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v0.5.0 - Explain & export

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@gsjonio gsjonio released this 15 Jul 12:27
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Two new ways to use hightower: dig into a single process, and export a scan for
scripts.

What's new

  • hightower explain <name|pid> -- a plain-language write-up of one process:
    its risk, category, publisher, signature, path (and expected path), what it is,
    what (if anything) hightower noticed, and cautious guidance on what to do.
    Pass a PID or a process name; multiple instances of a name are summarised with
    a per-instance risk/path list.
  • hightower scan --json -- the full classified scan as machine-readable
    JSON, for scripting and automation.

Example

> hightower explain explorer.exe
explorer.exe — PID 9088
  Risk:      trusted
  Category:  core-windows
  Publisher: Microsoft Windows
  Signature: signed
  Path:      C:\Windows\explorer.exe
  ...

Download

hightower-v0.5.0-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.exe (Windows x64, unsigned -- SmartScreen
may warn). Or build from source: cargo build -p hightower-cli --release.

Reminder

hightower is an educational helper, not an antivirus. A verdict is a prompt to
look, not proof.

Next

Toward v1.0.0: finalising the docs and a first stable release.