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While it won't display security ratings of processes right in its interface, it supports a total of three online virus scanners (Virustotal, Jotti and Comodo's Camas) and online search on top of that.Īt least on Virustotal, it will check the hash of the selected file before displaying the update prompt. Process Hacker is an open source program for Windows that is provided as a portable version and installer. The program uses hashes by default for the checks but can upload files to Virustotal on your behalf if the hash is unknown on Virustotal. Options to check individual processes or all running processes are available. Recently support for Virustotal scans has been added to the program. It is a portable application that you can run from any location. Process Explorer is probably the most popular Task Manager alternative for Windows. When selected, you are taken to the Virustotal website where results of the scan are displayed to you. This leaves the Virustotal option which you can use for individual processes running on the system. It only displayed "not available" for all entries on the other hand, and a check on another PC confirmed that. The free version of the Task Manager displays security ratings for each process and startup item on start. Make sure you decline and uncheck those if you don't want them installed. Note: The installer contains adware offers. Since we did not test installers in this case, make sure you follow the dialog carefully as installers may contain adware offers.

Note: We have always downloaded and tested the portable version of a program if provided. Last but not least, recommendations are added to the very end of the guide.

After that you will find a comparison table that highlights similarities and differences between programs. The guide begins with short summaries of each program that made the test.

The task manager needs to be the main program feature.

A feature to rate or scan processes needs to be integrated.

The software needs to be compatible with all recent 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the Windows operating system.

This guide looks at process managers that scan processes for you to determine whether they are safe or not.Īs always, we start with the requirements first. That leaves manual checks, for instance on Virustotal, or third-party software that provides you with those information. While they may pick up many malicious processes, none is perfect and the chance of malware slipping through is always present. It is usually not a good idea to rely on antivirus software to make those judgement calls for you. While that is helpful in determining what is running on the system or to kill a process that is no longer required, it is often difficult to tell if a process is safe or not.