What is contacts.exe?

contacts.exe is usually located in the 'c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Desktop\m\8\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected contacts.exe.

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VirusTotal report

40 of the 44 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the contacts.exe file. That's a 91% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
AhnLab-V3	Win-Trojan/Chnad.170496.SP
AntiVir	BDS/Cycbot.BC
Antiy-AVL	Backdoor/Win32.Gbot.gen
Avast5	Win32:Cycbot-GS [Trj]
AVG	BackDoor.Generic14.EBD
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.KDV.280822
CAT-QuickHeal	Backdoor.Cycbot.B
ClamAV	Backdoor.Gbot-1
Commtouch	W32/Goolbot.K.gen!Eldorado
Comodo	TrojWare.Win32.Kryptik.QFB
DrWeb	BackDoor.Gbot.51
Emsisoft	Backdoor.Win32.Gbot!IK
eSafe	Win32.BackdoorCycbot
eTrust-Vet	Win32/FakeAlert.J!generic
F-Prot	W32/Goolbot.K.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.KDV.280822
Fortinet	W32/Kryptik.POT!tr
GData	Trojan.Generic.KDV.280822
Ikarus	Backdoor.Win32.Gbot
Jiangmin	Backdoor/Gbot.emn
K7AntiVirus	Backdoor
Kaspersky	Backdoor.Win32.Gbot.lsq
McAfee	BackDoor-EXI.gen.k
McAfee-GW-Edition	BackDoor-EXI.gen.k
Microsoft	Backdoor:Win32/Cycbot.B
NOD32	a variant of Win32/Kryptik.PYQ
Norman	W32/Agent.VCAC
nProtect	Backdoor/W32.GBot.170496.H
Panda	Trj/Cycbot.gen
PCTools	Backdoor.Trojan
Rising	Trojan.Win32.Generic.1289829A
Sophos	Mal/FakeAV-IS
SUPERAntiSpyware	Trojan.Agent/Gen-Cycbot
Symantec	Backdoor.Trojan
TheHacker	Backdoor/Gbot.lsq
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R47C2G7
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R47C2G7
VBA32	Backdoor.Gbot.lsq
VIPRE	Backdoor.Win32.Cycbot.b (v)
VirusBuster	Trojan.Cycbot.Gen!Pac.5

contacts.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove contacts.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the contacts.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that contacts.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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate contacts.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the contacts.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 contacts.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Desktop\m\8\contacts.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the contacts.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If contacts.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If contacts.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If contacts.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 contacts.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

Filename variants

contacts.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

• 83517F2Bd01

Folder name variants

contacts.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Desktop\m\8\. The most common variants are listed below:

• c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\z4svz7yr.default\Cache\

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