Hi everyone,
Panda Active-Scan found the following on my system...
Potentially unwanted tool:Application/KillApp.B
C:\hp\bin\KillIt.exe
Searching on the net, I found that this program is put on new HP computers by HP. I read online that HP told one person to scan for spyware & that HP told another person that removing this program could cause system instability.
Should I remove it or keep it ?
Thanks
John
Full Version: Should I Remove Killit.exe From My Hp Computer ?
Hi John,
From HP forums:
Potentially unwanted tool does not means that the tool is malicious. It's only flagged as potentially unwanted because it can close applications. I would let it alone, as it's part of HP recovery tools.
Chris
From HP forums:
QUOTE
This is neither a virus or trojan. KillApp.B is a potentially unwanted program. This is a command-line utility to terminate applications. Such utilities have been known to be misused; bundled with trojans for malicious purposes.
If you goto start->run-> and type C:\hp\bin\killit.exe will close all the running applications and will logoff from the computer.
If you goto start->run-> and type C:\hp\bin\killit.exe will close all the running applications and will logoff from the computer.
Potentially unwanted tool does not means that the tool is malicious. It's only flagged as potentially unwanted because it can close applications. I would let it alone, as it's part of HP recovery tools.
Chris
Hi Chris,
Thanks for the info, I will just leave it on my system if it's part of HP's recovery. It still seems a little fishy though. They really load new computers up with a bunch of junk. There are a ton of processes running in this thing on start up and I have no idea what most of them are doing. The system runs fine and has plenty of resources, but there are just a ton of things running.
Thanks again,
John
Thanks for the info, I will just leave it on my system if it's part of HP's recovery. It still seems a little fishy though. They really load new computers up with a bunch of junk. There are a ton of processes running in this thing on start up and I have no idea what most of them are doing. The system runs fine and has plenty of resources, but there are just a ton of things running.
Thanks again,
John
You are welcome. You may take a look here on how to tweak XP services. Some startups can be disabled by using <Start/Run> type in msconfig (Enter). Uncheck the startups you may not need and reboot.
Chris
Chris
Not sure if you intended to put a link in your post Chris, but here's one that has the services explained for any flavor of windows, with links for most of the other sites on the subject, too. I was able to turn off 44 of them on my system, and it runs great.
QUOTE(john2005 @ Apr 14 2007, 07:37 PM) 
Hi Chris,
Thanks for the info, I will just leave it on my system if it's part of HP's recovery. It still seems a little fishy though. They really load new computers up with a bunch of junk. There are a ton of processes running in this thing on start up and I have no idea what most of them are doing. The system runs fine and has plenty of resources, but there are just a ton of things running.
Thanks again,
John
Yes they do. I have HP desktop and laptop. I htink Jim posted a site for checking keyloggers on your machine. I had 2 from M$ and 2 from HP and the other 2 I removed. And this link just posted seems great and simple to understand so I too will be increasing safety and security on mine thank for the link.
But will leave most of ALL the stuff HP has (might find the time to research it) and see. But I am sure HP connects each item.
And my question is should I have left the HP and M$ keyloggers running?
QUOTE(jimholly @ Apr 15 2007, 09:49 AM)
Not sure if you intended to put a link in your post Chris, but here's one that has the services explained for any flavor of windows, with links for most of the other sites on the subject, too. I was able to turn off 44 of them on my system, and it runs great.
Thanks Jim, I forgot to put the link ! 
Thanks for the services link, I will have to research it and see what I want and what I don't want. I can think of better ways of spending my time than fooling with a bunch of junk HP installed on the machine though.
I wonder why they don't realize that these types of sales and tracking tactics actually hurt them in the long run ? They probably feel like everyone is doing it, and unless we build are own machines, we have to put up with it.
Actually, if a computer company advertised "no Junk loaded on our new computers" or "nothing but OS installed" it would be a good selling point.
Take care guys,
John
I wonder why they don't realize that these types of sales and tracking tactics actually hurt them in the long run ? They probably feel like everyone is doing it, and unless we build are own machines, we have to put up with it.
Actually, if a computer company advertised "no Junk loaded on our new computers" or "nothing but OS installed" it would be a good selling point.
Take care guys,
John
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