June 2016
Beginner to intermediate
322 pages
6h 18m
English
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Remote live response
However, as mentioned earlier, it is often necessary to carry out the collection of information remotely. On Windows systems, this is often done using the SysInternals PsExec utility. PsExec lets you execute commands on remote computers and does not require the installation of the system.
How the program works is a psexec.exe resource executable is another PsExecs executable. This file runs the Windows service on a particular target machine. Before executing the command, PsExec unpacks this hidden resource in the administrative sphere of the remote computer at Admin$ (C:\Windows) file Admin$\system32\psexecsvc.exe.
After copying this, PsExec installs and runs the service using the API functions of the Windows management services. ...