What is 00000008.@?

00000008.@ is usually located in the 'c:\Windows\Installer\{0f15a4ee-43a2-32a1-958f-20ba7215b3c7}\U\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected 00000008.@.

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 [?]

00000008.@ does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

00000008.@ is not signed.

VirusTotal report

40 of the 48 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the 00000008.@ file. That's a 83% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.Dropper.Sirefef.O
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.ZeroAccess
AntiVir TR/Cutwail.jhg
Avast Win32:BitCoinMiner-U [PUP]
AVG Generic28.BZDH
Baidu-International Trojan.Win32.Miner.AwH
BitDefender Trojan.Dropper.Sirefef.O
Bkav W32.JorikMokesD.Trojan
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Agent.WD.cw1
Commtouch W32/BitCoin.B.gen!Eldorado
Comodo UnclassifiedMalware
DrWeb Tool.BtcMine.26
Emsisoft Trojan.Dropper.Sirefef.O (B)
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Sirefef.FG
F-Prot W32/BitCoin.B.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure Trojan:W32/Zaccess.P
Fortinet W32/ZAccess.CA!tr
GData Trojan.Dropper.Sirefef.O
Ikarus Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Miner
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 003b1b5b1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 003b1b5b1 )
Kaspersky Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Miner.i
Malwarebytes Trojan.Dropper.BCMiner
McAfee ZeroAccess.hv
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.LooksLike.Win32.Suspicious.B
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Sirefef.AO
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.Dropper.Sirefef.O
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.BtcMine.ulizf
Norman Suspicious_Gen4.AIHWR
nProtect Trojan-Dropper/W32.Sirefef.232960
Panda Trj/Sirefef.D
Sophos Mal/ZAccess-CA
Symantec Trojan.Gen
TheHacker Trojan/Dropper.Miner.i
TotalDefense Win32/Sirefef.GL
TrendMicro TROJ_DROPR.ZA
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_DROPR.ZA
VBA32 Trojan.Miner
VIPRE Trojan.Win64.ZAccess.a (v)
ViRobot Dropper.A.Miner.232960
40 of the 48 anti-virus programs detected the 00000008.@ file.

00000008.@ removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove 00000008.@ with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the 00000008.@ file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that 00000008.@ 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 00000008.@ in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the 00000008.@ 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 00000008.@ in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\Windows\Installer\{0f15a4ee-43a2-32a1-958f-20ba7215b3c7}\U\00000008.@
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the 00000008.@ file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If 00000008.@ still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If 00000008.@ is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If 00000008.@ 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 00000008.@ no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








Free Questionnaires

Folder name variants

00000008.@ may also be located in other folders than c:\Windows\Installer\{0f15a4ee-43a2-32a1-958f-20ba7215b3c7}\U\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named 00000008.@

00000008.@ (2 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD580aebc81a5d1eb392bd7c615a779918c
SHA256e473a10cee73de92042e2ed8e2c12f0bb2b923a44a583e96a37fa9c4d2cfc21c

What will you do with 00000008.@?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with 00000008.@. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

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NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with 00000008.@. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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