Introduction to KillSwitch
KillSwitch is an advanced system monitoring tool that allows users to quickly identify, monitor and terminate any unsafe processes that are running on their system. Apart from offering unparalleled insight and control over computer processes, KillSwitch provides you with yet another powerful layer of protection for Windows computers.
- The unsafe processes addressed by KillSwitch are often triggered by malware that has been introduced onto your system.
- These harmful programs can gain entry onto your system in many different ways.
- For example, you may encounter malware by visiting a malicious website, by double clicking an attachment in a unsolicited e-mail message or on clicking on a deceptive pop-up window.
- Once installed, most malware will embed itself into your system as a resident program then attempt to initiate an attack.
- These attacks can take a variety of forms and include operating system exploits and scripts that could turn your computer into a zombie PC or allow the easy theft of your private data.
- Worst still, many of these processes are so well hidden they are completely invisible to the average user. This is where KillSwitch comes in.
- KillSwitch can show ALL running processes - exposing even those that were invisible or very deeply hidden.
- It allows you to identify which of those running processes are unsafe and to shut them all down with a single click.
- You can also use KillSwitch to trace back to the malware that generated the process.
- When started in aggressive mode, Killswitch terminates all running applications and processes created by the currently logged-in user.
The KillSwitch section of this guide is broken down into the following sections:
- Enables the user to analyze the processes that were invoked automatically, in order to identify the harmful processes invoked by malware and hence to identify the malware.