Process Monitor combines filemon, regmon into unified analysis tool.
Sysinternals
, now ‘a wholly owned subsidiary of
Microsoft Corporation
‘, has released a new system analysis tool entitled
Process Monitor
, combining the functionality of its popular
filemon
and
regmon
utilities, both of which have long been staple tools in the analysis of virus and trojan behaviour.
The first major release since
Sysinternals
joined the
Microsoft
stable,
Process Monitor
is apparently completely recoded from the ground up, by kernel expert Mark Russinovich, now a Technical Fellow at
Microsoft
. The freely available software adds several enhancements to the earlier tools, as well as combining filesystem, registry and process monitors into a single interface.
‘Although the new product only runs on more recent and well-patched versions of
Windows
, it is sure to become a handy piece of kit for any malware researcher,’ said
John Hawes
, Technical Consultant at Virus Bulletin. ‘The design and controls will be familiar to anyone used to the earlier incarnations, but the simple buttons to filter registry, filesystem and process activity add great value, as do the extra monitors, configurability and logging functions.’
Process Monitor
is available to download from the
Microsoft TechNet Sysinternals
site,
here
. Source code, often made available for earlier
Sysinternals
products, has not been released.
Posted on 11 November 2006 by
Virus Bulletin
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