What is kprocesshacker.sys?

kprocesshacker.sys is part of KProcessHacker and developed by wj32 according to the kprocesshacker.sys version information.

kprocesshacker.sys's description is "KProcessHacker"

kprocesshacker.sys is digitally signed by Wen Jia Liu.

kprocesshacker.sys is usually located in the 'c:\program files\process hacker\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

13 of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the kprocesshacker.sys file. That's a 19% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Alibaba	RiskTool:Win32/ProcHack.f400bcb2
APEX	Malicious
CAT-QuickHeal	Risktool.Prochack
Cylance	Unsafe
DrWeb	Tool.ProcessHacker.1
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 005447321 )
K7GW	Adware ( 005447321 )
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Win32.ProcHack.gen
Paloalto	generic.ml
Sophos	Process Hacker (PUA)
Symantec	Hacktool.ProcHack
Webroot	W32.Riskware.Processhacker
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Win32.ProcHack.gen

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

ERROR: Failed to execute process.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1568436785.3438,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "d:\\projects\\processhacker2\\kprocesshacker\\bin\\amd64\\kprocesshacker.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "PAGE",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "INIT",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 826,
            "time": 4.1632771492004,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1154,
            "time": 3.0551819801331,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1482,
            "time": 4.1946611404419,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "30247b25833520d417b6d491390d6a05e93f2396d12864279551a2832a72e2cb",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "4f889585372a6306a8547a3c1831bcf6f5fd2d3966939526d5b4481057eabd30",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

kprocesshacker.sys removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove kprocesshacker.sys with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the kprocesshacker.sys file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that kprocesshacker.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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate kprocesshacker.sys in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the kprocesshacker.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 kprocesshacker.sys in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\program files\process hacker\kprocesshacker.sys

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

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If kprocesshacker.sys still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If kprocesshacker.sys is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If kprocesshacker.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 kprocesshacker.sys no longer appear in the scan result.

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