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Introduction To KillSwitch > The Main Interface
  • Introduction To Comodo Cleaning Essentials
    • System Requirements
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    • The Main Interface
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  • Introduction To KillSwitch
    • Start KillSwitch
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      • Replace Windows Task Manager With KillSwitch
    • The Main Interface
      • The System Tray Icon
    • View And Handle Processes, Applications And Services
      • Processes
        • Stop, Start And Handle The Processes
        • View Properties Of A Process
      • Applications
        • Handle The Applications
      • Services
        • Stop, Start And Delete Services
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      • View KillSwitch Logs
      • Find Process Of The Active Window
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    • Help And About Details
  • Introduction To Autorun Analyzer
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    • The Main Interface
    • View And Handle Autorun Items
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The Main Interface

 

 KillSwitch's streamlined interface provides easy access to all important features and options:

 



The interface is divided into six main areas:

  • The File Menu bar

  • Tab Structure

  • Main display Pane

  • Graphical Reports Pane

  • Tool Bar

  • Status Bar

The File Menu Bar


The file menu displays the controls for executing various tasks and configuring the overall behavior of the application.

 

 Menu

Option

Description

 KillSwitch

 Contains options related to handling unsafe processes, saving current state and switching power state of your system.

 Kill All Untrusted Processes

 Stops all running processes that KillSwitch has identified as unknown.

  • An untrusted process is one with an 'unknown' trust rating. The process is not in our malware blacklist, but is also not on our whitelist of safe processes.
  • All malware starts life as an unknown process. It is only after the process has demonstrated malicious intent that the virus companies will add it to their blacklists.
  • By killing unknown processes you ensure that only verified safe processes are running on your machine.

Note - stopping a process means you lose any unsaved data being used by the application. Save all data you need before selecting this option.  

 Suspend All Untrusted Process

Temporarily halts all running processes that KillSwitch has identified as unknown.

  • Processes will be held in their current states.
  • They can be restarted in the 'Process' tab by right-clicking on the process and selecting 'Resume'.

 Save Current View

 Export the data currently shown in the main display area as a .csv file.

 Save

 Export the data in all displayed panes as a .csv file.

 Shutdown

 Perform power and login actions. Place your mouse over the shut-down options to open the following menu:

  • Shutdown

  • Power-off

  • Restart

  • Sleep

  • Hibernate

  • Lock

  • Log off

 Exit

 Closes the KillSwitch application.

 Options

 Configure the overall behavior of the application. See 'Configure KillSwitch' for more details.

 View


 

Options related to application display:

 System Information

 Statistics about system resource usage. See 'View System Information' for more details.

Show Only the Untrusted Images in Memory

 Display only running processes that KillSwitch considers unknown.

Show Only Untrusted Processes



 Display only running processes that KillSwitch considers risky.

Show Only Sandboxed Processes

 Display only applications that are running in the container.

Hide Processes Signed by Microsoft

 Temporarily remove Microsoft certified processes from the list. This makes analysis easier by reducing the number of processes on display.

 Show All Processes

 Display all running applications, startup programs, system resources and more.

 Opacity

 Set the transparency level of the KillSwitch window. The choices range from 10% to full opaque.

 Refresh Now

 Updates and renews the KillSwitch window.

Set Refreshing Rate

 Set the interval at which KillSwitch will update details in the main display area. Choices range from fast (0.5 seconds) to very slow (10 seconds).

 Performance Graphs

 Switches the display of the performance graphs at the right hand side of the main interface.

 Toolbar

 Switches the display of the tool bar containing shortcuts to utilities at the bottom of the interface.

 Select Columns

 Configure which column are shown in different KillSwitch screens. See 'Column Selection' for more details.

 Tools

 Contains shortcuts for important utilities and options for handling processes, objects and dll files collectively, shortcuts for running command line interface programs and so on. See 'KillSwitch Tools' for more details.

 Start Comodo Cleaning Essentials  Opens the scan interface which allows you to run full, smart or custom scans on your system. See Scan Your System for more details.

 Autorun Analyzer

 Opens the Autorun Analyzer utility to view and handle services and programs that were loaded when your system booted-up.

