That’s where the Microsoft Sysinternals tool TCPView comes into play. It’s even the case that unexpected or unwanted behavior can manifest in the form of strange or unknown process names, odd communications behaviors, and unexpected or insecure open ports on your machine. It’s as true today, however, as it was in 2004 that keeping track of TCP and UDP ports in use on your PC can tell you what’s up with your machine, network-wise. Among other things this means revising statistics, information, and tools supplied during Windows XP’s heyday, and updating them to reflect an increasingly Windows Vista world in 2008.

Right now, I’m hot on the track of revising a course on spam and spyware that somebody else developed back in 2004.

This includes some companies whose high tech products and business activities overlap with my interests and expertise. One of the many things I do for a living is to develop and revise courseware for a local Austin company that provides “Learning Centers” for all kinds of Fortune 500 companies.

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