System Explorer, AutoRuns, ProcessExplorer, or other

like Winpatrol's folders?

What do you use and why?

 

autoruns and PE. First one to control what is on startup and 2nd to troubleshoot and satisfy curiosity

 

I use Process Hacker. Its a more beefed up Process Explorer.

 

Sounds kinda raw.

 

i use the task manager

 

Not sure what you mean by that.

OP have a read here:

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=268763&highlight=process+hacker

 

Process Hacker
EndTaskPro
What's Running
A-Squared HiJackFree

 

what about process monitor from System Safety Monitor?

 

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System Explorer pulls together a great many features while using very little CPU itself. It's my favorite "on demand" process manager. Not a replacement for Winpatrol though, which I like to auto-start.

 

I guess that's a word I got wrong in english. What I mean is that it sounds kinda... "dangerous".

 

Thats what I figured. Its a legit application and its clean.

 

I agree. System Explorer is very good.
. Snapshot feature is great.
. a nice Tray Hint info.
. Services tab excellent.
. allows quick acess to many system tools (defrg.msc, commgmt.msc, gpedit.msc, secpol.msc, etc.).
. useful history feature.

Like it uses little CPU I use it in sys tray always. To delay startup I use Startup Delayer.

 

I guess Malware Defender is similar, too.

 

yes it does

 

This thread is comparing applications that are of totally different classes...

1- Classic HIPS - Malware Defender & System Safety Monitor

2- Startup managers - WinPatrol is a startup manager with a few minor HIPS functions thrown in. Autoruns is purely a startup manager.

3- Enhanced replacements for Windows Task Manager System Explorer & Process Explorer & Process Hacker & Whats Running

 

I think EscapeVelocity was referring to the Processes tab in MD. I have come to rely on this a bit more than PH or PE after installing MD as well.

 

Yeah, that is what I was talking about.

 

for common work i have process explorer.
i tried system explorer, but that behaves too slow when opening
process hacker is nice but i wont use it
(not dotNET on xp here, so i dont use it under win7)
malware defender got it too - and a network status.
i have anvir here too, but rarely used - i dont need that functions
really - nice toy beside MD.
sysinternals autorun is mighty - really mighty - can kick off any system
with wrong mouseclick - take care!

but except MD any of those tools have nothing to do with security - more with control.
thats for me the small difference.

 

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Anvir looks good, but in my experience it's such a cpu hog it kind of defeats the purpose. I don't need a monitoring application that brings my system to it's knees.