MicroWorld releases free network monitoring tool for Vista

MUMBAI

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

MicroWorld Technologies announced that its free network monitoring tool,
ViewTCP, is now Vista compatible. Users can download the new version at http://www.mwti.net/products/viewtcp/viewtcp.asp.

“ViewTCP is a network monitoring tool that examines TCP/IP activity on your
Windows-based systems. It lists all TCP and UDP endpoints on your PC and the
remote addresses that they connect to. With this user friendly software, you can
also determine the processes that are bound on various ports on your PC and the
remote network addresses accessed by suspicious applications,” said Manoj
Mansukhani, Head — Technology and Marketing, MicroWorld Technologies.

ViewTCP gives the details of the process that's associated with a TCP/IP
address and port at any given point of time. Since the process name along with
the name of its makers can be viewed, it becomes easier finding out the specific
task performed by it, and thereby spotting harmful ones.

Network Monitoring is critical for computers connected to Internet, as most
Worms, Bots, Trojans and Backdoors are remote controlled by attackers sitting in
their far away hideouts.

For example, the original Sobig worm was used in spreading a Proxy Server
Trojan. It went on to become one of the most successful worms as hundreds of
thousands of Proxy Servers were surreptitiously installed on computers
worldwide. The purpose of this proxy network was to serve spammers by giving
them a way to hide their true IP addresses while they spew spam all over the
globe.

On the other hand, a Backdoor can harvest system information, stop and start
processes, take screenshots of the desktop and send them to the attacker,
download files from the net and execute them, capture network user information,
log off current user, search disks for files, create and move directories and
restart the victim's machines and more, all by working through TCP ports or IRC
channels.

“It's quite scary to think about a scenario where your personal computer
is sending out bulk commercial mails on behalf of a spammer sitting in
hinterland China, or for worse, being remotely controlled by a Blackhat from a
small town in Ukraine,” says Sunil Kripalani, VP, Global Sales and Marketing,
MicroWorld Technologies. “In line with our motto of 'adding confidence to
computing', this smart utility helps users gain control over the activities
taking place in their computers.”