Security Tool Process Kill via taskkill, tskill, or Stop-Process

Ankit Mehta@Secvyn

•updated Jun 29, 2026•0•0•0

Detects attempts to terminate security-related processes using taskkill, tskill, or PowerShell's Stop-Process cmdlet. This is a common technique used by adversaries to disable endpoint detection and response (EDR) or antivirus (AV) agents on a compromised system to evade detection.