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In this article, Mytour will guide you on detecting viruses with Process Explorer and even temporarily neutralizing those viruses, preventing them from further activity. However, Process Explorer isn't antivirus software, so its feature isn't primarily about virus elimination. After detecting viruses using Process Explorer, you should use more professional antivirus software to address the issue.
Guide to detecting viruses using Process Explorer
The first task is, of course, to download this Process Explorer tool to your computer. After downloading, you can use it right away without any installation. Download Process Explorer here.
- Download additional decompression software WinRAR here if your computer doesn't have it yet.
Step 1: After downloading Process Explorer, proceed to extract this tool using WinRAR. If you don't have WinRAR yet, download it from the link above.
Step 2: Next, navigate inside the Process Explorer folder. Here, you'll find two parts: procexp.exe and procexp64.exe, corresponding to your Windows 32-bit or 64-bit operating system. Choose the appropriate one based on your OS, but be sure to run it with Run as administrator privileges.
Step 3: Click on Agree to consent to using Process Explorer. This is mandatory if you want to detect viruses with Process Explorer.
Step 4: The interface of Process Explorer appears, displaying and listing all running processes on your machine. Now, let's begin detecting viruses with Process Explorer.
Step 5: To start detecting viruses with Process Explorer, activate the virus detection feature by selecting Options > then VirusTotal, and click on Check VirusTotal.
Step 6: Confirm your consent to allow VirusTotal to check components and running processes on your machine.
Step 7: Wait for the system to check, about 2-3 minutes, you will see the VirusTotal column appear, divided into 2 values of green and red. If green means no virus, while red means there is. In addition, the number of viruses detected is displayed, for example, 3/66, which means 3 viruses have been detected out of 66 known types.
Clicking specifically will reveal the names of the viruses currently infecting that program.
Step 8: As mentioned, we can only detect viruses with Process Explorer but not eliminate them. However, we can shut it down by right-clicking the virus-infected process and selecting Kill Process.
Step 9: Confirm the removal of the running program and click Yes. However, if it's a system program, be cautious as it may temporarily disrupt your Windows usage.
Through the article, we have gained additional insights into the useful utilization of Process Explorer beyond its traditional role of replacing Task Manager. There are still numerous features of Process Explorer on computers that Mytour desires to share with you. Hence, don't miss out on our articles discussing how to utilize Process Explorer effectively.
