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List, but in Windows 2000 and Windows XP, you can right-click on the task bar and
select Task Manager.
Process 10 maintains a large database of processes that might show up on the
Process List. Process ID explains each process, its function, the associated
program, and whether or not it is legitimate or malware. Process ID does not tell you
how to remove unwanted or dangerous processes, but does refer you to free
software designed to eliminate these types of threats.
The Answers That Work website provides a comprehensive and easily
understandable database of most programs that any Windows user might see in his
Task Manager. In addition to identifying the process, the site makes sensible
recommendations about how to handle unnecessary or malicious processes. The
site is selling a product, but you can handle most of the recommended removals by
using the Start Up utility in MSCONFIG (above).
The Process Library will tell you exactly what the processes are, which ones must
run, which ones can be safely disabled, and which ones are known threats. The
Process Library is searchable by process name or alphabetically browsable. There is
also a comprehensive DLL library. Both illicit processes and DLLs are identified as to
the type of threat or problem (virus, Trojan, or spyware).
Process Library is also very good at explaining the nature of the problem and when
a threat may be easily confused with a legitimate process or DLL. See, for example,
the entry for rundIl32.exe, which is a legitimate process on most Windows operating
systems but may indicate a virus on Windows 2000 and XP. Do not, however,
confuse rundll.exe with rundll32.exe or rundIl16.exe ...see, it is confusing. The
problem with this site is that it, too, is selling something. When you do find a real
threat or problem and click on the remove option, you are taken to a site selling a
product to remove the process or DLL. However, Process Library is very good at
identifying the many processes running on your computer.
Many of these problems can be avoided in the first place by keeping your virus
scanning software up to date or, in the event you do get a virus, using that software
to remove it. A very good site for help with removing a variety of types of malwareviruses,
browser hijackers, exploits, Trojans, spyware-is PC Hell (motto: You've
Been Here Before But Now You're Just Visiting). PC Hell doesn't try to sell you
anything, just help save you from your current damnable situation, so to speak. So,
once you have learned about your problem, it's worth a trip to PC Hell to see ifthere
is a way out (sometimes, however, there is no exit).
Process ID
Answers That Work
Process Library
PC Hell
http://www.processid.com/
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklistpages/tasklist.htm
http://www.processlibrary.com/
http://www.pchell.com/
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