KillWind.exe ??????

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by hopperdave2000, May 29, 2007.

  1. hopperdave2000

    hopperdave2000 MajorGeek

    It seems that almost every time I run a virus scan on an HP PC, I get a hit on "c:\hp\bin\KillWind.exe" and it's labeled as "RiskTool.Win32.PsKill.p" when scanned with a-squared.... sometimes I remove it, sometimes I don't (mainly because it's in the HP folder).... it doesn't seem to effect anything one way or the other. I've looked up 'KillWind.exe' at hp.com and found nothing really. Has anybody else had this experience? And what is this 'KillWind.exe' anyway?

    hd2k
     
    hopperdave2000, May 29, 2007
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  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    It's just a poorly named tool by HP. It can be used to kill processes. Thus the detection name (PsKill). There are about 3 or 4 filenames from them picked up by scanners. Another one is name terminator.exe. They are not problems.
     
    chaslang, May 29, 2007
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  3. hopperdave2000

    hopperdave2000 MajorGeek

    WOW! Quick reply!!! chas, you're on the ball!!! Thanx alot!!! :D
     
    hopperdave2000, May 29, 2007
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  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You're welcome!
     
    chaslang, May 29, 2007
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