I give you a "more than solved"! You definitely have helped me with this more than I could have expected, and I greatly appreciate it!

I really wish I could find something that would run sort of in the background 24/7 on my main machine that would just log URLS and not be very demanding on CPU, but the Wireshark does do what I want it to, just kind of in a more extravagant fashion.

Thanks again!

Derek

There is always the "Add to reputation" under my name if you want to give more thanks Reputation is always appreciated

With wireshark there are a few more options to decrease CPU. Go to capture -- options and put in the tcp.port filter there (you can also add a capture filter for ip.addr != 192.168.0.1 and use YOUR ip address, this will stop your traffic from eating up CPU). The display filter only filters what is showed on the screen but the capture filter stops it from logging, writing to disk, displaying on grid, deep packet analysis, etc.

In the same screen set it to log to a file and under Display Options disable "Update list of packets in real time", "Autmatic scrolling in live capture". Under "Name Resolution" deselect all 3 checkboxes. This should significant decrease the Wireshark overhead. Let me know how that works for you

Out of curiosity -- what sites are you trying to bust your roomies visiting?

Haha! The usual - porn sites. Teenage step-sons...ya know!

I will try the additional settings you recommended and see how that works for me. I have added to your reputation as well!

Derek

I thought so. I was questioning whether or not I should explain how to do this since it could be a huge invasion of privacy .. but you were far too patient so I figured it was a concerned parent or someone with a very interesting story

You can start null routing the sites they frequent on your router if discipline alone doesn't work. If you want to go that route then create a new thread and post the URL on here so i'll get notified.

Hmm, no, I don't think that would work. Seems to be a general variety of many different sites usually found using search engines. One brute force method that I don't really like is to disable the ability to delete browser history through the IE options, but this guy is pretty clever...I don't want to rely on that alone, cause there are definitely work-arounds to that. So, no, I don't think that URL blocking or null routing would really work. I'm more interested in tracking and busting right now, me and my wife.