readme.txt

CurrPorts v2.09
Copyright (c) 2004 - 2013 Nir Sofer
Web site: http://www.nirsoft.net



Description
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CurrPorts displays the list of all currently opened TCP/IP and UDP ports
on your local computer. For each port in the list, information about the
process that opened the port is also displayed, including the process
name, full path of the process, version information of the process
(product name, file description, and so on), the time that the process
was created, and the user that created it.
In addition, CurrPorts allows you to close unwanted TCP connections, kill
the process that opened the ports, and save the TCP/UDP ports information
to HTML file , XML file, or to tab-delimited text file.
CurrPorts also automatically mark with pink color suspicious TCP/UDP
ports owned by unidentified applications (Applications without version
information and icons)



Versions History
================


* Version 2.09:
  o Fixed bug from version 2.08: Some filters stopped working...

* Version 2.08:
  o Added support for filtering by process ID (In Advanced Filters
    window), for example:
    include:process:327

* Version 2.07:
  o Fixed the flickering on automatic refresh.

* Version 2.06:
  o Fixed issue: The properties dialog-box and other windows opened
    in the wrong monitor, on multi-monitors system.

* Version 2.05:
  o Added support for GeoLite City database. You can now download the
    GeoLite City database (GeoLiteCity.dat.gz), put it in the same folder
    of cports.exe, and CurrPorts will automatically use it to get the
    country/city information for every remote IP address.

* Version 2.02:
  o CurrPorts now displays a simple error message if it fails to
    close one or more TCP connections.

* Version 2.01:
  o The 'Remote Address' and 'Local Address' columns are now sorted
    by the IP address numerically. (In previous versions they were sorted
    alphabetically)

* Version 2.00:
  o Added optional fifth parameter to the /close command-line option,
    which allows you to specify a process name (e.g: firefox.exe)

* Version 1.97:
  o The 'Use DNS Cache For Host Names' option is now turned off by
    default, because it seems that reading the DNS cache causes a memory
    leak on some Windows 7/x64 systems.

* Version 1.96:
  o Fixed bug: CurrPorts randomly failed to display remote port
    numbers of IPv6 connections.

* Version 1.95:
  o Added 'Use DNS Cache For Host Names' option. When it's turned on,
    CurrPorts uses the DNS cache of Windows to resolve remote IP
    addresses.

* Version 1.94:
  o Added 'Custom' AutoRefresh option under Options -> Auto Refresh.
    The number of seconds for the Custom AutoRefresh can be set in the
    Advanced Options window (Ctrl+O)
  o Fixed the problem with sending the data to stdout (when the
    filename is empty string).

* Version 1.93:
  o Updated the internal country names (added more 14 countries) that
    are used for displaying the country name in the 'Remote IP Country'
    column.

* Version 1.92:
  o When choosing 'Clear Log File' option, CurrPorts now asks you
    whether you want to clear the log, in order to avoid from clearing
    the log file by mistake.

* Version 1.91:
  o Added 'Beep On New Ports' option.

* Version 1.90:
  o Added 'Tray Balloon On New Ports' option. When both this option
    and 'Put Icon On Tray' option are turned on, every new port detected
    by CurrPorts will be displayed in a tray balloon. (If the TCP/UDP
    port is filtered by the other CurrPorts options and it's not
    displayed in the main window, it won't be displayed in the tray
    balloon.)

* Version 1.87:
  o Improved the 'User Name' column. If you run CurrPorts as
    administrator, this column will display the user name for all
    processes. (In previous versions, CurrPorts failed to detect
    processes created by other users, even when you run it as
    Administrator)

* Version 1.86:
  o Added 'Mark Odd/Even Rows' option, under the View menu. When it's
    turned on, the odd and even rows are displayed in different color, to
    make it easier to read a single line.

* Version 1.85:
  o Added command-line options to control the settings under the
    Options and View menus: /MarkPorts, /DisplayUdpPorts,
    /DisplayTcpPorts, /DisplayClosedPorts, and more...

* Version 1.83:
  o Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When
    this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first
    line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.

* Version 1.82:
  o Added 'Resize Columns On Every Refresh' option, which allows you
    to automatically resize the columns according to the text length on
    every refresh.

* Version 1.81:
  o Added more include/exclude filter options in the context menu of
    CurrPorts.

* Version 1.80:
  o Added custom log line option (In 'Advanced Options' window),
    which allows you to set the format of the log line and put in it any
    column value you like.

