What is SalityKiller.exe?

SalityKiller.exe is part of SalityKiller and developed by Kaspersky Lab ZAO according to the SalityKiller.exe version information.

SalityKiller.exe's description is "Virus.Win32.Sality.aa,ae,ag,bh removing tool"

SalityKiller.exe is digitally signed by Kaspersky Lab.

SalityKiller.exe is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files (x86)\WormBlaster Software ™\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about SalityKiller.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 [?]

The following is the available information on SalityKiller.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameSalityKiller
Company nameKaspersky Lab ZAO
File descriptionVirus.Win32.Sality.aa,ae,ag,bh removing tool
Internal nameSalityKiller
Original filenameSalityKiller.exe
Legal copyright© 1997-2010 Kaspersky Lab ZAO.
Legal trademarkKaspersky™ Anti-Virus ® is registered trademark of Kaspersky Lab ZAO.
Product version1.3.6.0
File version1.3.6.0

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

Product nameSalityKiller
Company nameKaspersky Lab ZAO
File descriptionVirus.Win32.Sality.aa,ae,ag,bh remov..
Internal nameSalityKiller
Original filenameSalityKiller.exe
Legal copyright© 1997-2010 Kaspersky Lab ZAO.
Legal trademarkKaspersky™ Anti-Virus ® is regis..
Product version1.3.6.0
File version1.3.6.0

Digital signatures [?]

SalityKiller.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameKaspersky Lab
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA
Certificate serial number07be8f83f4455021f4e24fb021fca24a

VirusTotal report

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

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

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD55dc10ebbd2a60baa1ee1b5d1cdbef7cd
SHA256faced464b574c7531e9924f3394673174b5e85865929ba7e3e03affc8ef6d460

Error Messages

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

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

salitykiller.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.

Virus.Win32.Sality.aa,ae,ag,bh removing tool has stopped working.

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

salitykiller.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with the file?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 30% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 10 users.

User vote results: There were 3 votes to remove and 7 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with the file. Only 10 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Rogan writes

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Superantispyware indicates that this is a Trojan.Agent/Generic.

# 20 Sep 2016, 21:49

Roger Karlsson writes

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@Rogan: These are the current virustotal results for SalityKiller.exe:

* ClamAV Win.Trojan.7471274-1 20160831
* SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Generic 20160831

But I think those are false positives. SalityKiller.exe is digitally signed by Kaspersky Lab so the file should be safe.

# 21 Sep 2016, 1:51

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