Language: Visual C++
Version: 3.0
Size: 708 Kb
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Credits
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Features
KillProcess 3.0 is a Windows Utility used to kill any process, including services, running on a computer with Window XP. This application provides the following features:
- Process Enumeration
- Kill Selected Process Individually
- Kill Several Applications at the same time.
- Give Main Information on Individual Process (Right-Click Menu)
- Provide Advice about Application Criticality by Linking to the Web Site http://www.fileinspect.com from Auslogics Software Pty Ltd (Right-Click Menu)
- Provide Help to Get More Information about Process by Linking to Google (Right-Click Menu)
- Give Necessary Warnings when Killing Critical Process is Requested
- Add Process to Scan List for Automatic and Periodic Kill
At startup, the application enumerates the processes currently running in the system address space. It then fills the control with the names and identifiers of those running processes.
Selecting a Process enables the 'Kill' button....
Remarks
1. The process enumeration represents the situation at the time the snapshot is taken. If a new process starts after the enumeration takes place, it does not appear in the application control.
2. The application updates the process enumeration each time a process is killed.
3. The enumeration can be forced at any time by clicking the 'Refresh' button
4. If the Scan and Kill Feature is active, the application updates the process enumeration after each scan (with a two-seconds delay)
Kill Process
To kill a process, simply select the process in the process list and click on the 'Kill Button' or right-click the selected process and select the menu 'Kill Process'
The selected process will be killed either directly or after confirmation (See for technical details) Confirmation is required when additional privileges are required to kill the process.
Warning !!! Killing some process could lead to a computer reboot or a blue screen crash ...
To avoid such unwanted situations, KillProcess 3.0 will warn you if you try to kill critical processes. This is the case for Csrss.exe and Lsass.exe ...
Special processing is made for the process SvcHost.exe. The dll(s) handled by the selected instance of SvcHost.exe are displayed and analyzed. In some cases, an additional warning is made as killing th selected instance of SvcHost.exe will lead to a computer reboot...
Scan and Kill Processes
KillProcess 3.0 can be configured to scan your computer periodically and kill selected processes. The process(es) to kill are stored in a local file (named 'KillProcess.skl')
To add a process to the Scan and Kill List, simply select the process in the process list, right-click the selected process and select the menu 'Add to Scan List'
The selected process will be listed in the List 'Process to Add to Kill List'
Click on the '>' Button to add the process to the Current Scan and Kill List.
Click on the '<' button to remove a process from the Scan and Kill List.
Note: Critical processes can not be added to the Scan and Kill list as this would trigger a direct reboot of the computer ....
Available Scan and Kill Frequencies stems from 15 seconds to 1 hour. Simply select the desired frequency using the combobox 'Scan Frequency'.
The Scan and Kill feature can start automatically at KillProcess Starup. Simpy click on the CheckBox 'Start Scan and Kill Automatically ...'
Don't forget to save Scan List after any Changes ....
Click on the 'Start Scan and Kill' Button to Start the scan of the computer processes and potentially kill the one(s) in the Current Scan and Kill List.
This will be shown on the top of the main Window by a progress bar ...
You can stop the Scan and Kill by clicking on the 'Scan and Kill' button on the main Window and then click on the button 'Stop Scan and Kill'
Context Menu
Right-clicking a selected process triggers the context menu:
- Process Properties
- Google Search
- View from www.FileInspect.com
- Add to Scan List
- Kill Process
Context Menu: Process Properties
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Clicking this menu will start your Web browser automatically with a Google search for the selected process...
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Clicking this menu will start your Web browser automatically with process information from http://www.fileinspect.com
Do not hesitate to visit this excellent WebSite http://www.fileinspect.com for additional file information ... 
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See Add to Scan List
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See Kill Process
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The Title and windows background as well as the font used by KillProcess 3.0 can be modified easily. Click on the Button 'Options' and select the options that fit your taste.
This could lead to quite different interface ....
