What is hrykx.sys?

hrykx.sys is developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the hrykx.sys version information.

hrykx.sys is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected hrykx.sys.

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 hrykx.sys:

PropertyValue
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
Legal copyrightCopyright 2009
Product version1, 0, 0, 1
File version1, 0, 0, 1

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

Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
Legal copyrightCopyright 2009
Product version1, 0, 0, 1
File version1, 0, 0, 1

VirusTotal report

12 of the 39 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the hrykx.sys file. That's a 31% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AntiVir TR/Rootkit.Gen2
Avast Win32:Caxnet
Avast5 Win32:Caxnet
AVG Win32/Cryptor
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.Zybr.B
GData Win32:Caxnet
Jiangmin Heur:Trojan/JunkCode
McAfee-GW-Edition Trojan.Rootkit.Gen2
Microsoft VirTool:WinNT/Koutodoor.A
Sophos Mal/Koutodoor-A
Symantec Suspicious.Insight
VirusBuster Rootkit.Koutodoor.Gen.2
12 of the 39 anti-virus programs detected the hrykx.sys file.

hrykx.sys removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove hrykx.sys with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the hrykx.sys file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that hrykx.sys 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.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate hrykx.sys in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the hrykx.sys 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 hrykx.sys in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\hrykx.sys
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the hrykx.sys file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If hrykx.sys still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If hrykx.sys is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If hrykx.sys 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 hrykx.sys no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5b4a67136d42332d5615e24ded6df9725
SHA256b91ec1e68f2e4dde1c6715cc5e5f3a8fc0cb46ef0cf8acf69f7e18546b38ffaa

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