Even though the capabilities of Rkill are good as they are, to ensure full threat protection online, it is recommended that you use Rkill only in conjunction with other more capable antivirus software.
Rkill is a completely safe program. This question needs to be answered especially because of the stripped-of-features user interface that Rkill has to offer, as this might cause some users that are unfamiliar with the command prompt -side of their PC to be worried.
If you downloaded the Rkill antivirus from a trusted source, then you have nothing to worry about. This tool rocks! Even in Safe Mode. It also blocks all internet access, so I could not even run my portable malware removers from my flash drive — even if I could find a way to get them to run.
Used Rkill: ran combofix, then installed Malwarebytes to finish the clean-up. The B st rd is gone! Lawrence, I first heard form this tool from bleepincomputer. If you think it will then you need to look up the difference between a process and a program..
Just a heads up that I have changed the program significantly. I modified it so that it runs much quicker, from about 50 seconds to about It also creates a log file as was requested by many users. Please note that the log file will show all processes terminated during the time that rkill is running, so if you close a program manually it will show in the list as well.
Lawrence, Thanks for the reply about the tool being updated on a near daily basis. The tool works well and maybe for those that it does not work on maybe they have additional bad programs that rKill just does not know about yet therefor causing rKill not to work for them.
Glad I found this thread about rkill. I just heard about it and thought my toolbox was pretty complete already. I have to admit that I still like using live cds to compliment the programs in removing malware. You know, the random or misspelled files with the recent date and no version info. My mother is 71 years old and she told me all I have to do is follow the directions on websites when I have computer problems.
I usually just surf and write letters to the tenants. I am a computer dummy. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It was so easy. I had no problem downloading haxfix, just as a test. I think people need to stop complaining. Using a free software to get the job done, and complaining about the way it works.
If you dont like how it gets the job done…Then dont use it. Not sure why they are not downloading. Had no trouble when I just tried and had no reports of others having issues. When trying to run, they will appear to be downloading, but when asked to run again, it will just disappear.
I am left in the dark, and hoping you can help. Forgot one thing. I have gone to my desktop and saved the four rkill versions, as well as malwarebytes on a flash drive, but my laptop does not even recognize the flash drive when plugged in. Finally got the rkill to run, and this is how I did it. I had to reboot with the flash drive plugged in for my pc to recognize it. Once there, rkill still would not open or run, but would flash a window for a fraction of a second before disappearing, and then subsequently giving me an error when trying to open again.
It took me a couple of tries, but I was able to quickly click on the rkill icon while it was there, and that finally began the run process. God willing, this will find the program and flag it so I can delete it. Thanks so much to everyone and especially Larry for making this available to all of us. All I know is when I get the means.
Mac here I come! I tried IE and FireFox, straight saves and 3 download managers. Spooky — Cue Rod. Then, after all that, rkill found nothing running that it wanted to kill. According to some posts here, I might not have known that but for the report log you put in. Thanks for adding that. Woke up this morning and malwarebytes found 16 infections. Removed all, and everything seems fine. Thanks again. Very helpful tool indeed. Much Thanks. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks for creating this program, and for updating it to reflect user feedback.
He has every right not to use the program, nobody to my knowledge is force feeding it down his terminal. Working tech support at a major university reminds me that people with PhDs can at times get too pretentious for their own good.
Rkill worked! I do a ton of remote support using a custom VNC tool. If I simply re-initiate the connection, should rKill let me come back in? Preferably, rKill would simply ignore winvnc. Please reply if so…. For example, if you install a program which causes the system to crash, System Restore and roll back to a time prior to that installation.
This only works for programs which properly register with the operating system. Whatever files caused the initial infection are still there since System Restore does not change or alter files in any way. If your system is in a usable state, I suggest running a full Malwarebytes scan as soon as possible. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Where in winvnc.
Is it from a userprofile? If so, run it from a different folder as processes running from a userprofile are terminated. Firstly, Lawrence, great work!
Keep up the good work! Maybe im off topic here but just for a curiousity. How come that there are reports that after running the latest versions some computers crashes and could not get back to normal operation. For me luckily i manage to recover it without formating i dont know why it was happened anyway ive just download Rkill and give it a try thanks for this.
Hola gente, me sugirieron Rkill para sacar el security central que no paraba de molestar y no me dejaba usar ningun programa, en unos segundos dejo de joder el security central y lo saque. I am the creator of Rkill, but not Combofix.
There was a bug in combofix a while back that could affect computers, but not for quite a while. Thank you so much for creating such a valuable tool and making it available the way you have. Lawrence, first and foremost, this is a wonderful tool that has gotten me out of a lot of tight spots.
I work with a group of people who troubleshoot for a private company that hosts computers across the US. When I found your tool, I gave it a try via remote assistance. It was amazing to watch it work. Since then, my co-workers have adopted your tool as a main step to removing malware infections. Many many thanks for this… it has saved lots of headaches in our line of work.
My question: Does rkill have any plans to check for updates when running? If not, is there a link that will always offer the latest version of rkill? Ok, I finnally got all of the rkill files downloaded thanks to the poster named Jeff.
For some reason none of the files would download for me untill I used ReGet to download them. I cannot run a scan in order to remove the virus. Does anyone have any suggestions? I have toyed with updates via the Internet and will see what I can do for the future. No promises though. I tried system restore but even that is asking me what program I want to use to open the file? Which version of rkill to I try? Downloads keep erroring out.
Even with ReGet. Any other way to get this app? Dealing with another machine with Antivirus Soft. Like others have mentioned. Dear Mr. I installed you Rkill. This has become more annoying than the Malware that I originally had please help me get rid of this. Darren S Smith. Had a malware that was killing malwarebytes, so I ran rkill. It did create a log file, but it did NOT stop the malware.
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You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Rkill, program to terminate known malware processes. You should then see a command window pop up. This means RKill is running and killing malicious functions on your machine. When the program has finished running, you will see a window like this.
Our system was clean, so the process was very quick and simple. Now that the malware processes have been killed, you can run your other anti-virus or security software to remove other viruses. Restarting your computer could just restart any malicious programs that are designed to run on startup.
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