On Linux or Windows, there is a netstat command which lists all open
network connections. On Linux, we can list the process which owns the
connection. On Windows, not so much. There is a tool called Process
Explorer which helps with this sort of thing, though it doesn't directly
list the process creating network connections either.

-wes

On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Roderick Anderson <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Is there a way to determine which 'program' on a Linux box is creating
> network traffic.
>
> I'm sure I knew once upon a time but I seem to be suffering from CRS now.
>
> While working on a friend's WinXP system I found residue of the
> 1e90ff.com virus/malware.  Nod32 (antivirus software) blocks the network
> access but doesn't say which program is generating it.  So while trying
> to find something that will tell me I realized I didn't know how to
> check for something similar on a Linux box.  Not the virus/malware :-)
> but what's accessing the network.
>
> Pointers, thoughts, clue-stick?
>
>
> TIA,
> Rod
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