On 4 Jun 99, at 22:36, Anwar Alshingiti wrote: > During my on-line sessions , and when I am at idle , doing nothing , my > modem shows a large volume od download for extende periods of time, seems > like I was beeing hacked into , > Is there any software that'll allow me to see where all that data is going ? There are several programs that can provide you with a bit more control over the connections between your machine and the net. [My own favourite is called "AtGuard Personal Firewall"; I seem to be recommending it a lot lately. There are several other products in the Win 95/98 "personal machine security" market, roughly $20-60. There are also some free tools for dealing with specific kinds of attack, but at this point you don't know what's going on, so they may not help.] The downside is that these products, pretty good at providing you with additional capability to *control* the connections, are limited in their ability to explain what is happening so you can make *informed* decisions about what to allow and what to block. So they're not "magic bullets"; to get much benefit out of them, you're going to need to learn some stuff about networking, and that could take a little while. That said, the sooner you install something that can at least *show* you what's happening, the sooner you'll begin to have an idea what to allow and what to block. David G PCSOFT's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>