What is Ntoskrnl.exe?
Ntoskrnl.exe is a legitimate file, and also called as Windows NT operating system kernel its developed by Microsoft Corporation for windows NT operating system. It is responsible for hardware visualization, memory and process management.
It is commonly stored in C:\Windows\System32, Since it is very essential file for Microsoft NT Operating system the malware programmers or cyber criminals wirte the different types of malicious program and named as Ntoskrnl.exe virus to make damage the software and hardware.
How to check if your computer is infected with Ntoskrnl.exe virus?
When the internet connection is highly fluctuating, or if you find that the ntoskrnl.exe file taking more cpu memory or if the system performance is very low, or if it redirects to some irrelevant websites or if you tend to get any unwanted popups then the system might be infected by ntoskrnl.exe virus.
To confirm the same, go to task manager by pressing the combination of keys ctrl+alt+del and go to the process tab and right click on the ntoskrnl.exe and check for its location, if the location is commonly stored in C:\Windows\System32 then the system is not affected by ntoskrnl.exe, if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by ntoskrnl.exe virus.
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No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | eb0ab635a2eb0b92 322082642a15d86c 89c63696 |
e610049f1499ab17 fc25ebacaa9496fa |
Virus.Win32. Sality.Q |
No | 5.1.2600.5 755 (xpsp_sp3_ qfe.090206 -1316) |
5.1.2600.5 755 |
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N/A |
2 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 45073475fd13f339 c81ac26c13d174e6 67e7a27b |
36f5301bc3d31cbe 905ff429a863c32d |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | 4.00 | 4.00 | ![]() |
N/A |
3 | N/A | Executable | 0c0554b6eee9f5d3 2fd4e3a290c4eca3 aa590d1c |
adcc997f3c36dcbf 4af2ab832c1ef47f |
Win32.Neshta .A |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
4 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 0a7f1477108401d6 391d29dfdcac0c95 83584aa0 |
4a2a838d4b3ddb39 296cc4db9ec45e02 |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | 4.00 | 4.00 | ![]() |
N/A |
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | N/A | Non-executable | bfc0b7f32a5fa9f1 702378712393f2b7 183cba2a |
b52cc72a668d01df c637fea79c188ae0 |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
2 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | d0e62ec0a5c0bfb7 d598d8b2b2a2427f d10937bc |
299dbb6626cffaad 6d7705d13864b0f7 |
No | 4.00 | 4.00 | ![]() |
3 | N/A | Non-executable | 6498a16cde6c4cf1 e269d991679bf5de 2dedb638 |
072e15e9e552d24e 71d2b9cda7701c76 |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
4 | N/A | Executable | 88d75ed79cf6ee8d 89577bcc5599686f 312bf99b |
8083608c6e134340 775bd6d8b19b1b97 |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |