Kill.exe is the process file for the computing command used in popular operating systems in sending signals to running programs to request termination of processes. The kill.exe process is used in the Unix and the Unix-like operating systems, which sends the signals to programs or program groups running in the system by referencing the numeric program IDs or PIDs or program group IDs or PGIDs. Kill.exe is provided as standalone utility specified by the POSIX standards. However, most shell components have built-in commands that slightly differ from the kill command. There are other signals which can be sent, and the two similar commands users find the most interesting are the terms Sigterm and Sigkill, with the Sigterm as the default signal. These processes cleanup operations like saving a configuration information into a file prior to quitting, although many programs are not implementing special handlers for this signal, thus a default handler is required instead.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. kill.exe. is used by Kill Command, If you shut down kill.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop kill.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Kill Command, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed kill.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Kill Command, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if kill.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that kill.exe, belongs to, in this case Kill Command