* Version 1.76:
  o Added 'One-Click Tray Icon' option. When it's checked and you use
    the tray icon option, one click on the tray icon with the left mouse
    button will open CurrPorts. (Without this option, double-click is
    required)

* Version 1.75:
  o Added 'Exclude Selected Processes In Filters' option in the
    context menu.
  o Added accelerator key for 'Include Selected Processes In Filters'
    option.
  o Fixed bug 'Include Selected Processes In Filters' option: failed
    to work on system process.
  o Added 'Disable All Filters' option to easily toggle between
    active filter state and no filter state, as an alternative for 'Clear
    All Filters', which doesn't allow you to return back the filters.

* Version 1.70:
  o Added /sort command-line option for sorting the connections list
    saved from command-line.

* Version 1.66:
  o Fixed issue: When CurrPorts window is hidden and there is an icon
    in the taskbar, running CurrPorts again will open the existing
    instance of CurrPorts, instead of creating another one.

* Version 1.65:
  o Added drag And drop icon in the toolbar that allows to to easily
    filter by the desired application. Simply drag the target icon into
    the window of the application, and CurrPorts will display only the
    opened ports of this application.

* Version 1.60:
  o Added new column: Window Title (The window title of the process)
  o Added 'Clear All Filters' option.
  o Added 'Include Selected Processes In Filters' option. Allows you
    to easily filter by selected processes.

* Version 1.56:
  o Added new option: Ask before any action. (If you uncheck this
    option, CurrPorts won't ask you any question before closing
    ports/applications)

* Version 1.55:
  o Added number of remote connections to the status bar.
  o Added ports information in the tray icon tooltip.

* Version 1.51:
  o Fixed bug: In rare cases, exception window may appear when
    starting CurrPorts.

* Version 1.50:
  o Added 'Display Port In Address' option. When this option is
    checked, the addresses will be displayed in 'address:port' format.

* Version 1.48:
  o Fixed the Alt+1 accelerator key.

* Version 1.47:
  o Added AutoRefresh every 1 second.

* Version 1.46:
  o Automatically launch IPNetInfo when it's in the same folder of
    CurrPorts.

* Version 1.45:
  o Added 'Remote IP Country' column that displays the country name
    of the remote IP address (requires to download an external file from
    here)

* Version 1.41:
  o Fixed bug: CurrPorts failed to display the current Auto Refresh
    status in Menu.

* Version 1.40:
  o Added support for IPv6.

* Version 1.37:
  o Fixed bug: CurrPorts failed to display process information when
    running under Windows Vista with non-admin user.
  o Added Module Filename column (works only on XP/SP2)

* Version 1.36:
  o Fixed bug: The main window lost the focus when the user switched
    to another application and then returned back to CurrPorts.

* Version 1.35:
  o Fixed bug in saving as comma-delimited file when field values
    contained comma character.

* Version 1.34:
  o New Option: Remember Last Filter (The filter is saved in
    cports_filter.txt)

* Version 1.33:
  o Added support for saving comma-delimited (.csv) files.
  o Added new command-line option: /scomma

* Version 1.32:
  o New Option: Start CurrPorts As Hidden (Only when 'Put Icon On
    Tray' is turned on)
  o New Option: Copy Remote IP Address (F2).

* Version 1.31:
  o Fixed bug: TCP and UDP ports with the same number and in the same
    process merged into one item.

* Version 1.30:
  o New column: Added On - Displays the date that the specified
    connection was added.
  o New Option: Put Icon On Tray.
  o New Option: Log File.

* Version 1.20:
  o Added support for filters.
  o The settings of CurrPorts utility is now saved to cfg file
    instead of using the Registry.
  o New command-line options.
  o You can now send the information to stdout by specifying an empty
    filename ("") in the command-line.
  o Added support for x64.

* Version 1.11:
  o Added support for process information in Vista.

* Version 1.10:
  o A tooltip is displayed when a string in a column is longer than
    the column length.

* Version 1.09:
  o /close command-line parameter - Close a connection from
    command-line

* Version 1.08:
  o Fixed columns order bug.

* Version 1.07:
  o New option: Resolve the remote IP addresses.

* Version 1.06:
  o New column: Process Attributes - Display the file attributes of
    the process (H for hidden, R for read-only, and so on)
  o Added support for working with IPNetInfo utility

* Version 1.05:
  o Fixed bug: identify process path starting with '\??\'

* Version 1.04:
  o Added more accelerator keys.
  o Added support for Windows XP visual styles.

* Version 1.03:
  o New Op...