What is FRST.exe?

FRST.exe is developed by Farbar according to the FRST.exe version information.

FRST.exe's description is "Aut2Exe"

FRST.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\downloads\' folder.

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

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 [?]

The following is the available information on FRST.exe:

PropertyValue
Company nameFarbar
File descriptionAut2Exe
Commentshttp://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/
Legal copyright©1999-2013 Jonathan Bennett & AutoIt Team
Product version3.3.10.2
File version3.3.10.2

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Company nameFarbar
File descriptionAut2Exe
Commentshttp://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/
Legal copyright©1999-2013 Jonathan Bennett & AutoI..
Product version3.3.10.2
File version3.3.10.2

Digital signatures [?]

FRST.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

3 of the 50 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the FRST.exe file. That's a 6% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.Inject
Ikarus Backdoor.Win32.Bifrose
Jiangmin Trojan/Reconyc.as
3 of the 50 anti-virus programs detected the FRST.exe file.

FRST.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove FRST.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the FRST.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that FRST.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.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate FRST.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the FRST.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 FRST.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\downloads\FRST.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the FRST.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If FRST.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If FRST.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If FRST.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 FRST.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Free Questionnaires

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD58b97fc182e5351342c1f31eea163d971
SHA256424c146f0c4936ea6a0bad3c3dc006a692fdee6743a25511de97078f300f054f

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to frst.exe:

frst.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

frst.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Aut2Exe has stopped working.

End Program - frst.exe. This program is not responding.

frst.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

frst.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with FRST.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with FRST.exe. 50% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 2 users.

User vote results: There were 1 vote to remove and 1 vote to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with FRST.exe. Only 2 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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