“Do you know which programs and processes access the Internet on your computer and why? While it is easy enough to tell for programs that won’t really work without Internet, web browsers for instance, it is often the case that the sheer number of system processes and programs that connect to the Internet is surprising.
NetStalker feels in many regards like an improved version of CurrPorts. It displays all network activity on start but instead of refreshing the list on demand only, it is refreshing it in real-time to make sure it catches new connections as they happen. Apart from that, it displays prompts whenever it catches a new program connecting to the Internet to give you options on how to handle it.
The main difference to a firewall is [Netstalker]’s simplicity when compared to most firewall solutions for Windows. Plus, it is available as a portable program that you can run from any location on the system.”
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