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Help: what programs are using my modem and network connection???? Unauthorised use!!! HELP!
Posted by Wim on September 9th, 2004


My PC makes frequent (2x per minute!!!) unauthorised calls out to my
ISP. Probably spyware. But my Lavasoft Adaware 6 + data updates does
NOT detect this spyware.....
In the meantime, I see my network connection being active all the
time. With what? Okay, sometimes my NAV Automatic Update, andsometimes
the Windows Automatic Update, but that's not ALL the time......

Request:
I need a programme that logs the use of my ISDN modem (on my W98
machine) and preferably my network connection too, logging what
programme is using my modem + network card.

By the way, DU Meter does NOT indicate/log WHAT PROGRAM is using my
modem and network connections, and in case of spyware, is not even
registering the use of my modem!!!!

I don't think this is a strange request, quite a normal one actually,
but MS does not provide such a facility, it only offers the modem log
file that registers the commands, not WHAT program make these
commands... And a search on the Internet did not solve my problem
either.

Wim Eising
Durban
Windows 98

Posted by Alex Layfield on September 10th, 2004


Try ZoneAlarm Firewall...

Download from www.zonelabs.de ...

Once installed as soon as a program tries to access the net, it'll ask you
whether to allow it or not...

Enjoy safety from now on...


aleX


Posted by Chuck on September 15th, 2004


On 9 Sep 2004 15:47:53 -0700, *email_address_deleted* (Wim) wrote:

Get the modem out of your computer. End modem hijacks forever.

Get a NAT router that supports modem attachment, and an external modem.

With a router managing the modem, your computer will have less to do. And when
you get a new computer, or change the OS, your internet connection will be
working as soon as you plug it in. And be secure at the same time.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.


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