Netstat : Check what Internet connection you have active.

With Netstat you can check what Internet connections are active on your computer. To start Netstat all you have to do is open the DOS command line on your windows operating system, a black screen window will appear on your monitor. On your Windows it should be in a directory called Accessories, so as soon as you open it it should appear a black screen with a command line waiting for you to introduce a command...

Write "nestat /h" : it will show you all the options available
You'll have a whole list of options:

• "-a" : will show you all the current connections on your computer
• "-a" space "-f" will show you all the connections and eventually URL that they are hooking up with

Now don't get worried, it's normal to have several connections active while you are on the Internet, however, check them carefully, use "-b" to see which programs are using the Internet connection ....

More useful commands:

• "/h" or "-help" : gives you the whole list of options available
• "-b" will show you what programs are using the connections