Disappearing 2GB allowance
If you install zonealarm that will request permission for opening every inbound or outbound port giving the name of the process asking for permission.
Have you looked to see if kservice is installed? If it is uninstall it! (it was what the iPlayer and 4oD used)
Have you looked to see if kservice is installed? If it is uninstall it! (it was what the iPlayer and 4oD used)
Intrigued as to why you recommend Piriform's CCleaner but not their Defraggler!
Mansn, yup they are the best free programs around for cleaning your PC 
jelv i have tried the defraggler and not impressed one i use is Perfect Disc 10
another program worth using to check process,s is " Hijack This "
AND Norton is the biggest pile of poop around
jelv i have tried the defraggler and not impressed one i use is Perfect Disc 10
another program worth using to check process,s is " Hijack This "
AND Norton is the biggest pile of poop around
[quote=rongtw]Norton is the biggest pile of poop around
I think you will find that that title belongs to Windows !
Reading this thread reminds me of all the reasons why I jumped ship from Windows to Ubuntu.
Constantly battling against the PC to do the simplest thing, when all you want to do is some web browsing or write a document, but instead throwing your hands in the air in despair and shouting "WHAT THE HELL IS IT DOING NOW !!!"
Running Windows is like being a parent to a helpless baby, keeping you awake at night, takes forever to wake up when you want to play, constantly needs feeding with updates, checking security every minute of the day, being on constant alert for what unexpected thing it's going to do next, and clearing up the poop after it has crashed again.
Running Ubuntu is more like an old friend, always available, cooperates with almost anything you ask of it and does it then and there, it can give you a full update in less than a minute, you only have to visit it's home every six months for a refreshing break, it costs you NOTHING to be up with the latest and greatest, and it NEVER lets you down.
As for the original problem of tracing active network connections, in Ubuntu you just open 'Firestarter' and look at the active connections to see what is going on.
If in the unlikely event more debugging is required then clicking the [Policy] button give you access to the networking controls, then selectively pass/block each connection/protocol/port. Job done !
I think you will find that that title belongs to Windows !
Reading this thread reminds me of all the reasons why I jumped ship from Windows to Ubuntu.
Constantly battling against the PC to do the simplest thing, when all you want to do is some web browsing or write a document, but instead throwing your hands in the air in despair and shouting "WHAT THE HELL IS IT DOING NOW !!!"
Running Windows is like being a parent to a helpless baby, keeping you awake at night, takes forever to wake up when you want to play, constantly needs feeding with updates, checking security every minute of the day, being on constant alert for what unexpected thing it's going to do next, and clearing up the poop after it has crashed again.
Running Ubuntu is more like an old friend, always available, cooperates with almost anything you ask of it and does it then and there, it can give you a full update in less than a minute, you only have to visit it's home every six months for a refreshing break, it costs you NOTHING to be up with the latest and greatest, and it NEVER lets you down.
As for the original problem of tracing active network connections, in Ubuntu you just open 'Firestarter' and look at the active connections to see what is going on.
If in the unlikely event more debugging is required then clicking the [Policy] button give you access to the networking controls, then selectively pass/block each connection/protocol/port. Job done !