This snippet will kill a current running process in VB.NET. To load snippet go File>New Project>Console Application

Module procKill
    Sub main()
        System.Console.Writeline("What process would you like to kill (IE: notepad)")
        Dim kProc = System.Console.Readline()
        Dim pList() As System.Diagnostics.Process = _
    System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName(kProc)
        For Each proc As System.Diagnostics.Process In pList
            Dim resp As MsgBoxResult
            resp = MsgBox("Terminate " & proc.ProcessName & "?", _
                MsgBoxStyle.YesNo, "Terminate?")
            If resp = MsgBoxResult.Yes Then
                proc.Kill()
            End If
        Next
    End Sub
End Module