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Is your PC secretly connecting to the web?

Posted on September 23rd, 2007

There is a DOS command that can help you find out if you computer is secretly connection to the web.

  • In START > Run, type cmd
  • Type “netstat -b 5 > activity.txt” and press enter.
  • After say 2 minutes, press Ctrl+C.
  • Type “activity.txt” on the command line to open the log file in notepad (or your default text editor)

This .txt file will have a record of everything that has made an Internet connection in the last couple of minutes; you can then check your task manager to find out where it is and take care of it.