$SHTDWN$.REQ is Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)

July 12, 2012 by NightWatcher
Filed under: Tools 
: Solved!

Fix it immediately:

The file $SHTDWN$.REQ is not a virus.
The program $SHTDWN$.REQ is a system security tool.
But the $SHTDWN$.REQ tool may be used to compromise computer security by the hacker.
Use the $SHTDWN$.REQ file at your own risk!
You can delete the $SHTDWN$.REQ program from your computer with problems.

Malware Analysis of $SHTDWN$.REQ
Full path on a computer: C:\30fdf23a16ffb206aa\$shtdwn$.req

Detected by UnHackMe:

$SHTDWN$.REQ
Default location: C:\30fdf23a16ffb206aa\$shtdwn$.req

$SHTDWN$.REQ is known as:

Tools.Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)

$SHTDWN$.REQ hash:

  • MD5: df7119a5d3caeda80bf0fb6f8e53de8f
How to quickly detect $SHTDWN$.REQ presence?

Folders:
  • C:\30fdf23a16ffb206aa
Files:
  • %WinDir%\Debug\mrt.log
  • %WinDir%\Debug\mrteng.log
  • %SysDir%\MRT.exe
  • %WinDir%\Temp\MPENGINE.DLL
  • C:\30fdf23a16ffb206aa\$shtdwn$.req
  • C:\30fdf23a16ffb206aa\mrt.exe
  • C:\30fdf23a16ffb206aa\mrtstub.exe


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