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processlibrary.com — This freeware has all the answers... download, scan and get all the details in one page! bye bye ugly task manager. Never seen anything like it.

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Doozee, on 10/12/2007, -7/+8This is great! Comprehensive info on all the processes running at any given time on one's computer.
- darkzealot89, on 10/12/2007, -4/+28Why are so many major web-serves ill-equipped to handle massive spikes? I look to a utopia where all web servers can survive the dreaded digg effect.
- ElliotShoe, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11They need to make this a standalone program. I'd use it to check for spyware and to decide which startup items to remove. Sometimes a computer is so owned , its network is totally whack.
- BetaMerc, on 10/12/2007, -7/+13http://www.duggmirror.com
- NikoKun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is definantly somethign i should check out for my work laptop... even with all the adware checkers I got... thing still has extra junk running...
  
  I hear Process Guard is a good way to just plane kill and lock out any process that you dont like...
- savmac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Coming soon! Spyware... YES!!!!
- cwalk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wait, so you are telling me I don't need picture.exe running in the background?
- speaker219, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is what firefox users get when the process scanner sends results to the server (i guess the program tells firefox to open the results in new tabs, and then firefox does a google search for the word) Real nice job setting that up :/
  See what i mean below:
  http://xs410.xs.to/xs410/06512/processcan.PNG
- haloevo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1****************************************************************************************
  *************I FIGURED OUT THE "BLANK POPUP PAGE" ISSUE************
  ****************************************************************************************
  
  Once the program is done loading and brings up a pop up page, it is coming up blank.
  
  THIS IS BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS BRINGING UP THE WRONG WEBSITE.
  
  THE INCORRECT URL IS BEING USED.
  
  ****************************************
  ****TO CORRECT THE ISSUE:****
  ****************************************
  
  add an "r" in the word "library" in the url of the new popup you get once the program is done loading.
  instead of www.processlibary.com........... it should be www.processlibRary.com.
  
  Pretty silly if you ask me...
mojo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Anyone try it yet?
- sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I used it. Seems pretty fast and harmless. Gave me some useful info on my processes.
- usherzx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+59yeah, here's what I got.
  
  ProcessScanner is getting the results...
  
  Status: Failed to send scan results to the server
- V1be, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16I'm getting the same failed message. It's because the servers that it's communicating with are down, from digg.
- usherzx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Well in that case I have bad news for everyone, lol
  
  It gave me that error when the story only had 20 diggs.
- Ramtech, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19It doesn't work on Vista....
- ufia, on 10/12/2007, -22/+9ROFL the software tried to send your running processes info to the server. Pwned!
- MicroBerto, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Mine failed too. I'm assuming that it's because I'm so anal about what processes run, I've shut down one that it needs to run this app. Which, ironically, I must not need because my system is running fine.
  
  Just google for Windows Services Tweaks or something along that effect and you'll see a great list of services in the service manager that you don't need.
  
  I disable more than I probably should -- but if I ever have a problem, I can always bring them back.
- dougm68, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6It created a process for itself and has required me to end task on it to stop it.
  
  Thanks for the tool?
- kingfoot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2yes and it was sent successfully, however, it sends you to a page for results and THAT wont load, so im takin the f5 route for now, if it dont work soon its going to bookmarks!
- eidolontubes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"It doesn't work on Vista...."
  
  I have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot of this exact comment soon...
MadFlava, on 10/12/2007, -26/+32 comments and the site is already hammered.
- mikev, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22Comments do not equal diggs.
  
  Even then, diggs do not equal clicks to the linked site
- mikev, on 10/12/2007, -8/+9^^ Just noticed my comment sounded a little hypocritical. excuse that, its 3am here and i haven't gone to sleep :X
jayparadise, on 10/12/2007, -9/+8isnt this an exampe of paid diggs?
- max420, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24Not really cause its a freeware program.
- h4ppydotcom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5And the diggs crashed the site!
Idugdigg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Mirror?
kornandchaos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+54Mirror: http://duggmirror.com/software/Do_I_need_the_processes_running_on_my_PC/
Download: http://download.uniblue.com/ub/plib/tools/processscanner.exe
- theRIAA, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1it just opened some spam pages in firefox at the end of the scan??!!
inmatarian, on 10/12/2007, -14/+3Hah, that was fast.

Oh, and no digg for spam.
DesireCampbell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Wow! I've been using Process Library for years, to check if a suspected process was valid or not. Basically I used Process Library because I'm too damn lazy to check the rest of the Internet for the answer. Process Library says 'yes' or 'no'. This new app will make me _even_lazier_.

