My office uses Windows XP computers, which can show who logged on, and when. But we turn off the computers when not in use and have 24/7 security available to be notified when any computer activity is detected. Is there a tool that will provide a pop-up window/warning when someone tries to attach something to a port and log on to our computers? The window would need to contain information about the location of the attacker.
You might be able to achieve this goal simply by configuring the desktop firewall software to block everything except what is permitted and turn on the feature that alerts the user every time something is blocked.
For enterprise networks, there are intrusion prevention systems available from several vendors, including Symantec, McAfee and Internet Security Systems. Some desktop IPS features are available in anti-virus and firewall offerings from these and other vendors.
Most products log results rather than give pop-up alert windows. For personal and small, home-office networks, the Tokenmon program makes a strong addition to the built-in security logging and viewing tools that come with Windows.
