Microsoft do automatic updates if you allow it. > >You could go through all the programs on your computer and verify if each >has a setting for automatic updates and then deactivate the automatic >functions as you desire. Another way is to be very limiting with you >firewall as to which programs can call home without asking you. This method >can be very annoying as the programs will not take the hint and stop >trying. > >Tom Mayer > >Robert Citkowitz wrote: >>Every so often my dialup gets bogged down by an unknown file transfer. >>Sometimes I am later informed that something has been updated, which is >>reassuring, but usually I don't know what has been happening. >>I have an incoming/outgoing software firewall (preloaded McAfee), but I >>still want to know what is being updated, if something is going out to >>someone, especially if the someone was able to bypass the firewall, who is >>writing to my hard drive. >>Is there some way to identify the site to which I am connected, and what >>is going in/out? >>Rob >> >> > > Visit our website regularly for FAQs, > articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more > http://freepctech.com _________________________________________________________________ Check Out Our List Of Trendy Restaurants. You'll Eat It Up! http://local.live.com/?mkt=en-ca/?v=2&cid=A6D6BDB4586E357F!378 Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com