programchecker.com not working

[catscomputer]

Hi MBAM community. B) I last used programchecker.com around six weeks ago, and sometime between then and about 1-2 weeks ago the website appears to be inaccessible. I've tried numerous times on different browsers and PCs (clearing the cache in between) and it won't load. I'm now wondering if it is "no longer" as opposed to a broken webpage. Anyone know anything about this?

I know there are other process checker sites, but I'm not sure which ones in the search results are OK to visit and use. Does anyone have any tried and tested suggestions?

Thanks. B)

[exile360]

What is programchecker? Is it a site where you search a process name and it tells you what the process is? If so, here's a good list of sites that should yield reliable results, particularly if searching to determine if a process is malware:

• http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/
  
• http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
  
• http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm
  
• http://www.processlist.com/
  
• http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm
  
• http://www.windowsstartup.com/wso/search.php
  
• http://www.systemlookup.com/
  
• http://www.spywaredata.com/spyware/spyware...s/1/results.php
  
• http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/runproc.php
  
• http://samspade.org/
  
• http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/mdl.php
  
• http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/encyclopedia.aspx
  
• http://www.pcprocesses.org/
  
• http://www.fileresearchcenter.com/
  
• http://www.tallemu.com/oasis2/
  
• http://www.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/
  

[catscomputer]

Is it a site where you search a process name and it tells you what the process is?

Yes that is exactly what it is (or was), and along with explaining what each process is and who the publisher is, it went into a lot of depth explaining where you should find it in each OS, and it included the file size & MD5 checksum too. It was a wicked site!

WOW! Thank-you for going to so much trouble! I was nervous to just click on any old sites in google in case they were malicious. I appreciate the help exile, thanks. B)

[exile360]

No problem. Some of the sites will give more info than others, and some have different purposes, such as searching for websites to check if they're malicious or checking CLSID's or services. Very handy when doing research B) .

[catscomputer]

or checking CLSID's or services..

Naive speaking here, what is a CLSID? (sorry if that is a dumb question) B)

[exile360]

Just remember, you asked B) .

edit: You might find this definition more informative .

[catscomputer]

That I did, lol!

Yup OK.... I will be sticking to my day job I think. B)

[swagger]

I like http://www.processlibrary.com as well B)

[catscomputer]

Thanks swagger

[exile360]

Thanks for reminding me of that one Swagger . I often use it in my "trusted" google results, but forgot to add it to my "master list" .

[swagger]

No problem... You gave me a few good ones that I had not ever seen before like htp://www.fileresearchcenter.com

[catscomputer]

@ Exile360

I didn't see the edit to your post when I posted my reply (about what a CLSID is). Thanks for going to so much trouble to find an explanation that's a little easier for a non-tech person to get to grips with. I've just checked that out, and have a better understanding now. (Though I will still be sticking to my day job! )

[exile360]

Yeah, that one seemed much more explanatory and less "technical" and actually went further to truly define it in relation real world use .