Using Mizo - XP Netstats Bar
is quite easy, as it does most of the work by itself. Lets start out with the
application bar.
Once you start the program,
Mizo - XP Netstats Bar will determine the width of your screen and resizes
itself to fit in. It will then attach itself to the top corner of the screen. If
there is another toolbar docked at the top of the screen, XP Netstats Bar will
not be able to hide.
The application bar is divided
into 3 areas. The box to the left just contains a button with a "v " arrow on it. If you click this button you will be presented with a menu
allowing you to change the program settings. We will come to these options
later.
Now there are to wide boxes to
the right. The one on the top is the "News Ticker". This news ticker pulls
information from Mizotec's website everyday. This is how I will get in touch
with you and tell you about any product updates. To the left of the ticker there
is a small box with a number in it. This is the number of connections detected
by Mizo - XP Netstats Bar. To the right of the ticker there is a small button
with the letter "X" on it. This button will end XP Netstats Bar.
The box below is where XP
Netstats bar will show you the applications opening any ports on your computer.
Netstats Bar will show you the icon of the program trying to open the port.
Below each icon you will see a button showing you the number of connections this
application is trying to make. If you move the mouse pointer over the icon or
the button, a tool tip will appear showing you a description of the application
and the application's Process ID number.
If you click on the icon, a
small window will appear in the middle of the screen, showing complete
information about the program, and the local and remote ports it is trying to
open. It will even show you the IP addresses of the local and remote sites hosts
it is trying to connect to. If you have the "Resolve Host Names" setting
enabled, XP Netstats bar will try to get the host's Url address from its IP
address. Note that if this application is opening more than one port, they will
all be listed with their full details.
This Information box will not auto refresh, if
you want to renew the information in this window you will have to press the "Refresh"
button.
If you click on the Process ID number in the
information box, the "Terminate" button will be enabled allowing you to
terminate this program. This will completely close down the program, so make
sure you have saved any work you were doing before terminating it.
Note that there is some text next to the Process
ID number, if this text shows [Normal]then you will be able to terminate the
program. If this text is [Protected] or [System]then this program is essential
for the proper functioning of Windows XP and therefore you will not be able to
terminate it.
If you need to copy any value from the
information box, just click this value and press the "Copy" button. This
will copy the value to the clipboard.
If you click the Local or Remote addresses, you
will be able to perform a Whois, Trace or ping on the selected address. The
appropriate buttons will be activated.
If you click the Local or Remote addresses or
remote host, you will be able to open this address in a new browser by pressing
the "WWW" button.
WHOIS >> you can use the available
set of servers, or you can press the "get more servers" button to get a list of
over 250 Whois servers. I recommend you stick to the GeekTools server fro most of your
Whois queries.
TRACE >> You can trace any IP address to
find how many HOPS away it is and to find what route the data takes to get to
you. Enabling the "Resolve Hosts" check box, will force Netstats
to resolve the IP addresses to Host names. This may be useful for you, because
it may give you a hint about the location of the IP Address. But note that this
will take much longer than the usual trace route.
PING >> allows you to ping the requested
IP address. You can send a custom message while pinging. So if you think that
the owner of the IP address is trying to hack your system , just ping his IP
address with a message like "I know u r there, I have ur IP add. BUZZ OFF
OR ELSE!!!". This my scare him little and he might just stop
trying to hack your system you.
If you click the icon with the
right mouse button, you will be presented with a menu. This menu will show you
the name and process Id of the application.
The "Show Info" option will open the
information box, this is just like clicking the icon with the left mouse button.
The "Terminate Connection" option will list
the first ten connections made by this application. If you select any of the
connections, XP Netstats Bar will try to terminate the connection without
closing the application itself. Note that only TCP connections can be
terminated. UDP connections will be dimmed.
If you want to terminate all the connections, just
press the "Terminate All" option.
The "Terminate Process" option will show you
the Process ID (PID) of the application. If the application is using more than
one PID, XP Netstats bar will list the first 10 it finds. Clicking on any of
these PID's will terminate the associated application immediately and
consequently, all of its connections will be terminated.
If you want to terminate all processes, just press
the "Terminate All" option.
Note that there will be some applications
that will be protected by Windows XP, you will not be able to terminate these.
Terminating them will render Windows XP unstable and may require a reboot.
If you want to view a listing
of all of the open ports and their details and the applications using them, then
click on the box to the left of the News Ticker. The box should be showing the
number of connections detected by XP Netstats Bar. After clicking this box, the
following windows will appear newar to the center of the screen.
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