About this tag
The whois tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about using WHOIS lookups to investigate network activity and identify unknown IP addresses. Users running Windows 7 and other versions seek help interpreting WHOIS results when troubleshooting unwanted incoming traffic, often finding that WHOIS returns unknown or unhelpful information for certain IPs. The tag is relevant for network security, privacy, and system administration topics where identifying the source of network connections is necessary. Common themes include combining WHOIS with other tools like netstat to trace suspicious activity and understanding the limitations of WHOIS data for dynamic or private IP ranges.
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    Windows 7 Unwanted Network Activity

    Running Win 7, 64 bit. Watching the Task Manager, Networking tab, there is an almost constant stream of incoming traffic, even after I have closed Outlook and IE Explorer. I would like to find out which program is requesting the traffic, where it is coming from, and stop it unless I specifically...
    • MajorModeler
    • Thread
    • application monitoring ip address netstat network network traffic task manager traffic troubleshooting whois windows 7
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Windows Networking