What is Au_.exe?

Au_.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\~nsu.tmp\' folder.

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

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

Digital signatures [?]

Au_.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

35 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Au_.exe file. That's a 61% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Adware.GenericKD.3942976
AegisLab Adware.Nsis.Agent!c
ALYac Adware.GenericKD.3942976
Arcabit Adware.Generic.D3C2A40
Avast NSIS:Adware-ACF [PUP]
Avira ADWARE/Agent.szqvx
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9925
BitDefender Adware.GenericKD.3942976
CAT-QuickHeal Pua.Agent
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_95% (D)
DrWeb Adware.Wajam.117
Emsisoft Adware.GenericKD.3942976 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Packed.NSISmod.AE suspicious
F-Secure Adware.GenericKD.3942976
Fortinet Adware/Agent
GData Adware.GenericKD.3942976
Invincea virus.win32.sality.at
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 004ff7721 )
K7GW Trojan ( 004ff7721 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Agent.iv
McAfee Artemis!DDB238821217
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.TrojanCoinMiner.tc
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.GenericKD.3942976
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Nsis.Nsi.eiwxos
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.866
Sophos Generic PUA IK (PUA)
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent Nsis.Adware.Agent.Wvkk
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R02KC0ELK16
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R02KC0ELK16
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Adware.Agent.1718968.A[h]
Yandex PUA.Agent!
35 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the Au_.exe file.

Au_.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Au_.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Au_.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Au_.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 Au_.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Au_.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 Au_.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\~nsu.tmp\Au_.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Au_.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Au_.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Au_.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If Au_.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 Au_.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

Filename variants

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

Folder name variants

Au_.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\~nsu.tmp\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named Au_.exe

Au_.exe (81 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5ddb23882121712d9fd83ea982de0024f
SHA2562b49db63b4212f21a25dec3aafddf8d24b6180e09a14d3504bdb23c78e15f725

Error Messages

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

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

au_.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.

au_.exe has stopped working.

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

au_.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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