Scanning open ports?

[<[o_0]>]

I was wondering if there were any programs out there that would check to see what ports were open and being used.
I have recently become very paranoid about unauthorized intrusion; like viruses, torjans, etc..so I want to beef up security.

I have zone alarm, avg, the cleaner, spybot, adaware currently installed and all these programs are running behind my lynksys router. So are there other steps I could take in improving security?

[NDC]

https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

[vass0922]

www.grc.com

Use the shields up scan they have their.


doh
too slow

[M_Six]

Active Ports will tell you which ports have connections, who's connected to them, and which program they're using.

Plus it's free. Can't beat that.

I should say that Active Ports will only tell you which ports on your PC are in use. It won't talk to your router. But you should have NO port forwarding set on your router unless you absolutely need it.

[NDC]

Yep, I use Active Ports also.. But it's not going to tell you what ports are vulnerable from attacks..

[vass0922]

whoa

I was looking for something like that about a week ago!
I saw in netstat I had a connection to another guys box that I couldnt' figure out why. I wanted to know which app was listening on that port... Active ports seems to do exactly that

[stant093]

Originally posted by M_Six
Active Ports will tell you which ports have connections, who's connected to them, and which program they're using.

Plus it's free. Can't beat that.

I should say that Active Ports will only tell you which ports on your PC are in use. It won't talk to your router. But you should have NO port forwarding set on your router unless you absolutely need it.

nice prog thanks

[<[o_0]>]

now that's alot of information!
All my ports are stealthed, so I guess that's a good thing.

But is there anyway of masking my IP? I don't know if it makes a difference tho...I want complete anonymity!

[<[o_0]>]

Originally posted by M_Six
Active Ports will tell you which ports have connections, who's connected to them, and which program they're using.

Plus it's free. Can't beat that.

I should say that Active Ports will only tell you which ports on your PC are in use. It won't talk to your router. But you should have NO port forwarding set on your router unless you absolutely need it.

Thanks for the proggie and advice, unfortunately I need a few ports forwarded from my router.

!! omg !! there's an unknown process using local port 4823...remote ip 65.119.30.151

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