What is KP.exe?

KP.exe is part of Sysinternals Rootkitrevealer and developed by Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com according to the KP.exe version information.

KP.exe's description is "Rootkit detection utility"

KP.exe is usually located in the 'c:\documents and settings\%USERNAME%\local settings\temp\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about KP.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on KP.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameSysinternals Rootkitrevealer
Company nameSysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
File descriptionRootkit detection utility
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2005-2006 Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich
Product version1.70
File version1.70

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameSysinternals Rootkitrevealer
Company nameSysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
File descriptionRootkit detection utility
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2005-2006 Bryce Cogswe..
Product version1.70
File version1.70

Digital signatures [?]

KP.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the KP.exe file.

None of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the KP.exe file.

Filename variants

KP.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Folder name variants

KP.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\documents and settings\%USERNAME%\local settings\temp\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5bc6051a4bc8f0cca8e1d2b2b5b1fb3b6
SHA256b8e99dc24f31bbbe2fac1e45fcc1397a478425a765577ad572e6e8dde1496b69

Error Messages

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

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

kp.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.

Rootkit detection utility has stopped working.

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

kp.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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