"RKILL[1].COM"

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Associated Malware Groups

The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:

Malicious Software

File Behavior

RKILL[1].COM has been seen to perform the following behavior:

The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
Executes a Process
This process creates other processes on disk

RKILL[1].COM has been the subject of the following behavior:

Created as a process on disk
Executed by Internet Explorer
Terminated as a Process
Deleted as a process from disk

Country Of Origin

The filename RKILL[1].COM was first seen on Oct 24 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:

The United States on Oct 24 2009
South Africa on Oct 31 2009
The United Kingdom on Dec 20 2009
Italy on May 27 2010

File Name Aliases

RKILL[1].COM can also use the following file names:

RKILL.EXE
RKILL.COM
RKILL.PIF
USERINIT.EXE
IEXPLORE.EXE
RKILL.SCR
WINLOGON[1].EXE
USERINIT[1].EXE
MSL.EXE
RKILL[1].EXE
EXPLORER[1].EXE
IEXPLORE[1].EXE
WINLOGON.EXE
EXPLORER.EXE
RKILL[1].SCR
RKILL (1).COM
RKILLS.COM
IEXPLORE(1).EXE
IEXPLORER.EXE
RKILL.COM.EXE
WINLOGON.BAT.EXE
RKILL(1).EXE
RKILL[1].PIF
RKILL(1).COM
RKILL INTERNET SECURITY 2010.COM
ENAB MAL BYTES RKILL.SCR
VI_ENDER.COM
WHAT.COM
IEXPLORER.COM
TEST.EXE
IEXPLORE-MALWARESTOPPER.EXE
IEXPLORE.EXE.COM
FIREFOX.EXE.EXE
RKILL-1.COM
É.PIF
ECOOEPIX.PIF.PART

Filesizes

The following file size has been seen:

262,656 bytes
1,006,764 bytes
263,168 bytes
275,015 bytes
262,144 bytes
363,520 bytes
160,211 bytes

File Type

The filename RKILL[1].COM is used by multiple object types including objects,executable programs.

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