> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://wongkenny240.gitbook.io/computerforensics/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://wongkenny240.gitbook.io/computerforensics/memory-analysis/analysis-steps.md). # Analysis Keypoints * Identify rogue processes * Analyse processes * Legitimate process? * Name spelled right? * Fits with system context? * Full path * Is the process executable in the usual place? * Is it running from user or temp directories? * Parent process * Is it as expected? * Command line * Does it have the right switches? * Start time * Was it started at boot or something else? * Did the process start close the time of a known incident? * Security ID * Does the SID make sense? Would a system process run with a user accounts’ SID? * Analysing process objects * DLLs * Handles * Files and directories * Look at occurrance of use. Malware files should, historically, be the least accessed files on the system * Registry * Events * Threads * Sockets * Network artifacts * Suspicious ports * out-of-the-ordinary ports * listening ports (backdoors) * Suspicious connections * Anything connecting out * Known bad-IPs * Creation time matching an incident * Suspicious processes * Should this process have networking capabilities? * Detecting code injection * Look for DLL injection and process hollowing * Rootkit detection * Not a big thing anymore, most AV does a good job at detecting this * Hides in * System service descriptor tables * Interrupt descriptor tables * Function import address tables * I/O request packets * Acquiring processes and drivers * Submit for reverse engineering or AV analysis * Review strings * add to bad-words list --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://wongkenny240.gitbook.io/computerforensics/memory-analysis/analysis-steps.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.