Free Packet Sniffer for Amateurs

[XPY]

Hello everybody!
Im searching for a freeware alternative for one of the following programs:
http://www.tamos.com/products/netresident/
http://www.eeye.com/html/products/Iris/index.html
I need a packet sniffer because i want to find out what data is being sent by programs when they do auto-update. I have already tried Ethereal/Wireshark, but unfortunately its too complicated for me to understand. I just want a sniffer which decodes the captured traffic as clear as possible. Thanks for help!

[Windows 98SE]

Nice tool I been using for few years now http://www.sysinternals.com just shows your connections very good

[the gaffer]

Hello everybody!
Im searching for a freeware alternative for one of the following programs:
http://www.tamos.com/products/netresident/
http://www.eeye.com/html/products/Iris/index.html
I need a packet sniffer because i want to find out what data is being sent by programs when they do auto-update. I have already tried Ethereal/Wireshark, but unfortunately its too complicated for me to understand. I just want a sniffer which decodes the captured traffic as clear as possible. Thanks for help!

a suggestion i would make was try and do a little research and learn a little about what you are doing, netresident is quite a simple app to use and honestly do not think you will find anything much simpler.

[XPY]

Thanks for the useful infos guys.

[Deny]

Hello everybody!
Im searching for a freeware alternative for one of the following programs:
http://www.tamos.com/products/netresident/
http://www.eeye.com/html/products/Iris/index.html
I need a packet sniffer because i want to find out what data is being sent by programs when they do auto-update. I have already tried Ethereal/Wireshark, but unfortunately its too complicated for me to understand. I just want a sniffer which decodes the captured traffic as clear as possible. Thanks for help!

Try SmartSniff v1.30 (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/smsniff.html) or IP sniffer (http://erwan.l.free.fr/).
Both are fairly good.

[Windows 98SE]

google search keyword packetsniffer, IP sniffer is good too, Trying to flood ip address with sniffer lolol better be careful more and more are aware of what they can do with router logs Distributed Intrusion Detection System http://www.dshield.org/ haha check to see if your ip address is not listed as a target

[the gaffer]

Thanks for the useful infos guys.

youre welcome.

[XPY]

...Trying to flood ip address with sniffer lolol better be careful more and more are aware of what they can do with router logs Distributed Intrusion Detection System http://www.dshield.org/ haha check to see if your ip address is not listed as a target
Er, what are you talking about? As far as i know data interceptors have nothing to do with flooding, penetrating other computers.

[Windows 98SE]

You can flood ip address with packets, if you got the right sniffer

[locustfurnace]

You can flood ip address with packets, if you got the right sniffer

That's called DOS, (denial-of-service attack), which is illegal in most countries. So do not do it unless your doing that only on your own network.

[EastTunerz]

protowall (http://www.bluetack.co.uk/forums/index.php?autocom=faq&CODE=02&qid=31) is all you need, its one of the best pieces of freeware you will ever use. it not only blocks ips from a table (you can create your own custom table or use the preassembled one) it reports which ones its blocking.

[XPY]

Thanks for the info, EastTunerz! But i was not looking for an ip-blocker. A packet sniffer is a tool for intercepting network/internet traffic. However, i have already found a good one for my purpose.

[ahmedmeshonet]

i think swich sneffer is the best i use it :D