Solo Technology

[Another post from SimpleRich via the wonders of syndication]

After the first week of using a computer that’s been online more than an hour, getting updates, doing software installs, etc, the formerly pristine condition, and trustworthiness of it is in doubt. Recently at my work some work stations got set up sans anti-virus software for around 12 hours on a high-speed connection and they had, when they got back to them, over 500 pieces of viral software on them, unwanted programs doing undesirable things without permission from us. What’s in your RAM?

What programs are running?
What are those programs?
What the hell is CTsvcCDA and why is it running all the time?
Why is my computer running so slow?
Why won’t msconfig actually WORK to make these start up programs just go away?!?
Why does KDB.EXE load itself every time I turn on the computer? Do I need it?
What is going on here?!?! It’s my computer, why does it keep running whatever it wants to?

Security Task Manager combines the task manager function of CTRL-ALT-DEL with a database of information on a huge variety of programs to give meaningful information about the programs that are currently running on your computer.

It doesn’t stop there though. It gives you an option to stop the program for this windows session, quarantine the program so it’ll never run again until you let it, or uninstall the program and remove it so it’s gone gone gone. I’ve used all those options, and they all work. This program gives you lots of information, and lots of control.

If you’re the type that appreciates the control of a manual transmission over the automatic in your computers this is a program you’ve got to have. The free version is what I’m using right now, but it’s certainly good enough to pay for, and I don’t say that often.

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