Advanced Windows Services Manager is a free tool which helps you check your Windows services for malicious files.

As always with SecurityXploded packages, the program is awkward to install. You must download a zip file, extract that to reveal another zip file and a password.txt, open the text file to view the password, extract the second zip using that password, then run an installer which downloads and installs the real build.

Fortunately, the rest of the program is much more straightforward. Launch it and all your Windows services appear, with details including their name, status, developer, description, file date, path and more.

That can be a very lengthy list, but there are various filters cut it down to size: Show "running services", "running core system services", "running non-system services" and more.

Whatever you're viewing, a "Threat Analysis" column highlights any service the program considers a danger.

If you spot any problems, or are wondering about some other file, right-click it, select Scan Online > VirusTotal and a browser page opens with the verdicts of 50+ antivirus engines.

If this still leaves you with questions, right-clicking and selecting "Open file location" opens its folder in Explorer for further investigation.

You can also carry out basic service checks and tasks, including stopping/ starting services from a right-click menu, or viewing a service's properties.

What's New (Changelog)

Major release with new installer for simple installation & un-installation.