I found the file while rewriting autoexec.bat then looked it up with google to see what it is used for. - it said that it is malware used to destroy windows.
DS . On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 18:46:12 -0500 Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi, > > On Apr 1, 2015 12:50 PM, "Dale E Sterner" <sunbeam...@juno.com> > wrote: > > > > After reading google I deleted killer.exe. Check and see if your > copy > > contains it. > > It is installed by the autoexec.bat file and is located in the dos > > directory. > > Just in general .... > > Antiviruses are very notorious for false positives, for both DOS and > Windows software, even extremely innocuous stuff. Heuristics are > usually to > blame. Also, half the time I have to disable real-time protection > because > of such false positives. This is almost worse than having an actual > virus. > It's very inconvenient and not nearly as rare as I'd like. > > Not that I encourage anyone to download this (for various reasons), > but .... > > It would've been better if you had uploaded the suspected file to > http://www.virustotal.com to compare against many antivirus vendors > just to > be sure it wasn't a false positive (although some of them use the > same bad > heuristics). In particular, while not 100% proof, if the file is a > PE .EXE, > then it's "probably" not for DOS. ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ____________________________________________________________ Old School Yearbook Pics View Class Yearbooks Online Free. Search by School & Year. Look Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/551d58537ce3a585350b3st02duc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