I love it :D
goalieca, on 10/12/2007, -99/+36If you use linux nothing beats htop. Well htop maybe with some of the new memory/cpu profilers patched in! Hint hint devs! ;)
- Ignignokt01, on 10/12/2007, -49/+237"If you use linu-
  
  Shut the ***** up.
- Ramtech, on 10/12/2007, -25/+50LMAO
- forgiste, on 10/12/2007, -79/+20Why is igniktnogt01 being dugg up for basically dissing a guy? I do agree that it is funny, but is it proper digg behaviour? Is that not comment abuse?
- mocheeze, on 10/12/2007, -62/+24Why would people bury this guy for trying to be a helpful digger by telling people about a linux solution? Oh well, I guess that's just digg.
- foobar5892, on 10/12/2007, -26/+78Because the Windows fanboys are in charge of this thread.
- haooken, on 10/12/2007, -37/+17@Ignignokt01:
  "If you use linu-
  
  Shut the ***** up."
  
  I would like to buy you a beer.
- Phegan, on 10/12/2007, -21/+16Why are you digging someone down for fairly useful information, its not like it was a flame or a troll...it was actual information that someone can use.
  
  I also find it funny that the person insult all the windows fanboi's gets digged up also...
- aragami, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21@ foobar
  
  wait... windows fanboys posting on a story about a windows app!!!
  surely that can not be?
- dgulbran, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9@ Phegan: Beacuse it's not useful information *on this thread*. The post was about *Windows* not *Linux*. Yeah, I use both (as do many) but a response to a post about monitoring Windows processes that essentially says, use Linux is not useful or productive. It's off topic and troll bait.
- Gazthrak, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I dugg up Ignignokt01 because you just have to imagine it as if it were being said vocally with real emotion.
  
  Think if Lewis Black said that and you'll see why.
- bonk2k, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@dgulbran
  
  of course a comment about a proccess scanner for linux is relevant for this thread. You say that this link is about a windows app, which is true, but its also a link for a process scan app, so how is suggesting a process scan app for linux irrelevant or out of place in this thread?
  
  im not a linux fanboy, (to be honest ive never even used it) im just saying lets not let our giant hard-ons for our favorite companies get in the way of truly useful information. i thought ignignot01's comment was ***** hilarious but the reactions to it were really stupid.
heresy0, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0It would seem that the server with the process database is already down.
- bobcrotch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Probably, and a lot of people probably also have the port blocked that it uses to look up processes on their server(s?).
  
  I dunno I would rather not run an application that phones home about my processes and just use a simple google search.
MEbuDDy6, on 10/12/2007, -19/+32http://download.uniblue.com/ub/plib/tools/processscanner.exe

Process Library just got even better!

Now you can harness the power of the industry's leading and most definitive process listing with just one single click! Process Library now lets you search for and identify all the processes that should - or should not - be running on your computer. What's more it's fast, comprehensive and FREE to all PC users.
download process scanner

Our new Process Scanner brings new interactive functionality to the Process Library. Simply click on the scan button and the Process Scanner deep scans your system online to provide within seconds a complete list of all the processes, .dlls and other items that open on your system on startup, while the system is running, or even those which are programmed to run later.

Process Scanner will:

* Offer you a results page that lists all the processes found on your system
* Give you clear, at-a-glance, categorized information on the task functions of each process listed
* Provide color coded information on the threat risk on all processes - from safe to dangerous
* Advise you what action you should take concerning the listed processes.
* Share reports

about process library
Helping us to help you

Your process list is scanned by Process Library online and checked against all known processes. An alert is raised to the Process Library team for any variants or unknown processes not covered by the Library. They are logged, analyzed and the new information is added to the Library.

* Our proprietary RePLACE technology matches your data list with all existing Process Library entries, constantly updating the Library database with new process entries.
* Using our internal checking system The Uniblue Research Labs dedicated team of IT specialists edits the existing Library data.

Because everything happens online it means our users are helping us to update and improve the Process Library on a daily basis!

Process Scanner saves you time, alerts you to the presence on your PC of any virus or malware processes and helps you deal with any problems instantly.

So every time you use the FREE Process Scanner, you are helping us make the Process Library even better, for you and for millions of other PC users!

LIBRARY TOOLS
- vrogy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Why are people digging down a text-mirror?
mca7, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6"Failed to send scan results to server"

That's all I keep getting.
SamX, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11Is there an open source alternative to this ? oh and btw this is pure SPAM
CaptShmo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4another "Failed to send scan results to server"

must be getting hammered...
- lonecomputerguy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22like a drunken prom date...
- dougm68, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5you're supposed to get them drunk?!
  
  DAMN!
thethimble, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Mirror: http://www.filefactory.com/file/1978ee/
dan0111, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Getting the same "Failed to send scan results to server"...digg effect maybe? You would think that they'd keep their web server separate from their scanning server.
jerryparid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3GUI is overly simplified. Doesn't even scan for me. I'll stick with my Process Explorer 10.2.

