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Task Manager, Regedit and Explorer are fine for basic Windows troubleshooting, but if your system is having real problems, or you\u2019re trying to manually remove a virus, say, then stronger medicine will be required.<\/p>\nTask Manager, Regedit and Explorer are fine for basic Windows troubleshooting, but if your system is having real problems, or you\u2019re trying to manually remove a virus, say, then stronger medicine will be required.<\/p>\n
And it would be difficult to find anything quite as strong as\u00a0PC Hunter<\/a>.<\/p>\n At first glance the program seems much like many similar system information tools. There\u2019s a tab listing your running processes, for instance. A second covers your Windows startup programs, while others detail your Windows services, file associations,<\/p>\n Look a little closer, though, and you\u2019ll find many tabs have several sections. So \u201cStartup Info\u201d lists services and scheduled tags along with the regular startup programs, while the \u201cNetwork\u201d tab covers open network connections, IE plugins, HOSTS file, and more.<\/p>\n There are also many sections aimed squarely at experts: Ring 0 hooks, Ring 3 hooks, filter drivers, DPC timers, HAL callbacks, file system filters and callbacks and a whole lot more. (Fortunately you don\u2019t have to explore any of those unless you really want to.)<\/p>\n PC Hunter has built-in file and Registry browsers, too. And that could very useful if, say, a virus has disabled Regedit, or Explorer is unstable and won\u2019t work properly.<\/p>\n And most important of all, PC Hunter isn\u2019t just producing static text reports. It can also carry out useful functions on the various objects it identifies.<\/p>\n For example, if you\u2019re having malware problems then you might want to delete several programs at once. No problem: click Process, select the offending items, right-click one of them, and there are options to kill all the processes, \u201cforce kill\u201d if they\u2019re stubborn, even delete the process executable after it\u2019s been terminated.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re the technical type then there are all sorts of powerful tools at your disposal. You don\u2019t only get to view suspect system hooks, for instance \u2013 the program can even run a disassembler at the relevant address to get a clearer look at what\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n But again, you don\u2019t have to explore these technicalities, and the program has plenty of more straightforward options available. So if you\u2019re wondering which processes have a particular file open, for instance, just click File, right-click the file and select \u201cView Handle\u201d for a list. While other right-click options allow you to search for a file online, upload it to check for malware, verify its process signature, repair a file association, delete a user account and more.<\/p>\n One issue we did notice here was a performance lag in some windows. Expand a folder tree in the File browser, for instance, and there was a noticeable delay. And this can lead to some initial confusion if you click something, see there\u2019s no instant response and click it again. But you\u2019ll figure it out within a few minutes.<\/p>\n There are some minor interface irritations. The File Handles window opens at too small a size, for instance, and it can\u2019t be resized, only maximised. Not a big deal at all, but it is annoying.<\/p>\n And the layout of the program as a whole means it\u2019s not quite as comfortable to use as, say,\u00a0Process Hacker<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Process Explorer<\/a>. If you just need an expanded Task Manager then they\u2019re still your best option.<\/p>\n PC Hunter<\/a>\u00a0is still an excellent tool, though, packed with functionality, and if you\u2019re ever likely to go hunting malware manually then you need a copy to hand. Give it a try.<\/p>\n Photo Credit:<\/strong>\u00a0cbeniel<\/a>\/Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n Task Manager, Regedit and Explorer are fine for basic Windows troubleshooting, but if your system is having real problems, or you\u2019re trying to manually remove a virus, say, then stronger medicine will be required. And it would be difficult to find anything quite as strong as\u00a0PC Hunter. 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