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<blockquote data-quote="illumination" data-source="post: 737571">Thank you for posting this, many new/average users could find this handy. Process explorer is a great tool for identifying a running malicious process. Autoruns by Sysinternals combined with Process explorer will help as well, if you see a new entry in start up using Autoruns with virus total results enabled &quot;and this is important, you have to enable those results in both products to utilize them, you should do the same, and scan the system quickly.The problem today, is that unlike years before, malware is not designed to be loud and obnoxious, it is designed to remain hidden from the user. Chances are very high if you are ever infected, you may probably not know it until it is way too late.Your post here with these tools can help users detect even the quietest of malware, if the user utilizes them often to check the system, as well as occasional on demand scans.As for images, as one user stated &quot;how would i know how far back to find a clean snapshot&quot;. Then there is the stability issue of images i have brought up in other threads. Personally, i keep a copy &quot;always updated&quot; of MS media creation tool on hand, for repairs or wipes if need be. If a system was infected to the point that i would consider a previous image, i would rather wipe the drive and reinstall the OS to know for sure, the infection has been eradicated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="illumination, post: 737571"] Thank you for posting this, many new/average users could find this handy. Process explorer is a great tool for identifying a running malicious process. Autoruns by Sysinternals combined with Process explorer will help as well, if you see a new entry in start up using Autoruns with virus total results enabled "and this is important, you have to enable those results in both products to utilize them, you should do the same, and scan the system quickly. The problem today, is that unlike years before, malware is not designed to be loud and obnoxious, it is designed to remain hidden from the user. Chances are very high if you are ever infected, you may probably not know it until it is way too late. Your post here with these tools can help users detect even the quietest of malware, if the user utilizes them often to check the system, as well as occasional on demand scans. As for images, as one user stated "how would i know how far back to find a clean snapshot". Then there is the stability issue of images i have brought up in other threads. Personally, i keep a copy "always updated" of MS media creation tool on hand, for repairs or wipes if need be. If a system was infected to the point that i would consider a previous image, i would rather wipe the drive and reinstall the OS to know for sure, the infection has been eradicated. [/QUOTE]

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