In this video, Joe Stackhouse and Mike Fara discuss Process Explorer, and its unique abilities to diagnose system processes, including malware infections.
I use Windows 7 Home Premium, 32-bit OS on a Lenovo G530 (so I'm having enough issues with my screen brightness, too).
About a week ago my computer's anti-virus security program, Avast, started detecting possible infections but when I went to take care of them, the program wouldn't do...
I have used MSE as my anti-virus the past few months and have encountered several infections one of which took complete control of the cpu until I could track it down and terminate the process.
Turns out it was the process wmiprvse.exe which ran as a service. I see that others have also...
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Windows 7 may be secure, but are Windows users safe?
Windows 7 users got a nice surprise on Tuesday when Microsoft released its first set of security patches since unveiling the new operating system last month. Of the 15 bugs patched, none affected Windows 7.
When Microsoft launched Windows...
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Would somebody please tell me what in W7 is scanning my downloads for infections?
I do not have any security software installed yet.
This is driving me crazy.
I did a fresh install as part of my XP Pro to W7 Pro upgrade.
I then removed the XP old files.
Thanks.
J.