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2.0.1.2 Class Activity - Identify Running Processes

The document describes a lab activity where students will use the TCP/UDP Endpoint Viewer tool to identify running processes on their computer. The steps include downloading and extracting the Windows Sysinternals Suite, starting the TCPView program, exploring currently running processes like lsass.exe, and observing new processes that start when opening a web browser. Students will view process properties, note processes that start and stop when opening/closing the browser, and research some of the processes listed.

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2.0.1.2 Class Activity - Identify Running Processes

The document describes a lab activity where students will use the TCP/UDP Endpoint Viewer tool to identify running processes on their computer. The steps include downloading and extracting the Windows Sysinternals Suite, starting the TCPView program, exploring currently running processes like lsass.exe, and observing new processes that start when opening a web browser. Students will view process properties, note processes that start and stop when opening/closing the browser, and research some of the processes listed.

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Class Activity – Identify Running Processes

Objectives
In this lab, you will use TCP/UDP Endpoint Viewer, a tool in Sysinternals Suite, to identify any running
processes on your computer.

Background / Scenario
In this lab, you will explore processes. Processes are programs or applications in execution. You will explore
the processes using Process Explorer in the Windows Sysinternals Suite. You will also start and observe a
new process.

Required Resources
 1 Windows PC with Internet access

Step 1: Download Windows Sysinternals Suite.


a. Navigate to the following link to download Windows Sysinternals Suite:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx
b. After the download is completed, right+click the zip file, and choose Extract All…, to extract the files from
the folder. Choose the default name and destination in the Downloads folder and click Extract.
c. Exit the web browser.

Step 2: Start TCP/UDP Endpoint Viewer.


a. Navigate to the SysinternalsSuite folder with all the extracted files.

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b. Open Tcpview.exe. Accept the Process Explorer License Agreement when prompted. Click Yes to allow
this app to make changes to your device.

c. Exit the File Explorer and close all the currently running applications.

Step 3: Explore the running processes.


a. TCPView lists the process that are currently on your Windows PC. At this time, only Windows processes
are running.

b. Double-click lsass.exe.
What is lsass.exe? In what folder is it located?
is a process in Microsoft Windows operating systems that is responsible for enforcing the
security policy on the system. It verifies users logging on to a Windows computer or server,
handles password changes, and creates access tokens.

C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe
c. Close the properties window for lsass.exe when done.
d. View the properties for the other running processes.
Note: Not all processes can be queried for properties information.

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Step 4: Explore a user-started process.


a. Open a web browser, such as Microsoft Edge.
What did you observe in the TCPView window?
Show many process in the green when I open Microsoft Edge

b. Close the web browser.


What did you observe in the TCPView window?
Show many process in the red when I open Microsoft Edge and delete this process

c. Reopen the web browser. Research some of the processes listed in TCPView. Record your findings.
Some

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