Win32.Kaos was first found infecting computers way back in September of 1999 and it is still causing problems today.  Its author’s name is MaNCuBuZ and is part of a group called the Greek United Cyberpunx.   This backdoor Trojan program is hard to detect by design because it will hide from the process list and will install various different types of names in various.  Leaving this spyware program on, will result in performance degradation at the very least and loss of confidential information at the very worst.

Related Files:
[%STARTUP%]\deskmanager.exe
client.exe
manc.nfo
w32kaos10.vex. deskmanager.exe in startupfolder+\

Category:
Backdoor

AKA:
Backdoor.Kaos.10
Backdoor.Win32.Kaos.10
Backdoor/Kaos!Client
Backdoor/Kaos!Server
BackDoor-CN
Bck/Kaos.13
security risk or a “backdoor” program
Win32.Kaos.10
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Kaos.a
Trojan.MulDrop.2587
Backdoor.Delf.AEI

Recommended Action:
Remove at once.

For manual removal of Win32.Kaos, you will need to disable the following processes:
client.exe

deskmanager.exe Then remove the following files:
client.exe
manc.nfo
w32kaos10.vex. deskmanager.exe in startupfolder+\

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