What is KillEXE.exe?

KillEXE.exe is usually located in the 'C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\tmpcf8c6a18\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected KillEXE.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

KillEXE.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

KillEXE.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

37 of the 41 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the KillEXE.exe file. That's a 90% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AhnLab-V3 Win-Trojan/Spyeyes.288768
AntiVir TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen3
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.SpyEyes.gen
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
Avast5 Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Generic20.BLXA
BitDefender Trojan.SpyEye.A
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Agent.ni
Commtouch W32/MalwareF.VYPJ
Comodo Heur.Suspicious
DrWeb Trojan.Siggen2.3451
eTrust-Vet Win32/Spyeye.D!generic
F-Prot W32/MalwareF.VYPJ
F-Secure Trojan.SpyEye.A
Fortinet W32/Kryptic!tr
GData Trojan.SpyEye.A
Ikarus Trojan-Spy.Win32.SpyEyes
Jiangmin TrojanSpy.SpyEyes.bdw
K7AntiVirus Spyware
Kaspersky Trojan-Spy.Win32.SpyEyes.ehi
McAfee Generic Dropper!dhe
McAfee-GW-Edition Generic Dropper!dhe
Microsoft TrojanSpy:Win32/Banker.XH
NOD32 a variant of Win32/Kryptik.JID
Norman W32/Suspicious_Gen2.FZRBB
Panda Generic Trojan
PCTools Trojan.Gen
Prevx High Risk Cloaked Malware
Rising Trojan.Win32.Generic.1270204F
Sophos Mal/Zbot-AV
Symantec Trojan.Gen
TheHacker Trojan/Kryptik.jid
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R4AE1AH
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R4AE1AH
VBA32 Trojan.LE.01253
VIPRE Packed.Win32.PWSZbot.gen (v)
VirusBuster TrojanSpy.SpyEyes!JYuiHQxtohg
37 of the 41 anti-virus programs detected the KillEXE.exe file.

KillEXE.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove KillEXE.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the KillEXE.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that KillEXE.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate KillEXE.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the KillEXE.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate KillEXE.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\tmpcf8c6a18\KillEXE.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the KillEXE.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If KillEXE.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If KillEXE.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If KillEXE.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that KillEXE.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5b87db1c6ada1d024c0f2727637a2c787
SHA2568ff07fc8e84a7f2e8350d3ecc1613e391233a0301e5c7d355ea955ec8beea4eb

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to killexe.exe:

killexe.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

killexe.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

killexe.exe has stopped working.

End Program - killexe.exe. This program is not responding.

killexe.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

killexe.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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