Stopping, Starting and Handling the Processes
The 'Processes' window allows you to perform various actions by right clicking on a processes and selecting an option from the context sensitive menu
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Tip: KillSwitch can identify all unsafe processes and objects and then, according to your preference, Kill or Suspend them all at once. To do this, click 'KillSwitch' from the file menu bar and select the required option. |
- Right-click on a process to open the context sensitive menu.
- Window - Allows you to position/re-size the process' window, if one was found. If the process does not have any visible windows, the menu is disabled. The options available are:
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- Set Affinity - Enables you to view and modify the process' processor affinity (the CPU to which the process is allocated) in a in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system e.g. to reduce cache related problems.
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Background Note: In a symmetric multiprocessing operating system, each task (process or thread) in the queue is assigned with a tag indicating its preferred processor so that it is allocated to the preferred processor during allocation time. Some remnants of a process may remain in one processor's cache from the last execution. Scheduling the same process to run on the same processor next time will increase the efficiency of the process, when compared to running on another processor. For example, an application which does not use multiple threads, such as some graphics-rendering software is run on multiple instances, allocating it to the same processor will reduce the performance-degradation due to cache misses and increase the overall system efficiency. |
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Note: This option is not available when multiple processes are selected. |
- Priority - Enables you to sets the priority for the process. The available options are:
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- Set I/O Priority - Enables you to sets the I/O priority for the process. The available options are:
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- Kill Process - Terminates the selected process(es). KillSwitch can, except under extraordinary circumstances, be able to terminate any process, including ones protected by rootkits or security software.
- Kill Process Tree - Terminates the selected process and its descendants (child processes).
- Force Terminate - Terminates the selected process(es) forcibly. This option suits for closing any programs that are under 'Not Responding' status.
- Delete - Deletes the selected (running or suspended) process(es) from the disk. KillSwitch can delete any process, including ones protected by rootkits or security software. You will be asked for confirmation before deleting a process. Your computer will need a restart for this action to take effect.
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Warning: Deleting a process will permanently remove the application that has triggered the process. |
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Restart - Restarts the selected process with the same command line arguments and working directory.
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Suspend - Suspends the selected process(es). KillSwitch can suspend any process, including ones protected by rootkits or security.
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Debug - Starts the debugger, for the selected process. This is useful for the software developers and testers, to debug the applications that are newly installed in their systems.
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Create Dump - Enables you to create a crash dump file for the process. This operation does not actually cause the process to crash or terminate. The available options are:
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- Properties - Opens the properties dialog of the selected processes. Refer to the section Viewing the Properties of a Process for more details.
- Jump to Folder – Opens the folder containing the file in Windows Explorer.
- Search Online - Opens the default web browser of your system with the search engine specified and searches for information on the process on the web.
- Send to COMODO - Submits the application that has triggered the process for analysis to Comodo, as False Positive (if identified as suspicious by KillSwitch) or as Suspicious file as selected from the sub-menu. You can submit the files which you suspect to be a malware. The files will be analyzed by experts and added to global white list or black list accordingly in order to benefit all the users of Comodo security products world wide.
