TCPView from Sysinternals

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Tue, 30/12/2008 - 12:30
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A great little utility I use all the time is TCPView from Sysinternal (MS Technet). 

 

This little program shows you which application is using which TCP or UDP ports on your workstation.  It is fantastic for identifying what is generating outgoing connections from a PC.  Particularly with todays prevelant amount of Malware / Spyware out there, it is great to see what is happening on your PC in the background (usually without your knowledge).

From the GUI you can even stop the processes if you need to, which is great if you are trying to eliminate possible causes of issues on a machine.

 

The technet article on TCPView can be found here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx

The page contains the link to download the software (only 59KB).

 

There is also a link to run it directly from Sysinternals on the page as well, if you don't want to download and run the program. 

 

FYI: Here is the link to Run TCPView from sysinternals directly for easy access.

 

Cheers,

Aaron

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Tue, 05/05/2009 - 11:15
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Great Tool

Hi Aaron,

I have been using this tool for a little while now and I would agree it is fantastic for the task.  It is great for finding out what is happening on your workstation.

Regards,

Jon

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