They picked a bad name for it. There isn't any doc for it. I tried killer ? to see if it would return something useful - it didn't.
DS On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 11:19:11 -0400 Don Flowers <donr...@gmail.com> writes: > It is not a virus - it is a utility to kill uncooperative TSRs or EXE > files > that would otherwise require a reboot (much like to linux kill > command. I > have used it and it works (sometimes) but I have never known it to > affect > other systems (of course, I don't use windows)! > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > "Looked it up" doesn't mean much. Did you upload it or scan it? If > all > > you did was search for the filename "killer.exe", then that's not > > exhaustive at all. It could be literally anything. I'm not > suggesting > > you keep it around very long (and certainly you shouldn't run it), > but > > it's impossible to know what it is just by guessing on name alone. > > Like I said, even antivirus flagging it isn't enough to 100% prove > > anything. > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Dale E Sterner > <sunbeam...@juno.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > > 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 > > ******************************************************>>>> >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/TGL3141/551d6030e1d4260301155st03duc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
