Comments on: 2 minute guide to detecting Spyware nasties on your PC with Netstat http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:35:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Alkatr0z http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-453 Alkatr0z Sat, 05 Jan 2008 07:09:09 +0000 http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-453 The reason you can't use netstat.bat isn't because its already in use its because in the batch file you are calling "netstat". It enters a loop where it keeps running it constantly without actually returning any results since its not calling the correct netstat. You can fix this easily enough by using the following instead: @echo off netstat.exe -b pause That will prevent it calling netstat.bat. Or you can use the absolute path of C:\windows\system32\netstat.exe -b. Its a good idea to have the .exe on the end so if any malware starts dropping a netstat.com you don't need to worry about it executing the dummy version. Using the absolute path will prevent a netstat.exe being placed in a directory that is searched before the system32 folder. To check the precedence you can just open up a command prompt and type in PATH. The reason you can’t use netstat.bat isn’t because its already in use its because in the batch file you are calling “netstat”. It enters a loop where it keeps running it constantly without actually returning any results since its not calling the correct netstat. You can fix this easily enough by using the following instead:
@echo off
netstat.exe -b
pause

That will prevent it calling netstat.bat. Or you can use the absolute path of C:\windows\system32\netstat.exe -b. Its a good idea to have the .exe on the end so if any malware starts dropping a netstat.com you don’t need to worry about it executing the dummy version. Using the absolute path will prevent a netstat.exe being placed in a directory that is searched before the system32 folder. To check the precedence you can just open up a command prompt and type in PATH.

]]> By: Tech Messages | 2007-12-05 | Slaptijack http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-345 Tech Messages | 2007-12-05 | Slaptijack Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:35:38 +0000 http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-345 [...] Information Addicts » Blog Archive » 2 minute guide to detecting Spyware nasties on your...This is basic, but what the heck. [...] […] Information Addicts » Blog Archive » 2 minute guide to detecting Spyware nasties on your…This is basic, but what the heck. […]

]]> By: jsanderz http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-331 jsanderz Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:47:26 +0000 http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-331 Satya, Thanks for the tip, I will give it a try. Regards. Satya,
Thanks for the tip, I will give it a try.
Regards.

]]> By: Satya http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-330 Satya Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:47:09 +0000 http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-330 For those who use Google Desktop, there is a nice gadget that does this live. http://desktop.google.com/plugins/i/netstat.html?hl=en You can configure it's update speed or pause it until you need it again. For those who use Google Desktop, there is a nice gadget that does this live.
http://desktop.google.com/plugins/i/netstat.html?hl=en
You can configure it’s update speed or pause it until you need it again.

]]> By: Grey http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-329 Grey Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:20:56 +0000 http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-329 oops... sorry, you can't rename the .bat file as netstat, it will kill it. i renamed it netstats.bat when testing and it works but netstat.bat fails... :) probably cause the file name is used elsewhere in windows... whogonnaknow... oops… sorry, you can’t rename the .bat file as netstat, it will kill it. i renamed it netstats.bat when testing and it works but netstat.bat fails… :) probably cause the file name is used elsewhere in windows… whogonnaknow…

]]> By: jsanderz http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-328 jsanderz Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:10:54 +0000 http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-328 Grey, Thanks for sharing this great tip. Regards. Grey,
Thanks for sharing this great tip.
Regards.

]]> By: Grey http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-327 Grey Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:56:01 +0000 http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-327 open notepad and type into it: @echo off netstat -b pause save notepad as netstat.bat, double click it when ever you want to run it... ;) also if your not familiar with a command /? is very useful to see all available options. open notepad and type into it:

@echo off
netstat -b
pause

save notepad as netstat.bat, double click it when ever you want to run it… ;)
also if your not familiar with a command /? is very useful to see all available options.

]]> By: Philippine Web Blog http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-323 Philippine Web Blog Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:43:13 +0000 http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-323 nice tip... nice tip…

]]> By: What is Windows? http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-319 What is Windows? Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:44:18 +0000 http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-319 Or, you could install Ubuntu and not ever worry about spyware again. http://ubuntu.com Or, you could install Ubuntu and not ever worry about spyware again.
http://ubuntu.com

]]> By: Cookie Monster http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-318 Cookie Monster Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:45:11 +0000 http://www.informationaddicts.com/2-minute-guide-to-detecting-spyware-nasties-on-your-pc-with-netstat#comment-318 I knew about the netstat command (dos > windows), but not the -b command, so I'd only see IPs and addresses and such (the -a flag thingy). Good tip. I knew about the netstat command (dos > windows), but not the -b command, so I’d only see IPs and addresses and such (the -a flag thingy). Good tip.

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