Edit: Process scanner can't be removed from memory; had to use alternative methods.
- aldocs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Hi i am from the ProcessLibrary team at Uniblue Rersearch Labs.
  
  Could you kindly report the problem to technical@unibluesupport.com with some info on the problem please? We would value your support.
  
  Thanks
  Aldo
- Scotepi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2same, i just click scan and it does nothing, just stuck at Preparing to scan local computer..
  
  and its suck in memory too, AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800+ 2GB ram, Windows XP SP2 all patched.
- scooterMX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"My name's aldo from the ProcessLibrary team at Uniblue Labs. The data that is sent in only information about the processes running on your PC when the scan was started. I assure you there is nothing dodgy in the information sent."
  
  Sweet... welcome to an unannounced process level beta trojan on your system.
- chuonthis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2How did you kill the processscanner.exe process after it failed the scan? I can't seem to do it with Task Manager, pskill, or Process Explorer. :(
max420, on 10/12/2007, -14/+2The server is down due to the Digg Effect.
- fani, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4no ***** Sherlock..
- dougm68, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5put down the doob max and read the previous 50 threads where some idiot said 'uhhh, i think digg brought it down maannn.'
  
  ~hippys suck.
- Bleach00, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3The comment was buried due to Captain Obvious.
pinkgreenblue, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Anything similar available for Mac OS X? I know what all the applications in my dock do, but I don't know what every process of mine does. pbs? UniversalAccessApp? ATSServer? I know Google can help me with most of those, but a program that scans all active processes and outputs a nice window or file with descriptions (and flags for dangerous processes) would be awesome. Any takers?
jesterace, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I start with only 13 processes running.
- rickjames47, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2How do you manage that?
  I've been pruning my tasklist for years and the closest I've ever come (on XP anyway) was like 26 - 36 processes
- Tsukmar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+212 here at startup. (=
- markdr123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah, how *did* you manage that?
- westoncampbell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How do you have so few processes at startup? Along with AVG 7.5 Internet Security and the normal processes, I have around 32 processes. First of all I will assume that you don't have any Anti-Virus application installed (and in use) that constantly scans the files considered to be potentially harmful. I'd guess that you just use some sort of Anti-Virus to just manually scan certain files (or all) when you're not sure about opening them. Well. if that is not the case, I wish you'd let us in on your secret :-)
- dougm68, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think jest is running on winderz 95 still.
  
  I think my calulator has more than 13 processes running on it.
- matrixclown, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I run AVG too and I only have 27 processes running now even though I got VLC, firefox, and MS word running (including the network and local services
Karmalary, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I use What Process! ( http://www.what-process.com/ ) to access a Windows process library.
jsp317, on 10/12/2007, -18/+2Yawn. Boring. Kids need a program like this. do it your self with a little help from Jason. http://www.jasonn.com/turning_off_unnecessary_services_on_windows_xp
- adamsucks, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Processes.. not services.
  
  Tard.
jsp317, on 10/12/2007, -22/+1Yawn. Boring. Kids need a program like this. do it your self with a little help from Jason. http://www.jasonn.com/turning_off_unnecessary_services_on_windows_xp
mutatron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4So, is it spyware?
- aldocs, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Hi mutatron,
  
  My name's aldo from the ProcessLibrary team at Uniblue Labs. The during the creation of the process scanner we made sure that no personally identifiable information is extracted from your computer. All that is extracted is the process information which is shown on the results page.
  
  Best Regards,
  Aldo
- xr56n44, on 10/12/2007, -13/+6"All that is extracted is the process information which is shown on the results page."
  
  The very definition of spyware is something that phones home with information. Just because you say it only takes such and such info doesn't mean that's it's true, and doesn't mean it isn't spyware even if it does.
  
  Splitting hairs between WHAT data it sends is total *****. If process scanner connects to the internet and sends back data, it's spyware.
  
  This app has the stink of death on it... the ways these mofos SPAM digg, the phone-home element, and then the dirtbag from the company defending his sleaze.
- kinadian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10"If process scanner connects to the internet and sends back data, it's spyware."
  
  I disagree. If it connects to the Internet and sends back data without telling you what it's doing then it's spyware.
  
  If the program and developers freely admit what they are doing (and that's all they are doing) then it isn't spyware. It's just the program doing what it's supposed to do.
  
