DU Meter

[alondra]

recently downloaded a program called DU Meter, anyone have this?. of what value is it. all it seems to do is show how much is being up or down loaded at the time. am I missing something?

[akaBruno]

I just read about it at cnet dot. It really doesn't do much more than the read-out you get clicking on your little blinking online monitors in your tray. If you have a slow connection (like me) it's best just to download one thing at a time.

Bruno

[alondra]

Thanks bruno, I think will just delete the thing.

[socalgal]

I had this program and it was ok. I used it to monitor if there was any outgoing activity when there *shouldn't* have been. Since I have a permanent connection (DSL) I wanted to make sure nothing was being sent out (spyware). BlackIce Defender takes care of the incoming. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

A good proggie, but wasn't detailed enough for me. I use ComSpy98 (http://www.hallogram.com/cspy/) now. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[alondra]

that is why I installed it but I don't think I could tell what is ligitamate upload and not.

[RobRich]

For inbound and outbound monitoring of suspect traffic, I use Conseal PC Firewall (http://www.consealfirewall.com/scripts/cfdownload.cfm). Using a custom ruleset, I can block and monitor all ports for unwanted data transfers. In conjuntion with ZoneAlarm's (http://www.zonelabs.com) application monitoring, I can effectively isolate any troublesome apps.

Robert Richmond