![]() If we’re not sure where the problem lay, this is the best starting point. We will see a lot of events and sometimes a lot of details about the process activity. In general case, we will start with all those filters and we will begin tracking process activities on any level. Profiling events (turned off by default).We can choose that with the buttons on the toolbar. The main window is empty because the process is stopped.īefore we continue further, we should also choose the events categories that should be displayed. In our case, the only active filter will cover all actions from the process named freshclam.exe. When you’re satisfied with the chosen filters, click on the button to close the filter list. That means that Process Monitor will still capture everything and you can change the filter on the fly. those events will be included) and other will be removed from the live view. Process Monitor will use everything with action Include as the positive filter (i.e. ![]() Your new filter item will appear in the list. To add your new combination in the filter list, click on the button. In case that you aren’t satisfied with your filter, you can remove any item you added in the list. I’m usually using filters similar to that one.īear in mind that you can make many other choices and you can build even the negative filters ( do not show). Your filter should look like the one on my screenshot. From the third drop down list choose the Action filter named Include (the other option is Exclude).In the third field type the process name – freshclam.exe in this case.From the second drop down list choose the logical operator (relation) to be IS.From the first drop down list choose the option (column) Process Name.As you can see, that option can be called with the key combination +. To filter such extensive list, go to the menu Filter and choose the option named Filter… from the drop down menu. Therefore, we will need to filter events and isolate only those related to our service. It’s really great that we can now see everything in the system, yet there are so many events and most of them are just a “noise” in our investigation. You can track any suspicious process and its activities. ![]() That option can be highly useful in malware analysis, too. ![]() Read EULA and, if you accept it, click on to continue. The main window appeared on the screen.Īs you can see, we can discover any operation of every single running process in the system. I located this tool inside the Sysinternals suite folder and started it for the first time on that machine. Therefore, I called Process Monitor for help. I had a strong feeling that I overlooked something in the configuration, yet I wasn’t sure at a moment exactly where the problem lay. The Event log wasn’t helpful and there was no application log on disk. I tried to start the service and it crashed.
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