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authormmenke <mmenke@chromium.org>2015-04-23 09:11:11 -0700
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Update network triage docs with suggestion about checking for malware.
BUG=none NOTRY=true Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org/1097053007 Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#326532}
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section. If a search on go/crash indicates a crasher is no longer occurring,
mark it as WontFix.
-* Particularly for Windows, look for weird dlls associated with the crashes.
- If there are some, it may be caused by malware. You can often figure out if
- a dll is malware by a search, though it's harder to figure out if a dll is
- definitively not malware.
+* On Windows, you may want to look for weird dlls associated with the crashes.
+ This generally needs crashes from a fair number of different users to reach
+ any conclusions.
+ * To get a list of loaded modules in related crash dumps, select
+ modules->3rd party in the left pane. It can be difficult to distinguish
+ between safe dlls and those likely to cause problems, but even if you're
+ not that familiar with windows, some may stick out. Anti-virus programs,
+ download managers, and more gray hat badware often have meaningful dll
+ names or dll paths (Generally product names or company names). If you
+ see one of these in a significant number of the crash dumps, it may well
+ be the cause.
+ * You can also try selecting the "has malware" option, though that's much
+ less reliable than looking manually.
* See if the same users are repeatedly running into the same issue. This can
be accomplished by search for (Or clicking on) the client ID associated with