What is the Taskmgr.exe process?

Whenever we open the Task manager inside the system, we find that there is a Taskmgr.exe process in it, and the CPU Usage column's information will change consistently at a lower level. Based on these circumstances, I think any careful user who pays attention to computer security will have some doubts when he first touches the process: what is the process of Taskmgr.exe? Is it a virus program or a spyware Trojan? Let's take a look at this:

Origins and functional role

The Taskmgr.exe process is an important process that Microsoft defines for its Windows system and is often referred to as the Windows Task Manager. This process does not always exist until we open the Taskmgr.exe process by right-clicking the "Start Task Manager" or by using the shortcut key "Ctrl+alt+del" in the desktop taskbar. Its interface is shown in the following illustration:

Windows 7 system Taskmgr.exe Process interface Computer knowledge

It never occurred to you that the process you are focusing on is the program you are using, because it is through Task Manager that you discover this Taskmgr.exe process, he is the task manager. As long as you open a window like the one above, the Taskmgr.exe process will start. and functionally, I think you know, it's a very useful system tool:

Manage other programs: because we often use Taskmgr.exe (Task Manager) to control the operation of other non system core programs inside the computer. In addition to showing in the application column that the current system is running those software, in the process bar we can also find more hidden processes that are not displayed in the Application column. The user column displays the user name of the user who opened the processes. The CPU bar shows the current CPU usage for each process, followed by the "Memory" bar that shows how each process uses memory. This information is very useful, when we feel the computer is very slow, there are cotton we can use the Taskmgr.exe process to find them, and through the lower right of the "end process" to contact the abnormal, or occasional "unresponsive" process, which can solve the phenomenon of computer card death.

Understanding the resource situation: we can also use the "Performance" column to understand the overall resource consumption of the current computer, which provides a very important reference information for discovering abnormal programs and keeping the computer fluent. And in the "Networking" column can be found in the current network usage,

Historical situation: In Microsoft's early Windows System (Windows 95 and WINDOWS98) did not have this process, similar functions are implemented by the Taskman.exe process. The Taskmgr.exe process is a system process that Microsoft starts with Windows 2000 and now all Systems (XP, 2003, Vista, Win7, Win8). In addition, the Windows 8 system, which was officially released in October 2012, made some adjustments to the interface of the Taskmgr.exe process, as shown below:

The Taskmgr.exe process interface in Windows 8 systems

Virus and security

Taskmgr.exe as a system of Windows system process is usually safe, but also because of this to get virus Trojan "special care", they will be our system security, property security caused a lot of hidden trouble. However, we can still use the Taskmgr.exe process to discover the associated virus process, which is the "two unique" mentioned below.

Location only: Whether you are using older Windows 2000 or the most recent Windows 8 system, and whether you are using a home version, an Enterprise edition, or any other version, the Taskmgr.exe process has only one location:

C:windowssystem32 (C: On behalf of the system disk, more systems installed in different locations and different)

We can click the right mouse button on the Taskmgr.exe process in Task Manager, and then press the "Open File location" buttons to see where the current Taskmgr.exe process is in the system, and if it is found not on the system disk, this is probably a virus process.

Number unique: Another very important feature is that there may only be one Taskmgr.exe process in the system. This is a common feature of Windows system processes, so when we found two Taskmgr.exe processes in Task Manager (like some viruses in the Explorer.exe process), then it would be a very dangerous signal, because formal, A secure software vendor will not be confused in making such a program as the name of the Windows system process, but the illegal Trojans often make their name the same as the system process so that you can confuse it with the system process to keep it alert. If you have this kind of situation it is likely that there is a virus.

With the above two unique, we can find some viruses related to the Taskmgr.exe process, but this is not 100% accurate, because no one can predict the current illegal software manufacturers or hackers mastered the depth of technology, so the way to prevent virus is to install anti-virus software, and pay attention to update the latest virus library to scan the computer regularly. If you have a related virus infection situation will be the description of this article have any comments or suggestions I hope you can leave a message for us to exchange learning.