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OT Why you need Process Explorer
To make a long story short... I accidentally opened an e-mail attachment I
shouldn't have. (I had a "good" reason for doing so.) Wondering if its executable was lurking anywhere, I ran Process Explorer -- and there it was. Two clicks, and it was gone. I will, of course, double-check the next time I restart. http://download.cnet.com/Process-Exp...-10223605.html |
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OT Why you need Process Explorer
On 11/29/2014, 8:46 AM, William Sommerwerck wrote:
To make a long story short... I accidentally opened an e-mail attachment I shouldn't have. (I had a "good" reason for doing so.) Wondering if its executable was lurking anywhere, I ran Process Explorer -- and there it was. Two clicks, and it was gone. I will, of course, double-check the next time I restart. http://download.cnet.com/Process-Exp...-10223605.html In case folks here don't like opening links in postings (one never knows) I did a quick search for "Process Explorer" and it looks quite valid. My link for Microsoft's musings: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/s.../bb896653.aspx "Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded." You might as well download from MS - or is the cnet version newer? John :-#)# -- (Please post followups or tech inquiries to the newsgroup) John's Jukes Ltd. 2343 Main St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 3C9 (604)872-5757 or Fax 872-2010 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games) www.flippers.com "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out." |
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OT Why you need Process Explorer
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says... To make a long story short... I accidentally opened an e-mail attachment I shouldn't have. (I had a "good" reason for doing so.) Wondering if its executable was lurking anywhere, I ran Process Explorer -- and there it was. Two clicks, and it was gone. I will, of course, double-check the next time I restart. http://download.cnet.com/Process-Exp...-10223605.html Be aware that you may still have something in there. I know you used process explorer to find it but also these little funny programs do the same as what process explorer does and that is seeking out apps that are currently operating in your system, being on the desktop or in the background. Most of those funny things do exactly what process explorer does and by you deleting it may have made you feel better but the damage might have already been done. I once had an issue with CNET for example tricking me into installing something I did not want, they switch the file names around in the package so that you would click on the down loader install instead of the actually App you wanted. Process Explorer is a nice tool but just beware, the spammers also know how it works and I wouldn't suggest getting it from anywhere but MS. Jamie |
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OT Why you need Process Explorer
On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 23:25:42 -0500, Maynard A. Philbrook Jr. wrote:
Process Explorer is a nice tool but just beware, the spammers also know how it works and I wouldn't suggest getting it from anywhere but MS. Didn't PE originate from SysInternals (I forget the author)? Together with that other invaluable tool Dependency Walker, also available from M$, which can tell you why a program does not run... Mike. |
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OT Why you need Process Explorer
On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 23:25:42 -0500, Maynard A. Philbrook Jr. wrote:
Process Explorer is a nice tool but just beware, the spammers also know how it works and I wouldn't suggest getting it from anywhere but MS. Jamie In the ages of XP, a colleague at work found his PC endlessly rebooting after normal shutdown. Process Explorer was his only way to bring the computer to rest. PE and the other utilities at sysinternals.com are pure gems. Microsoft had reasons to persuade Mark Russinovitch lodging sysinternals.com under the wings of MS Technet. They could actually learn from him and Bryce Cogswell. Cheers! |
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"Maynard A. Philbrook Jr." wrote in message
... Do not trust CNET down loads... A good many and I say many apps that are hosted by CNET have been repackaged and tricks set up to get you to install what you don't want to start with. I'm not sure that's true of CNET, but it is true of other sites. I've never had problems with File Hippo. |
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"Maynard A. Philbrook Jr." wrote in message
... Be aware that you may still have something in there. Actually, I did. The EXE was present on the drive. Kaspersky caught it a little later (on its own, without my running a scan). I requested a removal, and had to restart the computer. I then ran a full scan, and it seemed to be gone. |
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"Maynard A. Philbrook Jr." wrote in message
... Did you ever figure out what exactly it was doing? No. I caught my mistake almost immediately after making it, and killed the process. About an hour later, Kaspersky found the file and deleted it I was careless. But I'dordered an item from Costco Photo, and this looked like a status message. My mistake was not paying attention to the sender -- who was in Italy. It never hurts to be overly suspicious. This was the first time something got through in over a decade. I have been warned. Oh... handy trick... I was badly attacked back in 2004. The attack included malware that reinstalled itself at each restart. It occurred to me that if I changed the files' permissions to be executed or rewritten, a lot of problems would be solved. And they were. You don't need to remove a file -- just keep it from running or being replaced with a newer version. |
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"William Sommerwerck" wrote in message ... To make a long story short... I accidentally opened an e-mail attachment I shouldn't have. (I had a "good" reason for doing so.) Wondering if its executable was lurking anywhere, I ran Process Explorer -- and there it was. Two clicks, and it was gone. I will, of course, double-check the next time I restart. http://download.cnet.com/Process-Exp...-10223605.html I had a mighty scare today on my laptop. On booting, everything I tried to do resulted in an error message. I couldn't access msconfig, control panel, the Start/Stop button on the taskbar, System Restore, nothing. Right clicking the Start Menu did nothing. Kept saying something was trying to erase a registry entry or something. Googling on my old laptop showed that with Win8, you can no longer get into safe mode by pressing F8 whilst booting, is has to be achieved via Windows actually allowing you to do this, and mine wasn't allowing me to do anything at all. Nightmare. After a lot of perseverance, I finally discovered there is another instance of the Power Button if you press the Windows flaggy button to reveal all the "apps", a feature I never use. Clicking this Power Button whilst holding Shift finally allowed me to access System Restore. Which worked. I don't know how this happened, I don't think I clicked any dodgy attachment and I don't do any dodgy websites, but I have been caught out in the past, and since learnt to be very suspicious of most things. The first error message I got was "Windows Live Mail Calendar is corrupted", and Live Mail refused to run. This quickly progressed to the registry error message on everything I then tried to do. Gareth. |
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AutoRuns is your friend here.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...rnals/bb963902 Introduction This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services, and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP. Autoruns' Hide Signed Microsoft Entries option helps you to zoom in on third-party auto-starting images that have been added to your system and it has support for looking at the auto-starting images configured for other accounts configured on a system. Also included in the download package is a command-line equivalent that can output in CSV format, Autorunsc. You'll probably be surprised at how many executables are launched automatically! |
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