What is shutdown.bat?

shutdown.bat is usually located in the 'C:\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected shutdown.bat.

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VirusTotal report

3 of the 49 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the shutdown.bat file. That's a 6% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
McAfee	Bat/sdwn3
McAfee-GW-Edition	Bat/sdwn3

shutdown.bat removal instructions

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

   

   

   C:\shutdown.bat

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

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

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