[21604] in bugtraq
RE: W2k: Unkillable Applications
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Red Wolf)
Wed Jul 18 12:15:08 2001
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 13:43:33 -0400
From: "Red Wolf" <redwolfrr@zdnetonebox.com>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
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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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