Network/internet traffic monitoring

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AlbertLionheart

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There was a recent thread about checking traffic volumes and the recommendation was for NetMeter. I ran this just to see and it provides lots of information about total traffic and will produce logs.
Does anyone know if there is a tool out there which will tell you what program is using the connection to the ISP? It is easy enough to see, for example, if your AV is running an update but what about other programs that grab the link and make use of it?
Any ideas anyone?
 
netstat comes with every OS. Use TCPView from Sysinternals for a prettier interface.
 
Excellent - I ran netstat and am now worried at what I see in there.....
Sysinternals is a whole new set of useful tools - not had much publicity. I wonder why not and why it did not come on google. Thanks - just the job!
 
you can also check it by your firewall. Zone alarm shows it the best way. Fastly blinking program icon shows that more data is being transfered by that one than a slower blinking one.
 
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