Event Logging
KillProcess 3.0 stores the different events in a simple log file (called Killprocess.log) located in the application directory.
Typically, the log file keeps track of the method used to shutdown the process: using the WM_CLOSE message or the TerminateProcess function
KillProcess 3.0 (c) 2003-2010 TGMDev Event Logger Start at 03/12/2010 22:47:26 03-Dec-2010 22:48:40 KillProcessTarget.exe: Start Killing Process 03-Dec-2010 22:48:40 KillProcessTarget: Kill Process using WM_CLOSE MessageHere is a typical event log display ...
Command-Line Mode
KillProcess 3.0 can also be started in command-line mode. To kill process(es), simply add the name(s) of the process(se) to kill after the name of the application (just like any good old DOS applications ...) Note that if the name of the application to kill does not contain the extension .exe, KillProcess adds it automaticallly.
The command-line parameter /NO_CONFIRM allows unattended (and unconfirmed) shutdown of the application(s) specified in the parameter list.
The command-line parameter /NO_SPLASH avoids the display of the Splash Screen at application statup.
Typical Command-Line use of KillProcess. In the exemple below, the process to kill is KillProcessTarget.exe
"C:\Program Files\KillProcess\KillProcess.exe" KillProcessTarget /NO_CONFIRM /NO_SPLASHDon't forget the double-quote if the path to KillProcess.exe contains spaces !!!!
Note that, even when started in Command-Line Mode, KillProcess 3.0 updates the Event Log File ...
How It Works
- Process Enumeration
They are several ways to enumerate processes running in Windows space:- the Process Status Helper (PSAPI) library
- the ToolHelp32 API
- the undocumented ZwQuerySystemInformation function
- the performance counters
- the WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) interface
KillProcess uses the function ZwQuerySystemInformation to perform this enumeration.
- Process Shutdown
Terminating an application is done using the TerminateProcess function. However, this function should be used only if the normal closing of the application is not successfull as TerminateProcess function does not allow the process to close properly (memory clean up, data saving, DLL notification, ..)
KillProcess 3.0 first tries to kill the selected application by sending the WM_CLOSE message to the application. If the application handles this message, it shutdowns gracefully and KillProcess simply updates the process enumeration list.However, if the application does not accept or handle this message, KillProcess forces the shutdown of the application by calling the function TerminateProcess.
Video Tutorial
Here is a video tutorial of KillProces provided by Softoxi.com
Click on Softoxi.com URL or on Softoxi Award to Start Video Tutorial ...
Stress Testing
The Scan and Kill feature of KillProcess 3.0 has been tested extensively with Windows XP to check its performance and correct memory handling behaviour. The same will be performed with Windows 7 for the next release.
A dedicated application was written to start 5 applications randomly and with the following average frequencies:
| Application | Average Frequency Start/Min | Min Time between Start | Average Time between Start |
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| Windows Calculator | 5 | 1 sec. | 6 sec. |
| Windows Notepad | 5 | 1 sec. | 6 sec. |
| IrfanViewer | 3 | 1 sec. | 10 sec. |
| Internet Explorer | 3 | 1 sec. | 10 sec. |
| Windows WordPad | 3 | 1 sec. | 10 sec. |
KillProcessTest application and KillProcess were started at the same time. The Scan and Kill Feature of KillProcess 3.0 was configured to kill the 5 applications (started randowly by KillProcessTest ) with a Scan and Kill frequency of 15 seconds.
After 24 hours, more than 43000 processes were started and successfully killed by KillProcess. This was repeated 3 times. No problem occured during these stress testings.
Bug Report
Please report any bug to Thierry.Marneffe@skynet.be
Safe Use of KillProcess 3.0
The TGMDev computers are protected by the latest version of Norton Internet Security. To the best of our knowledge, the application is virus-free. Also, as it is the case since release 1.0, KillProcess 3.0 is garanteed to be spyware-free.
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