Any program that can monitor a .exe port usage or internet usage

[Showboat]

Hi,
I have a .exe that i run on my PC, i want to know if that .exe is talking back to any server but no idea of an easy tool to use.

I know i could probably configure network monitor or wireshark to do it, but having never used either it would take me a few hours to figure out how they work.

I would ideally like a program that i can specify and .exe and it would do a report on what it does on startup and while running.
Does any such thing exist?

Tried a few of the tools in the sticky but none are working and there are hundreds to try!

Many thanks

 

[PistolPete]

TCPView may work (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx)

It'll show you the connection, it's state and the address of the other end and how much traffic is passing.

If you need info about what the traffic is, then Wireshark is not too hard to get your head around.

 

[Terrier_Jimlad]

CurrPorts from Nirsoft ... works a treat

 

[theheyes]

Process Explorer. It doesn't 'report' as such but you can see what the process is doing. Is it suspected malware?

 

[Pho]

For doing basic stuff Wireshark is actually very easy to use. But failing that Process Monitor (it bundles tcpview mentioned above with other useful stuff, like disk activity which you can toggle off) would be fine.

 

[PatZ1989]

Currports, great app