The Windows system consists of thousands of files. Many of them have strange names, others have extensions that most users have never seen before. Normally you do not need to worry about these files.
Microsoft has released Sysmon 15, converting it into a protected process and adding the new ‘FileExecutableDetected’ option to log when executable files are created. For those not familiar with Sysmon ...
Microsoft's Raymond Chen describes the string-matching heuristic behind the OS's system-file recovery.
Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen explains how Windows 95 used file names and paths to detect installer programs and protect ...