What is bootstrap.dmp?

system · 2015-08-25T05:40:38.000Z

Hello, I recently did a scan on my computer with RogueKiller.

For the first time ever, it found a file called bootstrap.dmp and it did the odd thing of recommending it being uploaded to RogueKiller for evaluation.

I tried searching for what bootstrap.dmp is but could not find any information.

Does anyone know what it does?

I have noticed my computer running Vista has been running very slow at start up. But nothing seems amiss.

Has Avast ever detected something for bootstrap.dmp?

Pondus · 2015-08-25T06:07:28.000Z

upload suspicious file(s) to www.virustotal.com if tested before, click rescan for a fresh result. Use the additional tab for additional file info

system · 2015-08-25T12:02:44.000Z

Thanks, I will try that.

But I was wondering how RogueKiller even knew to suggest uploading it? Is it just heuristics? Or is this file known out in the open as being bad?

When I looked it up on search engines, I was getting a lot of cryptic websites. I didn’t want to click on those sites since I wasn’t sure if it’s a good site.

system · 2015-08-26T19:29:15.000Z

Hi there,

I scanned two separate computers on my office network using RogueKiller and got the same results as OrionStar. This is the first time RogueKiller has mentioned the VirusTotal website and whether or not I would like to upload the “unknown” item.

Unknown file detected -------> C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Local\Temp\bootstrap.dmp

I have attached a screenshot of the pop up window that occurred a few minutes ago.

I could not find much info on the internet regarding the file.

Both computers have been booting up incredibly slow lately and I have even received registry error blue screens during start up or when I disable / enable avast.

Para-Noid · 2015-08-26T22:26:14.000Z

Why are you using RogueKiller?
That is for a very specific reason and should be used only under the guidance of a malware
removal specialist.

Could you provide a link to the virustotal results?

system · 2015-09-12T23:47:15.000Z

Interesting, I also did a scan with RogueKiller (just because of general security paranoia, I haven’t noticed any symptoms or anything), and it also wanted to upload that file to VirusTotal. It shows up as clean one (link at the bottom of post), and RogueKiller doesn’t find anything malicious to list, neither do Avast, Malwarebytes or HitmanPro. I’d also like to know what it is, but I would think that something would pick it up if it was related to anything malicious.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/37ac6199a62553aeebb8afa8eef9c3726daa3d85109bd535e1771afbbc6cb39e/analysis/1442101214/

E: Actually if someone more knowledgeable about these things wants to take a look of it, I can always just send it to you through a private message.

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