What is rundll3.exe?

rundll3.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected rundll3.exe.

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VirusTotal report

27 of the 53 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the rundll3.exe file. That's a 51% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.3479349
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Reconyc.N2084233853
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Inject
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
AVG	Atros4.BYW
Avira	TR/Crypt.Xpack.pvne
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.151026.9950.9997
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.3479349
Comodo	Application.Win32.Agent.huaaf
Cyren	W32/Trojan.UWAJ-3516
DrWeb	Trojan.Proxy2.422
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.3479349 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Agent.QKJ
F-Secure	Trojan.GenericKD.3479349
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.3479349
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Agent
K7GW	Trojan ( 004de0551 )
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Reconyc.gfur
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Agent
McAfee	Artemis!D6F440C60236
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.ch
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.3479349
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM07.1.3FD7.Malware.Gen
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	Heur.AdvML.C
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

rundll3.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove rundll3.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the rundll3.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that rundll3.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 rundll3.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the rundll3.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 rundll3.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\rundll3.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the rundll3.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If rundll3.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If rundll3.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If rundll3.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 rundll3.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

Filename variants

rundll3.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

• KB141769527.exe
• rundll32.exe

Folder name variants

rundll3.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\. The most common variants are listed below:

• c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\

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