Software Update: Sysinternals Suite 2014-03-07

Microsoft has released a new version of the Sysinternals Suite. This package is a collection of useful tools for managing systems and obtaining comprehensive information about the computer. In this way, all kinds of problems can be detected and solved.

The individual tools are being developed by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell, initially for Sysinternals and now for Microsoft. Some examples are Process Explorer, Bginfo, contig and disk mon. In total it is a collection of 70 different tools. By the way, the latest versions of the individual programs can also be here are being found. In the past month, the following two parts of the Suite have been updated:

Process Explorer v16.02:
This minor update adds a refresh button to the thread’s stack dialog and ensures that the Virus Total terms of agreement dialog box remains above the main Process Explorer window.

Process Monitor v.3.1:
This release adds registry create file disposition (create vs open) and a new switch, /saveapplyfilter, which has Process Monitor apply the current filter to the output file as it saves it.

PSExec v2.1:
This update to PsExec, a command-line utility that enables you to execute programs on remote systems without preinstalling an agent, encrypts all communication between local and remote systems, including the transmission of command information such as the user name and password under which the remote program execute.

Sign check v2.03:
This version corrects a bug that caused the output of the –u switch to include signed files, and fixes several other minor bugs.

Process Explorer v16.01:
This release fixes a bug that could cause a crash when the VirusTotal column is added to the process view, and another that could cause a crash when verifying digital signatures.

Sign check 2.02:
This release fixes a bug that caused the –u switch to filter results incorrectly.