What is HijackThis - CHIP-Installer.exe?

HijackThis - CHIP-Installer.exe is part of CHIP Secured Installer and developed by CHIP Digital GmbH according to the HijackThis - CHIP-Installer.exe version information.

HijackThis - CHIP-Installer.exe's description is "CHIP Secured Installer"

HijackThis - CHIP-Installer.exe is digitally signed by CHIP Digital GmbH.

HijackThis - CHIP-Installer.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected HijackThis - CHIP-Installer.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.

VirusTotal report

30 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the HijackThis - CHIP-Installer.exe file. That's a 44% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Antiy-AVL	GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.DownloadSponsor.c
Avast	Win32:DloadSponsor-A [PUP]
AVG	Win32:DloadSponsor-A [PUP]
Bkav	W32.HfsAdware.BB89
CAT-QuickHeal	PUA.Chipdigita3.Gen
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Generic-6261684-0
Comodo	Application.Win32.DownloadSponsor.CG
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_80% (D)
Cybereason	malicious.767fa0
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/Downloader.SM.gen!Eldorado
DrWeb	Adware.Covus.33
Emsisoft	Application.AdLoad (A)
Endgame	malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/DownloadSponsor.C potentially unwanted
F-Prot	W32/Downloader.SM.gen!Eldorado
GData	Win32.Application.OCSClient.D
Invincea	heuristic
Jiangmin	Downloader.MSIL.jrm
K7AntiVirus	Unwanted-Program ( 004d38181 )
K7GW	Unwanted-Program ( 004d38181 )
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:HEUR:Downloader.MSIL.DownloadSponsor.gen
McAfee	Artemis!3585EEE84A93
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.tc
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.DownloadSponsor.etosrt
Rising	Trojan.DownloadSponsor!1.A479 (CLASSIC)
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Webroot	W32.Adware.Gen
Zillya	Downloader.DownloadSponsorCRTD.Win32.10626
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:HEUR:Downloader.MSIL.DownloadSponsor.gen

HijackThis - CHIP-Installer.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\downloads\HijackThis - CHIP-Installer.exe

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

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

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