Logging An Application Behavior

[roosevelt]

Hey all,

Is there any software you know of that can basically track and log everything another application does. For example, I want it to basically spy on a specific application. Which means, it should monitor and record exactly what time the monitored program has started, what files it is loading internally, which user opened it and so on.

I could probably code something like that on my own, but it doesn't hurt using a ready made one.

I was thinking of a debugger but the codes really don't make much sense to me, I want something in English :p

[GreenMartian]

I searched around, and the best I could find is this:

http://drinkprog.com/kiwi/

Note: I have not tried it. It looks pretty cool though.

[+Xinok Subscriber²]

There is also Sysinternals Process Monitor which can monitor file and registry activity. The program GreenMartian suggested looks good for everything else.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

[spikey_richie]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinDbg