What is Sync.exe?

Sync.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\ranefo~1\' folder.

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

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

Digital signatures [?]

Sync.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

29 of the 60 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Sync.exe file. That's a 48% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DealPly.455
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.DealPly.R201440
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.AGeneric
Arcabit Trojan.Application.Bundler.DealPly.455
Avast Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Avira ADWARE/DealPly.ufzmn
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9537
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DealPly.455
CAT-QuickHeal Adware.Dealply.P9
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DealPly.455 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/DealPly.MA.gen potentially unwanted
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
Ikarus PUA.DealPly.Hj
Invincea heuristic
Jiangmin AdWare.Generic.fvpy
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Generic
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DealPly.455
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.DealPly.epcjxz
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Rising PUA.DealPly!8.96 (cloud:TSHW81W213B)
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Yandex PUA.Agent!
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Generic
29 of the 60 anti-virus programs detected the Sync.exe file.

Sync.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Sync.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Sync.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Sync.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 Sync.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Sync.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 Sync.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\ranefo~1\Sync.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Sync.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Sync.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Sync.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If Sync.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 Sync.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
MD54c5cf97295d5f604e17c1b73942f8393
SHA2560eace70140376255b65d4ab6a99e74ddd8a3e35af927f7b7e6e3e2bc9f8ff473

Error Messages

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

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

sync.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.

sync.exe has stopped working.

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

sync.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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Comments

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