Tasklist and Taskkill – Windows util double-play

Want to know what processes are running on a remote host on your domain?  First, find your way to the command prompt (START -> RUN -> cmd) tasklist -s hostname Something look suspicious – a process either from an application the user should not be running, a frozen app or a piece of malware doing …

A Diatribe on Dilution

Some have voiced concerns that having AppliedUsers as well as ASCnet threatens to dilute either the pool of knowledge or ASCnet membership and will have a negative impact on the support system for Applied products.  I do not buy into that line of thinking, AppliedUsers may provide some friendly competition (OK perhaps the friendly is …

Taking down the botnets

Botnet, by and large, are responsible either directly or indirectly, for most of the malicious activity on the internet.  When it’s spam, viruses, drive-by downloaded, rogueware, scareware or all-out DDoS attacks, these large, distributed networks of zombie computers are usually behind it. Recently a couple of the big ones have been taken down (or at …