What is hko.dll?

hko.dll is usually located in the 'c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Application Data\PnPDeviceMonitor\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected hko.dll.

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VirusTotal report

32 of the 45 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the hko.dll file. That's a 71% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Agnitum	Rootkit.Agent!WMIcJuZRVmQ
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Gen
AntiVir	TR/Gendal.10752.Z
Avast	Win32:Rootkit-gen [Rtk]
AVG	Agent3.KUA
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.3965179
Commtouch	W32/Risk.VQYP-1591
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
Emsisoft	Trojan.Generic.3965179 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Agent.RAK
F-Prot	W32/MalwareF.ADKZL
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.3965179
Fortinet	W32/Sable!tr
GData	Trojan.Generic.3965179
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Gendal
K7AntiVirus	Riskware
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.Agent.(kcloud)
McAfee	Artemis!38A421EA64FB
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!38A421EA64FB
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Generic.3965179
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Gendal.datis
Norman	Suspicious_Gen2.BPZQK
nProtect	Trojan.Generic.3965179
Panda	Trj/CI.A
PCTools	Trojan.Gen
Sophos	Troj/Sable-Fam
Symantec	Trojan.Gen
TheHacker	Trojan/Agent.rak
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R3EC8HK
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R3EC8HK
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Sable.10752

hko.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove hko.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the hko.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that hko.dll has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate hko.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the hko.dll file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate hko.dll in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Application Data\PnPDeviceMonitor\hko.dll

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the hko.dll file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If hko.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If hko.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If hko.dll still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that hko.dll no longer appear in the scan result.

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