What is StartupWin.exe?

StartupWin.exe is part of AnyDesk and developed by philandro Software GmbH according to the StartupWin.exe version information.

StartupWin.exe's description is "AnyDesk"

StartupWin.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on StartupWin.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAnyDesk
Company namephilandro Software GmbH
File descriptionAnyDesk
Legal copyright(C) 2016 philandro Software GmbH
Product version2.5
File version2.5.0.0

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

Product nameAnyDesk
Company namephilandro Software GmbH
File descriptionAnyDesk
Legal copyright(C) 2016 philandro Software GmbH
Product version2.5
File version2.5.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

StartupWin.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

54 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the StartupWin.exe file. That's a 79% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Razy.325024
AegisLab Backdoor.W32.Generic!c
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Korat.C2552997
ALYac Gen:Variant.Razy.325024
Arcabit Trojan.Razy.D4F5A0
Avast Win32:GenX-Keylogger
AVG Win32:GenX-Keylogger
Avira TR/Dropper.Gen
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9993
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Razy.325024
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Generic.FC.3552
ClamAV Win.Dropper.Generic-6556847-0
Comodo UnclassifiedMalware
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cybereason malicious.ced450
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/MSIL_Injector.MM.gen!Eldorado
DrWeb BackDoor.Tordev.976
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Razy.325024 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Injector.SHI
F-Prot W32/MSIL_Injector.MM.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Razy.325024
Fortinet MSIL/Kryptik.NEC!tr
GData Gen:Variant.Razy.325024
Ikarus Trojan-Spy.Keylogger
Invincea heuristic
Jiangmin Backdoor.Generic.arlu
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 005265a71 )
K7GW Trojan ( 005265a71 )
Kaspersky HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Generic
MAX malware (ai score=100)
McAfee Packed-XI!747F1ED0B7C7
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.cc
Microsoft Backdoor:Win32/Fynloski
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Razy.325024
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Razy.fdhomv
Paloalto generic.ml
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.ccc
Rising Backdoor.Generic!8.CE (CLOUD)
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Inject.Auto
TrendMicro BKDR_ASDROP.SMZSM
TrendMicro-HouseCall BKDR_ASDROP.SMZSM
VBA32 TScope.Trojan.MSIL
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Webroot W32.Keylogger.Gen
Yandex Trojan.Injector!/bvae9R7/1c
Zillya Trojan.Injector.Win32.605999
ZoneAlarm HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Generic
54 of the 68 anti-virus programs detected the StartupWin.exe file.

StartupWin.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove StartupWin.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the StartupWin.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that StartupWin.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 StartupWin.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the StartupWin.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 StartupWin.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\StartupWin.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the StartupWin.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If StartupWin.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If StartupWin.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If StartupWin.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 StartupWin.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5747f1ed0b7c761f6348db4eac0cc84b9
SHA256644f99a79250a93e133e51d6a37d6b0fa815b3fd0852b9248979b6648b19fa17

Error Messages

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

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

startupwin.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.

AnyDesk has stopped working.

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

startupwin.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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