How much bandwidth is my computer using up right now? How much of that is utilized by Firefox, Microsoft Outlook or another Windows process? The free Windows software Free Process Traffic Monitor offers answers to some of those questions. The program uses the freely available WinPcap which provides access to the network traffic information. The [...]

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One of the little things that computer users can do to improve the overall security of their computer system is to check the open connections regularly. Specifically, the programs that try to communicate with servers on the Internet or other networks. Programs like CurrPorts or MyPorts list all programs and services on the computer that [...]

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If you want to monitor your network traffic either because you have an account that gives you only a limited amount of bandwidth each month or because you simply want to analyze the traffic that is sent over your connection during a special period. Netmeter starts in a small window immediately starting to record outgoing and incoming traffic as well as other data such as peak upload and download speed. You can adjust the transparency level of that window or move Netmeter into the system tray. You can also adjust the colors of the graph if you like but the default values can be nicely distinguished.

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