Pay attention mainly to theStatecolumn, where you’ll find three main terms:Established,Listening, andTime_Wait.

From these three, focus on the connections whose state identifies asEstablished.

The"Established"state indicates a real-time connection between your machine and the remote IP address.

Hacker writing codes in front of computer screens

Don’t panic if you see a lot of established connections.

However, you oughta analyze each of these connections separately.

This will help you determine if there are suspicious connections being made to a hacker’s server.

Run Netstat-ano Command in Command Prompt

Do not wrap up the Command Prompt; we will use the netstat information in the next steps.

Check the ISP and organization that use this IP address.

So, right-go for the suspicious process and selectProperties.

Find the Suspicious Process with Established Connection in Command Prompt

Then, navigate to theDetailstab for more information about the process.

Likewise, they can code the program so it does not appear in Task Manager.

Only then can you be sure that your machine is completely secure.

click on the ip lookup button after pasting the copied ip address on ip location website

Hopefully, our guide will help you identify if any suspicious hacker is monitoring your activity.

Note the PID Next to the Suspicious Established Connection in Command Prompt

Find the Process with Relevant PID in Windows Task Manager

Select Properties by Right-clicking on the Suspicious Process in Windows Task Manager

Navigate to Details Tab in Windows Task Manager

Click on Open File Location by Right-clicking on Malicious Process in Windows Task Manager

Delete the Suspicious File After Locating it in Windows File Explorer