One free software better than Process Hacker
- Thread starter ocsi
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- Jan 24, 2011
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RE: One free software better tha Process Hacker
Simple answer: COMODO KillSwitch - http://help.comodo.com/topic-119-1-208-2079-introduction-to-killswitch.html
It has a lot of features, and as a bonus, all the process are rated as Safe, Unsafe or Suspicious.. So it's very easy, even for newbie to find out if their is an active malicious process.
You can download this product from here: http://help.comodo.com/topic-119-1-208-2073-downloading-comodo-cleaning-essentials.html
ocsi said:
Simple answer: COMODO KillSwitch - http://help.comodo.com/topic-119-1-208-2079-introduction-to-killswitch.html
It has a lot of features, and as a bonus, all the process are rated as Safe, Unsafe or Suspicious.. So it's very easy, even for newbie to find out if their is an active malicious process.
You can download this product from here: http://help.comodo.com/topic-119-1-208-2073-downloading-comodo-cleaning-essentials.html
- Mar 15, 2011
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RE: One free software better tha Process Hacker
System Explorer is another alternative software for Process Hacker which from its looks like a browser interface.
System Explorer
System Explorer is another alternative software for Process Hacker which from its looks like a browser interface.
System Explorer
Littlebits
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- May 3, 2011
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RE: One free software better tha Process Hacker
I would have to say it would be a close call between System Explorer and Emsisoft Hijack Free.
System Explorer has the largest process database on the web, however some of the most recent processes have no information because it is hard to tell if some are safe or not. If no info then it could be a new safe process or a zero-day malware. Advanced users should be able to known.
Emsisoft Hijack Free is more based around malware in general but sometimes has false positives shown in red when they are completely safe. If you are an advanced user you should be able to tell. Hijack Free is slow at starting up compared to System Explorer but has a better GUI and things are more easy to find.
Glarysoft Security Process Explorer is also pretty good but can not kill some locked processes and has a smaller database then System Explorer.
Comodo Killswitch is looks like Process Hacker with a Comodo jacket.
It is very slow and buggy on some systems but has some added security features lacking in Process Hacker. Still there are more feature in both System Explorer and Emsisoft Hijack Free and they are more stable. Comodo has has a much smaller process database since Killswitch hasn't been out that long. Killswitch is also in slow development, when was the last version released?
My favorite is System Explorer because it is in constant development and always improving. Has complete features that others don't have. The developer also has another project called System Security Guard which is designed to detect malware and uses their database.
Thanks.
I would have to say it would be a close call between System Explorer and Emsisoft Hijack Free.
System Explorer has the largest process database on the web, however some of the most recent processes have no information because it is hard to tell if some are safe or not. If no info then it could be a new safe process or a zero-day malware. Advanced users should be able to known.
Emsisoft Hijack Free is more based around malware in general but sometimes has false positives shown in red when they are completely safe. If you are an advanced user you should be able to tell. Hijack Free is slow at starting up compared to System Explorer but has a better GUI and things are more easy to find.
Glarysoft Security Process Explorer is also pretty good but can not kill some locked processes and has a smaller database then System Explorer.
Comodo Killswitch is looks like Process Hacker with a Comodo jacket.
It is very slow and buggy on some systems but has some added security features lacking in Process Hacker. Still there are more feature in both System Explorer and Emsisoft Hijack Free and they are more stable. Comodo has has a much smaller process database since Killswitch hasn't been out that long. Killswitch is also in slow development, when was the last version released?
My favorite is System Explorer because it is in constant development and always improving. Has complete features that others don't have. The developer also has another project called System Security Guard which is designed to detect malware and uses their database.
Thanks.
Littlebits
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- May 3, 2011
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RE: One free software better tha Process Hacker
There is no process monitors that will detect all hidden processes correctly, they will only detect hidden windows (background processes with no GUI's) , if you are worried about hidden processes you need to use a Rootkit Tool like GMER. If a rootkit process is running in hidden mode then it is not visible using standard process monitors.
However if you check all associated autoruns, modules, services, drivers and opened files you can manually find an entry point for hidden processes and remove them in Windows Safe Mode.
GMER has to do a full scan of your system where it compares loaded modules with registry values then it can find all hidden processes.
Process monitors would take forever to load and startup if they performed a hidden rootkit scan with each time that you started them.
If you use Avast, then you don't have to worry about hidden processes since it uses GMER technology to scan your system with every boot by default and will automatically delete any rookit hidden processes for you.
Enjoy!!
ocsi said:
There is no process monitors that will detect all hidden processes correctly, they will only detect hidden windows (background processes with no GUI's) , if you are worried about hidden processes you need to use a Rootkit Tool like GMER. If a rootkit process is running in hidden mode then it is not visible using standard process monitors.
However if you check all associated autoruns, modules, services, drivers and opened files you can manually find an entry point for hidden processes and remove them in Windows Safe Mode.
GMER has to do a full scan of your system where it compares loaded modules with registry values then it can find all hidden processes.
Process monitors would take forever to load and startup if they performed a hidden rootkit scan with each time that you started them.
If you use Avast, then you don't have to worry about hidden processes since it uses GMER technology to scan your system with every boot by default and will automatically delete any rookit hidden processes for you.
Enjoy!!
- Jan 7, 2013
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RE: One free software better tha Process Hacker
I was gonna mention what Jack did,Comodo Killswitch. Too bad he already mentioned that. Anyway,I also agree w/ Littlebits. You can't trust process monitors that much.
Edit : I also think for normal use,Task Manager is nuff
I was gonna mention what Jack did,Comodo Killswitch. Too bad he already mentioned that. Anyway,I also agree w/ Littlebits. You can't trust process monitors that much.
Edit : I also think for normal use,Task Manager is nuff
I like the new Windows Task Manager (Windows 8), better than previous versions. But if you don't have Windows 8, other alternative will provide more details. System Explorer contains lots of features and information, but I found it a tad too much and complex when in use.
I'm currently trying out Emsisoft Hijack Free, although it's slow to start-up but then again it's not a tool I use often.
I agree with Littlebits about KillSwitch, and in my opinion the original PH is the best PH. Not a fan of spin-off versions.
I'm currently trying out Emsisoft Hijack Free, although it's slow to start-up but then again it's not a tool I use often.
I agree with Littlebits about KillSwitch, and in my opinion the original PH is the best PH. Not a fan of spin-off versions.
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