Have you ever pressed Control+Alt+Del on your PC, clicked on the Process tab, and wondered what all of those processes running in the background are? Me too. I used to first see if I could recognize the name, then maybe try to google the name, and then, well, just shut the process down and see what happens. Well, those days are over.
In a world of (pc) spyware, viruses, trojans, etc, it is important to both know, and keep track of what our computers are doing. Therefore, in order to help my favorite trifecta of Windows Defender, Spybot Search and Destroy, and AVG Antivirus, I present to you Process Scanner.
Process Scanner is an offshoot of a site called Process Library, which is exactly what it sounds like: a library of processes that run in Windows. Process Scanner is a small program that examines the processes runnning on your computer, and then sends the results to a website (anonymously for those of you in tin hats), which creates a report of what exactly each one of them is, as well as the threat level each process brings to you and your machine.
Its simple, effective, and very helpful, so check Process Scanner out.