What is RNK.exe?

RNK.exe is usually located in the 'C:\windows\TEMP\hp3C95.tmp\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

39 of the 61 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the RNK.exe file. That's a 64% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Application.Elex.Zusy.61
AhnLab-V3	Adware/Win32.ELEX.C1931188
Arcabit	Trojan.Application.Elex.Zusy.61
AVG	Generic8.LVY
Avira	ADWARE/ELEX.wsqec
AVware	Adware.Elex
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Application.Elex.Zusy.61
CAT-QuickHeal	Pua.Elex
Comodo	ApplicUnwnt.UnclassifiedMalware
Cyren	W32/Application.EOAL-3652
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Application.Elex.Zusy.61 (B)
Endgame	malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Adware.ELEX.NO
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Application.Elex
Fortinet	Adware/ELEX
GData	Gen:Variant.Application.Elex.Zusy.61
Jiangmin	AdWare.ELEX.bsl
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 0050d3081 )
K7GW	Adware ( 0050d3081 )
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.ELEX.bjz
McAfee	RDN/Generic PUP.x
McAfee-GW-Edition	RDN/Generic PUP.x
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Application.Elex.Zusy.61
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.ELEX.eokpjr
Paloalto	generic.pup
Panda	PUP/SupTab
Rising	Malware.Generic.5!tfe (cloud:v0oi5yGxrVE)
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Sophos	Generic PUA IN (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware	PUP.ELEX/Variant
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	Win32.Adware.Elex.Dxwk
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R021C0EEA17
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R021C0EEA17
VIPRE	Adware.Elex (not malicious)
ViRobot	Adware.Elex.101888.B[h]
Webroot	W32.Adware.Gen
Yandex	PUA.ELEX!
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.ELEX.bjz

RNK.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   C:\windows\TEMP\hp3C95.tmp\RNK.exe

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

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

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