What is Paltus.exe?

Paltus.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

26 of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Paltus.exe file. That's a 38% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
AegisLab	Trojan.Win32.Androm.m!c
APEX	Malicious
Avast	FileRepMalware
AVG	FileRepMalware
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1140895
BitDefenderTheta	Gen:NN.ZexaF.34654.nqW@ameGdFcG
Cylance	Unsafe
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_78%
Elastic	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/GenKryptik.FDLR
Ikarus	Trojan-Banker.UrSnif
Kaspersky	UDS:Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Scrop.gen
Malwarebytes	Malware.AI.2890551882
McAfee	Artemis!12ECC2AB3511
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.vc
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Hynamer.C!ml
Paloalto	generic.ml
Qihoo-360	Win32/TrojanDropper.Swisyn.HyoDM5cA
Rising	Malware.Obscure/Heur!1.A89F (CLASSIC)
Sangfor	Trojan.Win32.Save.a
SentinelOne	Static AI - Suspicious PE
Sophos	Generic ML PUA (PUA)
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Webroot	W32.Malware.Gen
Zillya	Trojan.Alien.Win32.499

Paltus.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\Paltus.exe

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

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

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