What is wcservices.exe?

wcservices.exe is usually located in the 'c:\windows\logs\netsetup\vss\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

46 of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wcservices.exe file. That's a 64% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Generic.Trojan.PowerIt.0C29F913
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.Helper.C2977723
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/Zapchast.40a22c48
ALYac	Generic.Trojan.PowerIt.0C29F913
APEX	Malicious
Arcabit	Generic.Trojan.PowerIt.0C29F913
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
AVG	Win32:Trojan-gen
Avira	TR/Crypt.ZPACK.aaaaxh
BitDefender	Generic.Trojan.PowerIt.0C29F913
Bkav	W32.WisjeJWE.Trojan
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Win32
Comodo	Malware@#4h9xatwsw3ay
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cybereason	malicious.0c7add
Cylance	Unsafe
Cynet	Malicious (score: 99)
Cyren	W32/AutoIt.GY.gen!Eldorado
DrWeb	Trojan.Starter.7807
Emsisoft	Generic.Trojan.PowerIt.0C29F913 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Autoit.OGT
FireEye	Generic.Trojan.PowerIt.0C29F913
GData	Generic.Trojan.PowerIt.0C29F913 (2x)
Google	Detected
Gridinsoft	Trojan.Win32.Agent.vb
Ikarus	Trojan.Crypt
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0001140e1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0001140e1 )
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Zapchast.aknc
Lionic	Trojan.Win32.Zapchast.4!c
Malwarebytes	Trojan.FakeMS
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.74078917.susgen
McAfee	RDN/Generic.grp
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Injector.ch
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/CryptInject
MicroWorld-eScan	Generic.Trojan.PowerIt.0C29F913
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Starter.flutre
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Autoit.OGT
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Zapchast.Kqil
TrendMicro	Trojan.Win32.OTOTI.LY
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Trojan.Win32.OTOTI.LY
VBA32	Trojan.Starter
VIPRE	Generic.Trojan.PowerIt.0C29F913
VirIT	Trojan.Win32.Starter.LOH
ZoneAlarm	Trojan.Win32.Zapchast.aknc

wcservices.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\windows\logs\netsetup\vss\wcservices.exe

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

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

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