Security professionals typically overlook the Windows command line, instead spending their time with more complex GUI-based forensics tools. In this tip, Ed Skoudis explains how just a few command-line tricks can help users closely examine the configuration of a Windows machine and discover whether a box is infected by malware.

Finding malware on your Windows box (using the command line)

The Threat Monitor podcast is a semimonthly tip from SearchSecurity.com that focuses on current information security threats, including hack attacks, viruses, worms, Trojans, backdoors, bots, spyware and DDoS, and provides you with the tactics required to defend against them.

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Finding malware on your Windows box (using the command line)

Finding malware on your Windows box (using the command line)