What is Recent.vbe?

Recent.vbe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\microsoft\windows\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Recent.vbe.

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VirusTotal report

3 of the 46 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Recent.vbe file. That's a 7% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
DrWeb	SCRIPT.Virus
ESET-NOD32	VBS/TrojanDownloader.Agent.NHQ

Recent.vbe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\microsoft\windows\Recent.vbe

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

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

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