Library / Windows

taskkill.exe

Terminates Processes · Microsoft Corporation

WindowsSysmon-confirmedSigma refs: 1

OriginalFilename

  • taskkill.exe

Query snippets

logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
detection:
  selection:
    - Image|endswith: '\taskkill.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'taskkill.exe'
  condition: selection

process_creation logsource. Sigma string matching is case-insensitive.

Values across builds

OriginalFilenameBuildsArchFile versionWindows releasesSourceSysmon
taskkill.exe12x64, x8610.0.10240.16384 → 10.0.28000.1896Win10 1507 → Win11 26H1 (8)Host scan, Winbindex✓ 2

InternalName: taskkill.exe · Product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System

All 12 parsed builds · 26 Windows release groups not verifiable
SHA256VersionArchOriginalFilenameWindows releasesSignatureSourceSysmon
f80391cd84f3…10.0.28000.1896x86taskkill.exeWin11 26H1UnsignedWinbindex
0267809c188d…10.0.28000.1896x64taskkill.exeWin11 26H1UnsignedWinbindex
806fcd3ba14d…10.0.26100.1x86taskkill.exeWin11 24H2, Win11 25H2Signed (Catalog file)Host scan, Winbindex✓
1249717315fc…10.0.26100.1x64taskkill.exeWin11 24H2, Win11 25H2Signed (Catalog file)Host scan, Winbindex✓
26b9b184c2f7…10.0.17134.1x64taskkill.exeWin10 1803UnsignedWinbindex
ea3a07c527f4…10.0.16299.15x86taskkill.exeWin10 1709UnsignedWinbindex
2e14a03c3606…10.0.14393.0x86taskkill.exeWin10 1607UnsignedWinbindex
0ea8c0267a76…10.0.14393.0x64taskkill.exeWin10 1607UnsignedWinbindex
4fedf08ad244…10.0.10586.0x64taskkill.exeWin10 1511UnsignedWinbindex
34d1d050d8bf…10.0.10586.0x86taskkill.exeWin10 1511UnsignedWinbindex
a31b431146b5…10.0.10240.16384x86taskkill.exeWin10 1507UnsignedWinbindex
9f7b36dbf97c…10.0.10240.16384x64taskkill.exeWin10 1507UnsignedWinbindex

Winbindex builds link to the Microsoft symbol server copy that was hashed and parsed.