ARES Network Sentinel is a high-fidelity Windows network monitoring dashboard inspired by TRON / Cyberpunk aesthetics.
Built in C# (WPF) on .NET 8, ARES transforms standard Windows networking utilities into a visual command center for real-time situational awareness and active defense.

This is not packet sniffing.
This is visibility + control, executed cleanly on native Windows.

🚀 Quick Deployment

This application is portable and does not require installation.

Note: Run as Administrator to enable Firewall Blocking and Process Termination features.

Click here to download the latest version.

Extract the ZIP file to any folder.

Run AresWin.exe.

🟦 What is ARES?

ARES wraps native Windows networking utilities (netstat, netsh) and enriches their output with process intelligence, geolocation, and heuristic risk analysis, presented through a GPU-accelerated WPF interface.

Think of it as:

• A live network map
• A process-aware connection inspector
• A manual response console for suspicious activity

All without kernel drivers, services, or invasive hooks.

🔁 Real-Time Network Monitoring

• Parses live netstat output
• Displays active TCP connections
• Maps connections to local Process IDs (PID)
• Continuous refresh without blocking the UI

🌍 Geo-Intelligence Layer

• Enriches remote IPs using external API
• Displays:
  • Country
  • City
  • ISP / ASN (when available)
• Designed for quick human triage, not forensic overload

⚠️ Threat Heuristics

• Flags high-risk or suspicious ports (example):
  • 4444 (common backdoor)
  • 3389 (RDP exposure)
• Simple, explainable logic
  (No black-box “AI says bad” nonsense)

🛡 Active Defense Controls

From the UI you can:

• Terminate the owning process
• Block the remote IP via Windows Firewall
  (netsh advfirewall rules)

⚠️ Admin rights required for process termination and firewall rule creation.

🎨 TRON / Cyberpunk Visual Engine

• Custom WPF styles and neon color palette
• “Matrix-style” digital rain animation
• Hardware-accelerated rendering
• Designed to stay responsive under load

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🧱 Tech Stack

Component	Description
UI	Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Runtime	.NET 8.0
Networking	netstat, netsh (native Windows)
Data	System.Text.Json
API	HttpClient
Platform	Windows 10 / 11

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⚙️ Build & Run

✅ Requirements

• Windows 10 / 11
• .NET 8 SDK
• Visual Studio 2022 (recommended) with:
  • .NET desktop development workload
  • Optional: Git for Windows (for cloning)

For full functionality (Terminate + Firewall block), launch the app as Administrator.

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🟦 Build using Visual Studio 2022

1. Clone the repository:git clone https://github.com/amilapcsgit/AresWin.git
2. Open Visual Studio 2022
3. Go to: File → Open → Project/Solution
4. Select the solution file (.sln) in the repo root (or open the project if no .sln is present).
5. Confirm:
   • Configuration: Debug (or Release)
   • Platform: Any CPU (or the project’s default)
6. Build:
   • Build → Build Solution (or press Ctrl+Shift+B)
7. Run:
   • Press F5 (Start Debugging)
   • Or Ctrl+F5 (Start Without Debugging)

Run as Administrator (recommended):

Right-click the built .exe → Run as administrator

Visual Studio: Project → Properties → Debug
Enable Run as administrator (if available), or: