win processes

[kengathu]

how do i know the right processes which are supposed to run my machine so as i end those unwanted and viruses

[Rik_]

By the use of good antivirus, antimalware, firewall, and phishing filter software.

If you want specific information about a particular process, Google it.
That's what I do when helping people with their malware problems if I don't recognize something.

[Suspishio]

Rik's answer is perfect.

[Rik_]

Wow, perfect is a strong word to use. :)

[kengathu]

am tryting it out will communicate

[Suspishio]

Wow, perfect is a strong word to use. :)

Oh - sorry.

[Rik_]

No need to say sorry at all. :)

[kaninelupus]

If you two want to go swapping kisses, can you at least pull the shades?? My Windows are fogging up :D

Agree with advice, but finding one or two apps to cover the spread might be more resource friendly than trying to find a small flotilla of AV-type utilities (sure RIK had something like that in mind, but is good to clarify for the less experienced :) ), as the amount of processes generated by running individual utilities for each area can create more of a bog-down than most malware.

The best tool you can have though in the end, is yourself. Get to know your system... the ability to sense when things are not running as they should (ie, high memory usage when little seen to be running). Better yet, learning how to KEEP your system safe by your own practices, rather than over relying on the OS and 3rd party anti-malware utilities to keep your system secure - which can almost lead to a false sense of security.

[kengathu]

how do i treat e-pharaoh virus

[Suspishio]

how do i treat e-pharaoh virus

Start your own thread in the virus/spyware forum for a start.

[Suspishio]

...The best tool you can have though in the end, is yourself. Get to know your system... the ability to sense when things are not running as they should (ie, high memory usage when little seen to be running). Better yet, learning how to KEEP your system safe by your own practices, rather than over relying on the OS and 3rd party anti-malware utilities to keep your system secure - which can almost lead to a false sense of security.

IMHO it's easy enough to know when things aren't running right. And keeping your system right by your own practices is as sound a piece of advice as Rik's perfect contribution.

I'd put myself in that category and yet, without McAfee, Ad-aware and Anti-Malware I'd be up sh*t creek, There are many so-called safe sites who have unbeknown malware embedded somewhere in their servers. Cookies are a real risk but you can't stop them and still do reasonable stuff.

I rely totally on McAfee and Ad-Aware to block trojans and unexpected registry entries;the anti-malwarebytes (which I pay for) to scan every time I "feel" something's not right.

[kaninelupus]

[...]and yet, without McAfee, Ad-aware and Anti-Malware I'd be up sh*t creek. [...] I rely totally on McAfee and Ad-Aware to block trojans and unexpected registry entries

Sorry mate, but this is my turn to disagree with you (no offence). While I fully agree with having a good AV/Anti-malware (preferably both bundled in one) to watch over things, McAfee has long been shown to be a very poor solution. There are actually 3 free alternatives (don't even think of AVG) that ALL top McAfee stats-wise... Avire, Avast and Comodo.

If you are looking for a paid-for AV, G Data is consistently out-performing just about EVERYONE (only recently discovered this one, but has my interest well and truly peaked). McAfee was once upon a time a decent AV, but has well and truly fallen behind the times.

[Rik_]

I am sorry but I have to disagree with a small part of the above statement.

preferably both bundled in one

Reason.
With all in one software, if one part of it gets attacked you can loose the whole lot (Norton for example).
If you have everything separate, if one goes down, the rest usually are unaffected.

[Suspishio]

@kaninelupus

We can debate until the moon turns to cheese which AV program is best. I am totally satisfied with McAfee (and with Kaspersky on the Quaddie).

On the other hand, if you know something about McAfee that I should know - e.g. specific weaknesses, then do please share the info.

[kaninelupus]

On the other hand, if you know something about McAfee that I should know - e.g. specific weaknesses, then do please share the info.

Have a look at the two links below to see just how poorly McAfee compares to others:
http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2008/09_02
http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Best-Windows-Antivirus-2008-Editions-80796.shtml

Also, my wife's notebook came with McAfee bundled, minus an uninstaller (which cost me a couple of hours in tracking down an unistall utility for it). Now my wife is not the most tech-savy person on the face of the earth, and had several infections within the first week, all of which got past McAfee. So sorry, but has lost me completely.

With all in one software, if one part of it gets attacked you can loose the whole lot (Norton for example).
If you have everything separate, if one goes down, the rest usually are unaffected.

I understand the logic behind that, but my experience with both Symantec's corporate AV suite's and Comodo doesn't hold to that. Have been times where say the firewall has failed, but the rest of the processes have held up. And usually where a process halts, has been a simple matter of closing the mother process/utility down and restarting. Also, using multiple apps tends to chew up system resources, as there is little core-file sharing or communication btwn them... the weight placed on the OS causes more instability issues than the risk of a one-part crashing all concern.

[Asphodel]

There's a website www.fileinspect.com where you can research Windows processes.