While investigating possible malware on a Windows 10 workstation, a technician opens an elevated Command Prompt. They need a single command that will list every active connection and listening port on the machine and also show the executable file responsible for each entry. Which command should they run?
The command netstat -b displays all active connections and listening ports and, crucially, shows the executable that created each socket. This makes it ideal for identifying which applications are using the network. Using -a would list connections and ports but omit executable details, -o adds process IDs only, and -r reveals the routing table instead of individual sockets.
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