PsExec was created by which individual and distributed by which suite?

• A. Tim Tomes
• B. Kevin Mitnick
• C. Ian Miskin
• D. Mark Russinovich

Answer: (D)

PsExec is a Windows administration utility that lets you run processes on remote machines, a capability that comes from the Sysinternals toolset. It was created by Mark Russinovich, the co-founder of Sysinternals, and it’s distributed as part of the Sysinternals Suite of utilities. Sysinternals Suite is the collection of powerful Windows system tools Microsoft later acquired and maintains, used for troubleshooting, monitoring, and administration. The other names listed are not associated with PsExec, so the author and the distribution source are Mark Russinovich and the Sysinternals Suite.