Internet Connections

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SeaWolf

Internet Explorer makes a number of connections from what I'm seeing. I used
to use a program called Naviscope but its now getting so old I'm having
problems with it.

Naviscope did something interesting in that it showed all the different
connections the computer was making and allowed me to stop any one
connection. This was really nice in that it allows you to stop connections
that didn't disconnect but continue to load even when you have moved on to
another site. Naviscope also had nice things like site mapping and other
good stuff. Its too bad Naviscope is gone.

Is there a program out there that allows you to monitor the connections and
stop the ones you want to stop!

Thanks!
 
M

mike555

SeaWolf said:
Internet Explorer makes a number of connections from what I'm seeing. I used
to use a program called Naviscope but its now getting so old I'm having
problems with it.

Naviscope did something interesting in that it showed all the different
connections the computer was making and allowed me to stop any one
connection. This was really nice in that it allows you to stop connections
that didn't disconnect but continue to load even when you have moved on to
another site. Naviscope also had nice things like site mapping and other
good stuff. Its too bad Naviscope is gone.

Is there a program out there that allows you to monitor the connections and
stop the ones you want to stop!

Thanks!
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=== a number of programs think they must check for updates all the
time, also you might have some spyware sending your info home, if you
get a good firewall like ZoneAlarm you can block outgoing connections
by program and let the ones you know are OK to connect ==========
 
S

SeaWolf

mike555 said:
=== a number of programs think they must check for updates all the
time, also you might have some spyware sending your info home, if you
get a good firewall like ZoneAlarm you can block outgoing connections
by program and let the ones you know are OK to connect ==========
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I must have said this wrong! I'm not having a problem! When you tell your
brouser to go to a web site your system makes a number of connections not
only to the site in question but a number of sub-sites too. Naviscope shows
you what's going on and you can actually watch site connecting and being
done. Well you can stop any connection you want too and that's kind of nice.
There have been times when I go to a web page and the connection is so slow
it takes forever to load the page up. With Naviscope you can kill that one
connection and everything else gets done more quickly. There have also been
times when I've gone away from a web-site but stuff from that site keeps
loading up slowing everything else down. I can kill those connections if I
want too.

I wish there was another program like Naviscope still out there!
Norton InterNet Security Suit has something similar if you know where to
look!
 
B

Boco Merci

I use a two step approach:
I use Proxomitronlog facility to see what URL's are called and edit
the Blockfile according to my wishes.
 
E

El Gee

Internet Explorer makes a number of connections from what I'm seeing.
I used to use a program called Naviscope but its now getting so old
I'm having problems with it.

Naviscope did something interesting in that it showed all the
different connections the computer was making and allowed me to stop
any one connection. This was really nice in that it allows you to stop
connections that didn't disconnect but continue to load even when you
have moved on to another site. Naviscope also had nice things like
site mapping and other good stuff. Its too bad Naviscope is gone.

Is there a program out there that allows you to monitor the
connections and stop the ones you want to stop!

Thanks!
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If I understand what you are saying, most of those connects are ads, so
if you used Firefox and Adblock, you would have them all removed.

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L

Little Girl

Hey there,

Is there a program out there that allows you to monitor the connections and
stop the ones you want to stop!
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eStop was able to do this flawlessly, but it seems it's gone
Shareware. The freeware version I have archived is eStop v2.0. I
Googled for it, but couldn't find it. The information from the website
at the time doesn't mention whether I have the right to give it to
others or not. I'll reinstall it (haven't needed it in a while) and
read the TOS, and if you can't find it archived online somewhere, I
can get it to you somehow. :)
 
S

SeaWolf

Thank you!
I've been using Naviscope since 1998
Its really old.
I'm really shocked that there isn't a program like this out there any more
This think does ads, popups, prefetch, time, site mapping and more!
 
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Internet Explorer makes a number of connections from what I'm seeing. I used
to use a program called Naviscope but its now getting so old I'm having
problems with it.

Naviscope did something interesting in that it showed all the different
connections the computer was making and allowed me to stop any one
connection. This was really nice in that it allows you to stop connections
that didn't disconnect but continue to load even when you have moved on to
another site. Naviscope also had nice things like site mapping and other
good stuff. Its too bad Naviscope is gone.

Is there a program out there that allows you to monitor the connections and
stop the ones you want to stop!

Thanks!
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http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html

Description
CurrPorts displays the list of all currently opened TCP/IP and UDP
ports on your local computer. For each port in the list, information
about the process that opened the port is also displayed, including
the process name, full path of the process, version information of the
process (product name, file description, and so on), the time that the
process was created, and the user that created it.
In addition, CurrPorts allows you to close unwanted TCP connections,
kill the process that opened the ports, and save the TCP/UDP ports
information to HTML file , XML file, or to tab-delimited text file.
CurrPorts also automatically mark with pink color suspicious TCP/UDP
ports owned by unidentified applications (Applications without version
information and icons)
 
R

Rudolf Wiesendanger

Internet Explorer makes a number of connections from what I'm seeing.
I used to use a program called Naviscope but its now getting so old
I'm having problems with it.

Naviscope did something interesting in that it showed all the
different connections the computer was making and allowed me to stop
any one connection. This was really nice in that it allows you to stop
connections that didn't disconnect but continue to load even when you
have moved on to another site. Naviscope also had nice things like
site mapping and other good stuff. Its too bad Naviscope is gone.

Is there a program out there that allows you to monitor the
connections and stop the ones you want to stop!

Thanks!
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TCPView from Sysinternals
http://www.sysinternals.com


TCPView is a Windows program that will show you detailed listings of all
TCP and UDP endpoints on your system, including the local and remote
addresses and state of TCP connections. On Windows NT, 2000 and XP TCPView
also reports the name of the process that owns the endpoint. TCPView
provides a more informative and conveniently presented subset of the
Netstat program that ships with Windows. The TCPView download includes
Tcpvcon, a command-line version with the same functionality.

HTH
Rudolf
 
L

Little Girl

Hey there,

Thank you!
I've been using Naviscope since 1998
Its really old.
I'm really shocked that there isn't a program like this out there any more
This think does ads, popups, prefetch, time, site mapping and more!
Click to expand...

Sorry, I can't give you a copy of eStop after all. I reinstalled it
and checked, and the license says I can't distribute copies of the
software. Maybe it's still somewhere on the web, but I have a feeling
the authors pulled it.

It sounds to me like you're describing Proxomitron, which has received
rave reviews in here. Have you given that one a try?
 
S

SeaWolf

Little said:
Hey there,



Sorry, I can't give you a copy of eStop after all. I reinstalled it
and checked, and the license says I can't distribute copies of the
software. Maybe it's still somewhere on the web, but I have a feeling
the authors pulled it.

It sounds to me like you're describing Proxomitron, which has received
rave reviews in here. Have you given that one a try?
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Yes I have Proxomitron, had it for years and your right it is good. It
doesn't show me what's going on though like Naviscope does. But I just got
lucky, got Naviscope working again! I can't believe I've got it to work! Its
so old! Oh well happy days! :)
 
L

Little Girl

Hey there,

Yes I have Proxomitron, had it for years and your right it is good. It
doesn't show me what's going on though like Naviscope does. But I just got
lucky, got Naviscope working again! I can't believe I've got it to work! Its
so old! Oh well happy days! :)
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I'm glad everything worked out for you! :)
 

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