RE: Flushing DLLs from memory

From: Free, Bob (RWF4at_private)
Date: Mon Oct 22 2001 - 16:06:55 PDT

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    Hi Carv-
    
     Is this of any use?
    
    To unload DLLs that have been left in
    memory, developers must exit and then restart Windows, which can be very
    inconvenient. DLL UNLOADER is a sample Windows-based application that lets
    developers select a DLL, show information about it, and unload it from the
    system if desired; this eliminates the need to restart Windows.
    
    Unloader.exe
     
    (http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/sample80/3.1/W31/EN-US/U
    NLOADER.EXE)
    
    
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: H C [mailto:keydet89at_private]
    Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 5:31 PM
    To: forensicsat_private; focus-msat_private
    Subject: Flushing DLLs from memory
    
    
    I've been looking into 'live' forensics issues on
    NT/2K, and one thing I'm not having any luck with is
    how to flush DLLs from memory.
    
    Looking at Rob Lee's page, he's working on
    statically-linked binaries for the *nix platforms. 
    This is an interesting issue, but perhaps not as
    simple for NT/2K.  I know how to check for which DLLs
    a particular program depends on, and I know that the
    program and it's DLLs can be loaded onto a CD...the
    program can be run from a command prompt after
    supplying 'PATH="."'.  However, how does one flush the
    currently loaded DLLs from memory such that only the
    'known good' DLLs from the CD are used?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Carv
    
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