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Process Explorer
http://www.systernals.com are offering freeware tools for making Windows NT/2k/XP more transparent.
For example the Process Explorer is very useful.
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download trial (3,66MB)
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Wintasks 5 Professional
LiUtilities are offering many helpful functions for easy processmanagment in their software
WinTasks 5 Professional.
Some of the features are:
- Real-time process information - Stay in control - Know what processes are running on your PC!
- Block- and allow-lists - With the new blocking feature, WinTasks makes it extremely easy to block any unwanted process. For maximum security the allow list gives you the option to choose exactly which processes are allowed to run on your system.
- Searchable process library - WinTasks now lets you search the entire process library for any process including the ones not currently running on your system.
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Security Task Manager
Security Task Manager
provides advanced information about all running processes
(applications, DLL's, BHO's and services). For each process it shows in addition
in contrast with Windows Task-Manger:
- file name and directory path
- security risk rating
- description
- start time
- CPU usage graph
- program icon
- contained hidden functions (e.g. keyboard monitoring, Browser supervision, manipulation)
- process type (e.g. visible window, systray program, DLL, IE-Plugin, service)
The Security Task Manager recognizes also virtual driver software, services,
BHO and other processes hidden from the Windows task manager.
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Ad-aware
Ad-aware by
Lavasoft
is a helpful tool to detect and remove Adware and Spyware.
Additional to the free* "offline" version of Ad-aware you could take a look on the Plus and Professional
versions which are providing real-time-protection and other powerful features.
* free for non-commercial use
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PestPatrol
Selfdescription by pestpatrol.com:
"... PestPatrol
is the only product that provides protection against the full range of
non-viral malware - trojan horses, denial-of-service zombies,
hacker tools, spyware, and adware ..."
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Spybot - Search & Destroy
Spybot - Search & Destroy is a free software
to detect and remove spyware,
adware and other unwanted "modern" threats which is available in more than 40 languages...
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