Bandwidth Monitor with BWMeter

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BWMeter is a powerful bandwidth meter, monitor and traffic controller, which measures, displays and controls all traffic to/from your computer or on your network. Unlike other products, it can analyze the data packets (where they come from, where they go, which port and protocol they use). This makes it possible to distinguish between local and internet traffic for example. BWMeter can also be used for traffic control by setting a speed limit for all kinds of connections or restricting access to certain internet sites.

It creates statistics for all computers in your network, measuring and displaying all LAN traffic as well as download / upload from the internet. You can even define filters which show your transfer with certain internet addresses (e.g. to see how much data you download from your favorite news server). BWMeter is ideal for home users to get an overview of how much bandwidth they use, as well as small to large businesses, where one computer can control the traffic and maintain the statistics of downloaded / uploaded data of all computers in the network. The product is easy to configure and offers a rich set of options and features for beginners as well as experts and network administrators.


Features:
Graphical and numerical display of bandwidth
User definable filters for measuring bandwidth
User definable graphs to visualize bandwidth
Can monitor all network interfaces / adapters
Can monitor and display all traffic on the network
Traffic control, access control and speed limits
Creates daily, weekly, monthly and yearly statistics
Shows statistics of other computers running BWMeter
Alerts and notifications
Creates statistics of all local network and internet traffic
Shows hostile internet traffic (hackers, viruses, etc.)
Statistics can be exported / imported
Easy installation and configuration with default options
Supports LAN, WAN, VPN, ADSL, xDSL, Modem, Dial-Up, etc.
Can run as a Service (Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003 only)
Absolute flexibility
Many options for full customization
and much more...

System requirements:
Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003 or Vista, 32 bit only

Source : http://www.desksoft.com

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Source: http://wandering-ips.com

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Rogue Security Software, Threats for Computer Users

San Francisco - Rogue security software is now included among the top threat to computer users around the world with the number of machines infected with the program such a sharp increase, as the report Microsoft, on Wednesday.

Rogue security software is software that uses malware (malicious software) or the evil that be up or install itself or force computer users to pay to remove malware is actually no.

Rogue security software, also known as scareware, computer users take advantage of the desire to keep their computers protected and bait for them to purchase the fake program code that is actually the evil that is often designed to steal personal information.


Security Intelligence Report, issued by the end of the Microsoft, the second semester in 2008, Win32/Renos - a threat that is used to send a rogue security software, detected in 4.4 million computers, up 66.6 percent from the first semester of that year.

According to the report, two more families rogue security software detected in the more than 1.5 million computers, so they included among the 10 major threat in the second semester of 2008.

Security Intelligence Report, which uses data gathered from hundreds of millions of computers around the world, issued twice a year.

Based on these new findings, the report recommends that the user must do proactive action to protect themselves, such as use of anti-malware product from a source that is known and trusted and continue to update the device.

Computer users must also be careful and not follow the ad software is not known which appear to provide protection, said the report.

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