Prevent a Process from Running

You can use any of the VBScript programs below in ActiveXperts Network Monitor. Click here for an explanation about how to include scripts in ActiveXperts Network Monitor.

Example(s)

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colMonitoredProcesses = objWMIService. _        
    ExecNotificationQuery("select * from __instancecreationevent " _ 
        & " within 1 where TargetInstance isa 'Win32_Process'")
i = 0

Do While i = 0
    Set objLatestProcess = colMonitoredProcesses.NextEvent
    If objLatestProcess.TargetInstance.Name = "notepad.exe" Then
        objLatestProcess.TargetInstance.Terminate
    End If
Loop