something connecting to internet automatically

[Jim]

when I start my pc recently some program is connecting to the inernet
automatically. how can I find out whats doing it & how can I stop it.
hope you can help

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Description of Svchost.exe:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q250/3/20.ASP Default
Processes in Windows 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q263/2/01.ASP For a list of
running tasks (Pro edition only), open a command prompt, and type:
netstat -ano
then:
tasklist /svc

 

[John John]

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx

John

 

[Rick]

when I start my pc recently some program is connecting to the inernet
automatically. how can I find out whats doing it & how can I stop it.
hope you can help

Why not download Zone Alarm free It will tel you what is connecting and
it will also allow you to block its loading.

Rick