What is p[1].exe?

p[1].exe is part of Hewlett-Packard Driver Standard CA and developed by MagicISO, Inc. according to the p[1].exe version information.

p[1].exe's description is "Driver Yahoo! Control Tray Controllers"

p[1].exe is usually located in the 'c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\4HUF4TYN\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected p[1].exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on p[1].exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameHewlett-Packard Driver Standard CA
Company nameMagicISO, Inc.
File descriptionDriver Yahoo! Control Tray Controllers
Internal nameokostub.exe
Original filenameokostub.exe
Legal copyright© MagicISO, Inc. 2004-2005
Product version8.77
File version8.77.6.26

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameHewlett-Packard Driver Standard CA
Company nameMagicISO, Inc.
File descriptionDriver Yahoo! Control Tray Controllers
Internal nameokostub.exe
Original filenameokostub.exe
Legal copyright© MagicISO, Inc. 2004-2005
Product version8.77
File version8.77.6.26

Digital signatures [?]

p[1].exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

35 of the 40 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the p[1].exe file. That's a 88% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
a-squared Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Koobface!IK
AhnLab-V3 Dropper/Koobface.228864
AntiVir TR/Drop.Koobface.J
Authentium W32/Koobface.HO
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
Avast5 Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Dropper.Generic2.ZO
BitDefender Trojan.Generic.KD.6187
ClamAV Worm.Koobface-296
Comodo UnclassifiedMalware
eSafe Win32.TRDrop.Koobfac
F-Prot W32/Koobface.HO
F-Secure Trojan.Generic.KD.6187
Fortinet W32/Koobface.AH!tr
GData Trojan.Generic.KD.6187
Ikarus Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Koobface
Jiangmin TrojanDropper.Koobface.ak
Kaspersky Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Koobface.ah
McAfee Generic Dropper!czf
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.LooksLike.Worm.Koobface.B
Microsoft TrojanDropper:Win32/Koobface.J
NOD32 a variant of Win32/Tinxy.BJ
Norman W32/Koobface.GUB
nProtect Trojan.Generic.KD.6187
Panda W32/Koobface.C.worm
PCTools Voronezh.1600.A
Sophos Mal/Koobface-C
Sunbelt Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Symantec Trojan.Gen
TheHacker Trojan/Dropper.Koobface.ah
TrendMicro TROJ_DROPPER.OKK
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_DROPPER.OKK
VBA32 Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Koobface.ah
ViRobot Dropper.S.Koobface.228864
VirusBuster Trojan.DR.Koobface.DUW
35 of the 40 anti-virus programs detected the p[1].exe file.

p[1].exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove p[1].exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the p[1].exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that p[1].exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate p[1].exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the p[1].exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate p[1].exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\Documents and Settings\roge..ary Internet Files\Content.IE5\4HUF4TYN\p[1].exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the p[1].exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If p[1].exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If p[1].exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If p[1].exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that p[1].exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD569adb657a568c9c57aee19fb2a404db7
SHA25691b40933c27b0204094cb47adf37d48c18dcc57e4cc61022daf22c17c7c641a3

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to p[1].exe:

p[1].exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

p[1].exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Driver Yahoo! Control Tray Controllers has stopped working.

End Program - p[1].exe. This program is not responding.

p[1].exe is not a valid Win32 application.

p[1].exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with p[1].exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with p[1].exe:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with p[1].exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
1

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with p[1].exe. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

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