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June 9, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

Featured Freeware: Security Process Explorer

by Seth Rosenblatt
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Security Process Explorer is a freeware replacement for the Windows native Task Manager. It comes with some useful functions, but the simplistic layout doesn't adapt well when displaying deeper investigations into the relationships between different processes. Still, it's worth looking at.

It offers many of the same functions that other process-managing programs offer. You can explore the connections between different processes, block processes, end them, and view in-depth information about a particular process. You can even search on the Web for a particular process, but unlike other programs, Security Process Explorer takes you to a proprietary page to learn more.

It's stable, it only eats about 4MB of RAM, and beginning users will appreciate that the information clutter isn't overwhelming. Still, the program feels unfinished, as if an interface that veered toward either slickness or geekiness might serve it better. There's no doubt, though, that you can get what you need from this useful app.

Seth peers into the deep, dark corners of software so that you don't have to. He has yet to suffer a single nightmare about OS/2. You can follow him on Twitter.
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by kra19784 June 9, 2008 7:07 AM PDT
Process Explorer (From Sysinternals.com) is way better. It is made by Microsoft Technet, which in this case is an advantage as it allows more functionality and integration. Also, it has a plethora of features. Better yet, it's portable - no install needed.
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