RE: W2k: Unkillable Applications

From: Red Wolf (redwolfrrat_private)
Date: Tue Jul 17 2001 - 10:43:33 PDT

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I have no problem terminating processes using:
Process Explorer
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml
or PSTools (PSKill) http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pstools.shtml

RedWolf
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> Task Manager refused to terminate it. However, I discovered something
> interesting: Microsoft's "kill" utility will terminate the faux
> winlogon.exe, but will not terminate the real one.
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> > Task Manager in Windows 2000 refuses to kill any process named
> > - winlogon.exe
> > - csrss.exe
> > - smss.exe
> > - services.exe
> > showing a message box stating that this is a critical system
> > process and
> > cannot be ended by task manager.


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