I have a nice tool for looking at open ports on your machine. It is called NeoMonitor from www.nycsoftware.com. I don't remember what it costs $15-$35, but you can use it for free for a while.
Troy Sosamon >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== >Hi > >This can be tough to answer without knowing all your software. >but with the added security in firewalls and anti-virus a new side is >shaping up. that is the spyware side >and there are some pretty nasty ones that are installing without your >knowledge. >I have Installed and have used > >AdAware version 5.62 ($15.00 licensed) >you can get a free version, but I recommend the licensed because of the >added always running utility called adwatch) >http://www.lavasoft.de > >This will get rid of any baddies, before you have to try to figure out the >rest of what is running ;-) > > >Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com >Authorized WiTango Reseller >http://www.pcforge.com/WiTangoGoodies.htm >latest beta downloads @ http://www.witango.ws > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >Behalf Of MJS >Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 8:47 AM >To: Rbase List Server >Subject: Off topic, win 98 stuff > > >Does anybody know all about the programs that are running in the background >on >Win98? Are they all necessary? Is there a place to look that up? When I >do a >3 finger salute, I see all sorts of programs running, even multiple times, >and I >see these same files running on different computers, so I presume it is >related >to the OS, but I don't know what is safe to turn off! > >Mike Sinclair > >================================================ >TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: >Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l >================================================ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l >================================================ >TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: >http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > > >================================================ >TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: >Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l >================================================ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l >================================================ >TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: >http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ Troy Sosamon Denver Co [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
