What is 0053.DLL?

0053.DLL is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected 0053.DLL.

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.

VirusTotal report

16 of the 42 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the 0053.DLL file. That's a 38% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
AntiVir	TR/ATRAPS.Gen
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
Avast5	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	BackDoor.Generic12.CATU
Emsisoft	Trojan-Spy.Win32.Brospa!IK
GData	Win32:Malware-gen
Ikarus	Trojan-Spy.Win32.Brospa
McAfee	BackDoor-BAC.gen.h
McAfee-GW-Edition	Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Trojan.H
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Witkinat.A
NOD32	Win32/Witkinat.Q
Panda	Trj/Spy.TJO
Prevx	Medium Risk Malware
Sophos	Mal/Spy-M
TrendMicro	TROJ_BROSPA.SMC
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_BROSPA.SMC

0053.DLL removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove 0053.DLL with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the 0053.DLL file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that 0053.DLL 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 0053.DLL in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the 0053.DLL 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 0053.DLL in the scan result.

   

   

   C:\WINDOWS\system32\0053.DLL

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the 0053.DLL file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If 0053.DLL still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If 0053.DLL is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If 0053.DLL 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 0053.DLL no longer appear in the scan result.

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