What is xiaosos.exe?

xiaosos.exe is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected xiaosos.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 [?]

xiaosos.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

xiaosos.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

43 of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the xiaosos.exe file. That's a 91% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Agnitum Trojan.DR.Onlinegames.Gen
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.OnlineGameHack
AntiVir TR/Spy.Gen
Avast Win32:Spyware-gen [Spy]
AVG Worm/Agent.AL
BitDefender Dropped:Trojan.Generic.4136976
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Vaklik.idw
Commtouch W32/Risk.BUEW-4368
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.Valklik.~BB
DrWeb Trojan.PWS.Gamania.24503
Emsisoft Dropped:Trojan.Generic.4136976 (B)
eSafe Win32.TRSpy
ESET-NOD32 Win32/PSW.OnLineGames.NNU
F-Prot W32/MalwareF.HBKX
F-Secure Dropped:Trojan.Generic.4136976
Fortinet W32/OnlineGames!tr
GData Dropped:Trojan.Generic.4136976
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.Vaklik
Jiangmin Trojan/Vaklik.cpb
K7AntiVirus Riskware
K7GW Trojan
Kaspersky Trojan.Win32.Vaklik.idw
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Agent.yz.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes Spyware.OnLineGames
McAfee Artemis!C55748843D95
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!C55748843D95
Microsoft PWS:Win32/Frethog.V
MicroWorld-eScan Dropped:Trojan.Generic.4136976
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.OnLineGames.flkh
Norman Suspicious_Gen2.PIWDM
nProtect Trojan-PWS/W32.WebGame.45568.AD
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
PCTools Malware.Gammima!rem
Rising Trojan.Win32.Generic.1239C804
Sophos Troj/PWS-BJN
Symantec W32.Gammima.AG
TheHacker Trojan/Vaklik.idw
TotalDefense Win32/Frethog.GSQ
TrendMicro TSPY_LEGMIR.JW
TrendMicro-HouseCall TSPY_LEGMIR.JW
VBA32 BScope.Trojan-Dropper.Inject
VIPRE BehavesLike.Win32.Malware.ssc (mx-v)
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.S.Vaklik.45568
43 of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the xiaosos.exe file.

xiaosos.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove xiaosos.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the xiaosos.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that xiaosos.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 xiaosos.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the xiaosos.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 xiaosos.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\xiaosos.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the xiaosos.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If xiaosos.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If xiaosos.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If xiaosos.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 xiaosos.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








Free Questionnaires

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c55748843d9576b62982646fa3944f21
SHA256ed8d7ddb7e865d0e0151490ae811f80bf968078e6542b6be25e55a5e86f6011c

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to xiaosos.exe:

xiaosos.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

xiaosos.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.

xiaosos.exe has stopped working.

End Program - xiaosos.exe. This program is not responding.

xiaosos.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

xiaosos.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with xiaosos.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with xiaosos.exe:



What did other users do?

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

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Remove100 %
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NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with xiaosos.exe. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Roger Karlsson writes

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xiaosos.exe is a password stealer. I think it is designed to steal passwords online games. xiaodll0.dll, xiaodll1.dll and xiaodll2.dll also appeared on the infected computer:
http://www.freefixer.com/library/file/58981/

# 13 Jun 2010, 3:30

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