Netstat question

I was just wondering, is there any possible way to get my computer to alert me of a new IP connection or when it is opening a new port i know you can see it all through netstat but is there a trigger i can set up to alert me if a foriegn ip address connects?

Are you running a firewall? You could probably do it with your firewall...

nope sorry no Firewall

You can try zonealarm www.zonealarm.com it is free and easy to use and you should run a firewall for a bit more security
or even this one http://www.webattack.com/freeware/freeware.html

here's some more firewall links:

http://www.antionline.com/showthread...820#post651820

Ah I see - as DeadAddict has stated, you most certainly need to be running a firewall of some sort - at a minimum a software firewall. There are plenty of free software firewalls out there that do a very nice job of protecting your system. For more information regarding firewalls, take a quick search of the forums here, you'll find a wealth of information.

Once you get a firewall installed and working correctly, you should be able to configure it to alert you when connections are trying to be established..

Kiaro you can use fiewall as what the others told thers sza lot of free firewall on the net there you can see all D ports running and the ip that is connected in you computer

You could use TPF - it will give you a pop-up whenever a port is connected to. Grab ver2 if you are going to use

In addition to the replies for using a software/hardware firewall you can also use FPort from Foundstone. Great tool that will tell you what app has called which port and where it is connected to.

Don' t know about getting a pop-up alert but you can definitely set your firewall to log specific events.

In addition to the other replies...You should definately run a software firewall of some kind. Also, I would strongly suggest using hardware firewall as well. If you have DSL/Cable, i would use a router. I recommend D-link or linksys. You can get a good for $40-60.