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RKill
is a
program that was developed at BleepingComputer.com that attempts to terminate
known malware processes so that your normal security software can then run and
clean your computer of infections. When RKill runs it will kill malware
processes and then removes incorrect executable associations and fixes policies
that stop us from using certain tools. When finished it will display a log file
that shows the processes that were terminated while the program was running.
As RKill
only terminates a program's running process, and does not delete any files,
after running it you should not reboot your computer as any malware processes
that are configured to start automatically will just be started again. Instead,
after running RKill you should immediately scan your computer using some sort
of anti-malware or anti-virus program so that the infections can be properly
removed.
Below are
a list of RKill download links using different filenames. We offer RKill under
different filenames because some malware will not allow processes to run unless
they have a certain filename. Therefore when attempting to run RKill, if a
malware terminates it please try a different filename offered below.
For more
information about RKill and to ask questions regarding how it should be used,
please visit the support topic here: