What is BYKHF.exe?

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

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

BYKHF.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on BYKHF.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 [?]

BYKHF.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the BYKHF.exe file.

None of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the BYKHF.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD51c5d1b497134a44cafe734558ae64427
SHA2567ea5fa2c2f25f197fea48844dce8c2f3dd7c5c01a3b6f4b01e96b6532b9187ce

Error Messages

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

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

bykhf.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 - bykhf.exe. This program is not responding.

bykhf.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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