  If you are not comfortable with that then simply do not install the program. But I don't believe that this is spyware.
- skrshawk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@xr56n44
  
  Don't do a Google search then or post on Digg. By your logic you're sending personally identifiable information every time you use your web browser on those sites (and just about every other one on the net, unless you've gone out of your way to mask your identity).
csandoval, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"Failed to send scan results to the server" - this application is not ready for prime time. I'll continue using Windows Task Manager (CTRL-ALT-DEL)
MizuKitsune, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3There's nothing wrong with Task Manager. Learn what the processes are ppl.
- skelta63, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8everything can be improved upon, task manager is no different
Pekay, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Why send the results to a server. :O
- ohgr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Because they probably have some sort of data base they update, and by sending your process info to them, they can seee what you do need, and what you don't.
- dougm68, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Do porn sites use processes? =O
  
  If so, I'm sooo not doing this. =P
troubledyouth, on 10/12/2007, -10/+0 I'd use it to check for spyware and to decide which startup items to remove. Sometimes a computer is so owned , its network is totally whack.

http://www.silveradoboysranch.com/
craziestmule, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i waited till 5 in the morning to see if it would be able to send the info to the server, but apparently thousands of other people had the same idea.
daviddarmanin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8hey guys... just realised this post made the front page... grreat! just contacted the guys at Uniblue Labs and they answered back saying that the reason for failed scans is that the servers are overloaded and that they are now handling 200 scans per minute.They also promised they will be adding another 200 within the coming few hours...
Dakusan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I ran the sent data (which is obviously in some form of base 64) against a couple of dozen base 64 decode tables and was unable to find anything of use... I have very often used process library for looking up unfamiliar processes on other peoples computers, so I'm sure they SHOULD be trustworthy... but sending across over 500k for 46 running processes when a simple md5 could be taken of each (which it DOES appear to do in the first few packets...), seems kind of iffy....
- aldocs, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Hi Dakusan,
  
  My name's aldo from the ProcessLibrary team at Uniblue Labs. The data that is sent in only information about the processes running on your PC when the scan was started. I assure you there is nothing dodgy in the information sent.
  
  Best Regards,
  Aldo Cauchi Savona
- All4not, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Post the source code and we'll trust you then.
dragstarking, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Tried this on thewhitehouse.com, but there were no processes running.
zadadka, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Why not just run "tasklist /v" in a command window ?
markdr123, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3I'm sorry, but when I see "300.000.000 Searches and Growing", it means 300 to me.
- stauffere, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3Wow, do you get upset when you see something in metric units also?
- h4ppydotcom, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Not everyone in the world uses the same writing system, you know :)
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator
JohnOaks, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0I'll give this a try. Thanks!
xr56n44, on 10/12/2007, -11/+1Y'all are IDIOTS for trusting this crap, it could easily be a trojan.

I don't even trust sysinternals current version of process explorer because it's now hosted on microsoft.com for the same reason
- manchurian, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6But you do use Windows, don't you?
  
  (or am I missing the sarcasm?)
- gmikej, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3xf56n44 is my tin-foil hat hero. He believes that somehow the Microsoft people are the smartest around. They can create an app (process explorer 2.0) and hide the fact that it is a trojan from EVERYONE in the world! No one is smarter than Microsoft!!!!
  
  That's what I don't understand about the people that believe in Roswell/Area 51, Moon landing faked, 9/11 was an inside job, etc. - They give way too much credit to people in a position of power.
daviddarmanin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I understand the possible fear of spyware. I posted this item and i have been using process library for the past 2 years... obviously they sell their own products... but at the end of the day this really is a great FREE service... :) (they also make their own spyware!)
breakaway, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm not too happy with this "Sending processes to server" stuff.
mjpatey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Mine is stuck on "Preparing to scan local computer..."
bmartin, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3After using it for over a decade, I can confidently say that in Windows, no program can replace the task manager.
- brasso, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Then you don't know about process explorer.
- scooterMX, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1I used this before I had a PC.. we used to scan our books and it was GREAT THEN!
  
  ugh.
  
  /sarc
daharris, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2faileddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
DenDen, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3"Failed......" LAME! These people need to get a new host.
daviddarmanin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0oops... type mistake... they also make their own ANTI-spyware. Its a shame the host is not taking the traffic... we will have to wait until its off digg!
fuckingusername, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A day latter and no service lol
I just google it anyhow don't need another program to tell me, processes scanner.exe is not needed.......
Goatweed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1does this app breakdown what those various svchost.exe process are that I see running?
- daviddarmanin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i think it does... i recollect it did on processlibrary.com so i am sure the scanner will too
SlickRick12, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1digg effect in effect. cant get to the site, service unavailable.
Smog2k, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Current Processes Running: digg. digg. digg. digg. digg. digg. digg. digg.
phenolholic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4how ironic that this is a process scanner for windows and when clicking on the link, it says "Service Unavilable" ..here's a better process scanner:
format c:
then install ubuntu and control what processes you want running natively.
TechZone, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Funny thing is...this is probably bloat/spyware itself :P
Lumsmore, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"failed to send scan results to server"

Oh well...
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