Virusdetection in 5 steps using DirMonitor

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Introduction

Virusses tend to place themselves on distinct places on your Hard Drive or the Windows Registry. If you monitor these places, you have a fair chance of detecting these virusses, before they do real harm, begin to slow down your PC, or send private information over the net.

Using DirMonitor

Using DirMonitor, you can monitor files, folders, services and the registry. These tools will enable you to monitor any potential threat.

This tutorial will not explain the basic use of DirMonitor. Click here to review these help files. Here I will point out how to use DirMonitor to find these threats.

Virusdetection

First open DirMonitor.

1. Place a Folder Watch on C:\Windows and C:\Windows\System32.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Place a Service Watch on ALL services.
   
   
   
   Choose Add Service Watch
   
   

   
   Right-click and choose Check All.
   
   

   Click on Add to Watchlist
   
   
3. Place a Folder Watch on
   
   C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
   
   and if you have different users on all
   
   C:\ Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.
   
   
   
   Set a Watch on the Startup Folders
   
   
4. Finally add a Registry Watch to the following registry keys:
   
   - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
   - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
   
   
   
   Add Registry Watches
   
   
5. Set the Watch Kind for all the listed watches to Create & Delete.
   
   
   
   Set Watch Kind to Create & Delete

Now you have successfully set all necessary watches.

You can either:

• Let DirMonitor run all the time.
• Run DirMonitor whenever you see that there is something strange happening with your system (it suddenly slows down).
• Run DirMonitor on a regular basis (once a week).

If DirMonitor is being opened, it will automatically scan all listed Watches for changes.

Do not forget to save your changes!

And if asked, set this DirMonitor File as the Default file for DirMonitor.

Congratulations!

Now you've completed this tutorial, DirMonitor can help you track down potential threats, and make your PC a safer place...