Comodo Cleaning Essentials

• Introduction To Comodo Cleaning Essentials
  • System Requirements
  • Downloading Comodo Cleaning Essentials
  • Starting Comodo Cleaning Essentials
  • The Main Interface
• Scanning Your System
  • Smart Scan
  • Full Scan
  • Custom Scan
  • Comparison Of Scan Types
• Configuring Comodo Cleaning Essentials
• The Tools Menu
  • Managing Quarantined Items
  • Managing Trusted Vendors
  • Importing Antivirus Database
  • Checking For Software Updates
• Introduction To KillSwitch
  • Starting KillSwitch
    • From The Comodo Cleaning Essentials Interface
    • From The Folder Containing Comodo Cleaning Essentials Files
    • Replacing Windows Task Manager With KillSwitch
  • The Main Interface
    • The System Tray Icon
  • Viewing And Handling Processes, Applications And Services
    • Processes
      • Stopping, Starting And Handling The Processes
      • Viewing Properties Of A Process
    • Applications
      • Handling The Applications
    • Services
      • Stopping, Starting And Deleting The Services
      • Viewing The Properties Of A Service
  • Viewing And Handling Network Connections And Usage
    • Network Connections
      • Inspecting And Closing Network Connections
    • Network Utilization
  • Configuring KillSwitch
  • KillSwitch Tools
    • Viewing System Information
    • Repairing Windows Settings And Features
    • Analyzing Program Usage
    • Searching For Handles Or DLLs
    • Verifying Authenticity Of Applications
    • Boot Logging And Handling Loaded Modules
    • Running Programs From Command Line Interface
    • Viewing KillSwitch Logs
    • Finding Process Of The Active Window
  • Managing Currently Logged-in Users
  • Help And About Details
• Introduction To Autorun Analyzer
  • Starting Autorun Analyzer
    • From The Comodo Cleaning Essentials Interface
    • From The KillSwitch Interface
    • From The Folder Containing Comodo Cleaning Essentials Files
  • The Main Interface
  • Viewing And Handling Autorun Items
    • Handling Autorun Items
    • Filtering Entries Based On Categories
    • Viewing Autorun Items For Other User Accounts
  • Help And About Details
• Help And About Details
  • Help
  • About
• Using The Command Line Interface
  • Running A Smart Scan From The Command Line Interface
  • Running A Custom Scan From The Command Line Interface
  • Running A Virus Database Update Task From The Command Line Interface
  • Viewing Help
• About Comodo

Configuring KillSwitch

 

The 'Options' menu in the file menu bar enables granular configuration of the overall behavior of the KillSwitch application.

• Always on Top - If selected, KillSwitch application window is always maintained on top of all the other application windows on your computer display.

• Replace Task Manager - If selected, any attempt to start Windows Task Manager, (e.g. press Ctrl + Alt + Del > Click 'Task Manager' or right-click on the Task Bar and select 'Task Manager' from the pop-up menu) will start KillSwitch instead. To re-enable Windows Task Manager when Ctrl + Alt + Del is pressed (or 'Task Manager' is selected by another method), simply deselect this option.

• Hide When Minimized- If selected, KillSwitch will automatically hide itself when it is minimized. You can double-click on the system tray icon to reopen the application.

• Confirm Kill/Delete/Suspend/Restart – Makes KillSwitch to display a confirmation dialog whenever you attempt to terminate, delete, suspend or restart a process, application, service or a network connection. An example is shown below.

• CPU History in Tray Icon - KillSwitch displays a system tray icon at the bottom right corner of the screen. The icon enables to open or close the application, shutdown your system and so on. On selecting this option, the icon will display a dynamic graphical representation of the CPU usage history in your computer. Refer to the section 'The System Tray Icon' for more details.

• I/O History in Tray Icon – Makes the system tray icon to display a dynamic graphical representation of the input/output activities of your computer.

•  Resolve Network Address - If enabled, KillSwitch retrieves the host names for all the network connections for display in the 'Local Address' and 'Remote Address' columns in the 'Network Connections' window. If not enabled, only the IP addresses of the local host and the remote host will be displayed.

• Threats Log Level - Allows you to select the option for creating log reports. Hovering the mouse over Threats Log Level displays a sub-menu with the three options:

• Disable - Instructs KillSwitch to not to generate log reports.

• Threats - Instructs KillSwitch to generate log reports containing files that it has detected as threats.

• All - Instructs KillSwitch to generate log reports for all the files that it has scanned.

• Run KillSwitch as Administrator - Irrespective of the privileges of the currently logged-in user account, all the operations of KillSwitch that require administrative privileges will be executed.

• Configure Symbols – KillSwitch uses the symbols from program database files to resolve the names of functions from running processes to find the start addresses and stack locations of threads, for displaying under the Threads tab of the Process – Properties dialog. If you have relocated the pdb files, you can specify the new path of the file through this option.

 

• Configure Highlighting – KillSwitch highlights:

• the processes that are started, stopped, identified as suspicious or hidden processes in the 'Process' window;

• the applications that are started or closed in the 'Applications' window;

• the services that are started and stopped in the 'Services' window;

• the network connections that are started and stopped in the Network Connection window.

in different colors. The 'Configure Highlighting' option enables you to select the colors that are to be used for highlighting for different events. Also the option enables you to change the look and feel of the graphs such as Performance Graphs in the Graphical Reports pane at the right hand side of the interface, Network Utilization graph under the Network tab of the main interface, Performance Graphs in the Process Properties dialog.

 

Clicking on the Configure Highlighting option will open a 'Colors' dialog.

• Highlighting – You can set the colors for highlighting the starting and terminating processes, services applications and network connections in the KillSwich interface from the 'Highlighting' area in the colors dialog.

• Rating – You can set the colors for highlighting the processes and services identified as suspicious, hidden or unknown from the 'Rating' area in the colors dialog.

• Graph – The Graphs area allows you to select the colors of the line in the graphs indicating the history/usage information on:

• CPU usage by Kernel

• CPU usage by User initiated applications and processes

• I/O Read Only

• I/O Write

• Physical Memory Usage

• Private Bytes

• Network Input

• Network Output

To change the color of a desired line

1. Click on the color patch beside the required parameter. The 'Color' window will be displayed with the default color selected.

2. Choose the color for highlighting or the graph line. You can do this by two ways:

• Directly choose the color from the palate; or

• Click on 'More Colors...' to add a custom color to the palate and select it.

3. Click OK.

The highlighting and/or graph lines will be displayed with the colors you have chosen.

• Language - KillSwitch is available in several language. Hovering the mouse cursor over 'Language' in the 'Options' menu displays the list of languages. You can select the language for application from the list.