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| 320493 | 2005-02-01 19:00:00 | Sometimes I see the two little windows in the bottom right of my screen lit up, indicating internet activity. And I wonder what exactly is being downloaded or uploaded, since no email or web pages are being activated. Maybe it is a program update, or ??? Is there somewhere in Zone Alarm that can identify what is the up/download? |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 320494 | 2005-02-01 20:14:00 | Well the 2 windows may mean u on the net and that u have a NIC. Sometimes it can flash one or the other, if u have nortons / liveupdate installed. And its doing its thing in the background. Umm. Well cant tell u anything about ZA, since the stupid thing wouldnt install the other day when I tried (twice). The 1st time it kept on bringing up errors, trying to install the thing. The 2nd time, it did nothing but take my cpu usage to over 50% and in the meantime / background dumped a useless 11 gb tmp file in one of my folders lol.... Which did absolutely nothing, but take my main c partition down to 633mb. Until I deleted the temp files it created. And it still didnt install! |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 320495 | 2005-02-01 20:17:00 | gidday, it may be just your isp doing a check, or it may be you have something on your computer trying to 'phone home' or some graphics on web sites cause the lights to flicker. suggest running adware or spybot to check for spyware, and run antivirus software to check computer is clear of viruses etc. cheers, Robby |
Robby (3123) | ||
| 320496 | 2005-02-01 21:27:00 | yes. open ZA, up the top it shows the icons of a few programs that are connecting to the net. otherwise go and set all the programs to "ask" and it will popup when it trys to access the net. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 320497 | 2005-02-01 23:39:00 | yes. open ZA, up the top it shows the icons of a few programs that are connecting to the net. otherwise go and set all the programs to "ask" and it will popup when it trys to access the net. Thanks Tweak. Funny... I never noticed those icons up at the top. On another thread today I was told about 'Edit' for changing a post, and it has been right there all of the time waiting to be used. ;) As for the other replies (above), yes, I do run Spybot and Adaware on a regular basis, and know about ISPs etc doing a check or whatever. When a program tries to access the Net for the first time, ZA will ask if it is OK - thereafter I have opted not to be reminded of the same program accessing the Net. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 320498 | 2005-02-01 23:43:00 | Sometimes a website will poll your machine to see if you are still looking at their page. Otherwise check for spyware etc. |
netchicken (4843) | ||
| 320499 | 2005-02-01 23:47:00 | Sometimes I see the two little windows in the bottom right of my screen lit up, indicating internet activity. And I wonder what exactly is being downloaded or uploaded, since no email or web pages are being activated. Maybe it is a program update, or ??? Is there somewhere in Zone Alarm that can identify what is the up/download? I use Outpost Firewall and that shows network activity. It lists the application, Remote IP and bytes sent/received. |
Miami Steve (2128) | ||
| 320500 | 2005-02-02 02:00:00 | type this without the quote marks, into a command-line: "netstat -an". It will show you every connection you have, including client and server ports on your machine and any other machine(s) you are connected to. You should recognise your ISP and whatever web server you are browsing at the moment. If you see an address you are not sure of, go to www.samspade.org and check out the address. If it is a Russian/Ukrainian/Korean etc address, start freaking out. | vinref (6194) | ||
| 320501 | 2005-02-02 02:12:00 | A free program called "Active Ports" would be useful for you (and others!). Look for those external IP no.s that you know nothing about. www.protect-me.com Cheers, Lindsay. |
linw (53) | ||
| 320502 | 2005-02-02 09:40:00 | Vinref, Re: type this without the quote marks, into a command-line: "netstat -an". How do I do the command line thingie in WinXP ? With Win98 I think I right clicked Start and got the Run line. Thanks - this would be most useful ! |
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