KillProcess is an application assassin of the extreme kind. It can terminate almost any process on a Windows machine, including any service and process running in the system. Even protected Microsoft system processes can be terminated. All of this can be done in the matter of milliseconds.
The speed that KillProcess can kill your applications with is determined by your computer speed and is not restricted by any other settings within the OS itself. KillProcess is way more powerful than the Task Manager in other terms than speed. It can kill multiple processes, either by multi-select or by clever use of “kill lists”. Using these techniques it is possible to “batch” terminate processes, quickly and swiftly, with a click of a button.
KillProcess can also scan the running processes on the computer, and kill them on sight, much like an anti-spyware application would. In KillProcess however you are in charge of which applications should be allowed to run or not – and that applies to the computer as long as you say so.
What's New in version 2.44:
Application now fully supports Windows 7
Fixed a bug with the process priority being displayed wrong if the Realtime setting was used.
Changed default settings for application to integrate better with Windows 7 new taskbar
Added Kill Lists for Windows 2008 and Windows 7
Added possibility to reset application settings to default
Fixed bug filed by Bedfford Arroyo Bravo to make sure that KillProcess is silent in every aspect when running as in batch mode.
FreewareFiles tested KillProcess 2.44 on 2009-09-03 using leading
antivirus scanners and found it 100% Clean. It does not contain any form
of malware, spyware, viruses, trojans, etc. We will re-test each updated
version and remove the award as well as the program if found infected.
User Reviews
"Sometimes you do!"
Reviewer: -tom
Review Date: 2009-04-08
Average Rating (10 Votes ) 4.40
Pros: None
Cons: None
Other Thoughts: "Just use ctl-alt-del" is a very naive answer. What do you do when that does not work, as does happen.