RogueKillerCMD is a command line version of the popular anti-malware tool RogueKiller.
The GUI build will generally be easier to use, but RogueKillerCMD could be useful for automating common tasks, or running checks when full Windows isn't available (Safe Mode with command prompt).
You don't have to be a console expert to use the program. Launching a default scan is as simple as entering this:
RogueKillerCMD_portable32.exe -scan
You can choose to remove all detections, optionally including "potentially unwanted programs", or not remove anything at all.
Bonus features enable listing processing and services, and killing processes and services by name or process ID. RogueKillerCMD can also list or kill Registry keys in various ways.
Please note, the free version has no scan customisations-- you can run it with the default settings only. Support is available on the forum only.
Verdict:
RogueKiller is an excellent malware hunter, and this console version could help you access its abilities when the regular GUI version isn't available. But be careful, it's not nearly as easy to review what you've found, and there's a greater chance you might accidentally remove something important. Keep a copy around, but use it as a last resort only.
Changelog
What's new in 5.0.0.0 (see changelog for more)?
* Fix for RTP serialization
* Fix for quarantine crash
* Signatures 20250110_132930
* Fixed an issue with web scanner refresh
* Fixed an issue with process scanner refresh
* Fixed an issue when scanning from service
* Curl lazy initialization
* Fixed issue when getting volume from path
* Fixed issue when getting service status from unelevated process
* Pipe retry fixes
* Now avoiding multiple remove at reboot for the same file
* Yara thread safety
* Due to many FPs, Windows Apps are not checked for updates against Community base
* Fixed an issue in IPC scan leading to high CPU consumption
* Windows Apps scan
* Command Apps compatibility
* Fixed an issue in IPC scan leading to high CPU consumption
* Fixed potential crash in Toast notifications lib
* Fixed potential crash in Compression lib
* Preparing for IPC scan (Phase 2)
* Rules serialization
* Detections serialization
* Preparing for IPC scan
* Async scanner
* Scheduled scan serialization
* IPC rtp refactoring
* New string picker
* UCheck regex exclusions
* Fixed an issue where web addons where whitelisted by path
* UCheck outdated type
* Badge can now take full text
* Badge optimizations
* MalPE default enabled
* New notifications architecture (still using old style)
* Fixed an issue where MalPE was used without CloudScanning mitigation due to internal
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