Anyone know of an "Inbound" internet activity logging program

[brianm]

Bought a fairly expensive piece of software recently and the seller uses a "third party" registration provider to prevent misuse of the program. The problem is that the third party provider puts a couple of logfiles on your computer that track the program usage and what other data I do not know.

I may be stuck with these logfiles in order to use the software but I would like to know what and when the third party is downloading.

Does anyone know how to log contacts between my computer and the third party registration provider? I know the providers web address and could probably find the IPs they use. Is there any logging software that will watch for a certain site accessing your computer? Can this be done in MB?

I know this site is probably OK but they do not seem particular smart and I do not like unmonitored access to my computer. If I lock the site out of my computer completely I may be denied use of the software I paid for because the license agreement says that the third party company may periodically "validate my license" - in this case why are they keeping logfiles on my machine?

[AdvancedSetup]

You can use WireShark to do scans of your system and a firewall that monitors both incoming and outgoing traffic.

http://www.wireshark.org/

You could probably also install a keylogger that records what's going on with the system all the time. Sorry, no recommendations for one though.

Look for another program.

Curious what the name of the program is though if you don't mind sharing.