 Quick Repair

 Opens the 'Quick Repair' interface to troubleshoot and and repair important Windows settings and features. See Repair Windows Settings and Features for more details.

 Program Usage Analyzer

 Open the 'Program Usage Analyzer' window that displays a summary of usage of all the programs installed in your computer by different users. See Analyze Program Usage for more details.

 Find Handles or DLLs

 Opens a 'Filter' dialog that enables you to make a quick search to identify the Handles, DLLS that are triggered or loaded to system memory or mapped files , by entering the name of the object. See Search for Handles or DLLs for more details.

 Verify File Signature

 Enables you to check whether applications/programs installed and files stored in your system are trusted and digitally signed to confirm the authenticity of them. See 'Verify Authenticity of Applications' for more details.

 Enable Boot Logging

 Instructs KillSwitch to log all modules loaded from next boot onwards and show them in its window automatically. See Boot Logging and Handling Loaded Modules for more details.

 Run

 Opens the Windows 'Run' dialog for executing command line interface programs with default limited user privileges. See Run Programs from Command Line Interface for more details.

 Run as Administrator

 Opens the Windows 'Run' dialog for executing command line interface programs with administrative privileges.

 Browse Logs

 Open the KillSwitch logs saved in DataKillSwitchKS Logs sub- folder inside the folder that contains the CCE files. See View KillSwitch Logs for more details.

 Users

 Enables to manage the status of user(s) that have currently logged-on to the system. See 'Manage Currently Logged-in Users' for more details.

 Help

 Contains options to get help and support on usage of the product and to view the 'About' dialog. See Help and About Details for more details.

 Search

 Opens online Comodo Cleaning Essentials help guide.

 About

 View product version, license and copyright information.

 

Tab Structure

The tabs pane contains a set of tabs for selecting the items you wish to view in the main display area and to control them through context sensitive menu.


Tab

 

Items Displayed

 System

 


 


 


  Shows currently running processes, applications and services that are currently running in your system, in their respective collapsible panes.

 Processes

 Displays the currently running processes in your system.

 Applications

 Displays the currently running applications in your system.

 Services

 Displays the windows services started along with your system.

 Network

 


 


 

 Network Connections

 Running processes that have active network connections.

 Network Utilization

 Shows how much network traffic is used by your system.

Main Display Pane

 

The main display pane shows processes, applications, services etc as per the selected tab. Right-click an entry to open a menu with relevant options.

 

Graphical Reports Pane

 

The pane shows dynamic graphical representations of your CPU usage, I/O activity and physical memory usage and network usage of your system. You can switch the display of this pane On and Off by selecting/deselecting the option 'Performance Graphs' under 'View' menu in the File Menu bar.

 

The Tool Bar

 

The Tool bar displayed beneath the Main Display pane contains shortcut icons to important utilities of KillSwitch.

 

 Icon

Description

 

 Opens the scan interface, allowing you to launch smart, full or custom scans on your system. See Scan Your System for more details.

 

 Opens Autorun Analyzer  utility to view and handle services and programs that were loaded when your system booted-up.

 

 Opens the 'Quick Repair' interface to troubleshoot and and repair important Windows settings and features. See Repair Windows Settings and Features for more details.

 

 Opens the 'Program Usage Analyzer' window that displays a summary of usage of all the programs installed in your computer by different users. See Analyze Program Usage for more details.

 

 Starts the 'Find Window' utility that allows the user to find process related to active application window or window components. See Find Process of the Active Window for more details.

 

 Opens a 'search' dialog that enables you to make a quick search to identify the Handles, DLLS that are triggered or loaded to system memory or mapped files, by entering the name of the object. See Search for Handles or DLLs for more details.

 

 Opens the windows 'Run' dialog for executing command line interface programs with default limited user privileges. See Run Programs from Command Line Interface for more details.

 

 Opens the System 'Information' panel that shows the graphical representations and statistics of the usage/history of your system resources. See 'View System Information' for more details.


The Status Bar

 

The status bar at the bottom of the interface displays the current CPU usage, currently logged-in user name and the current version of KillSwitch.

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