What is Thumbs.com?

Thumbs.com is usually located in the 'c:\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Thumbs.com.

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VirusTotal report

52 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Thumbs.com file. That's a 93% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.Generic.8175256
Agnitum	Worm.SillyShareCopy!GFdqFqCX45w
AhnLab-V3	HEUR/Fakon.mwf
ALYac	Trojan.Generic.8175256
Antiy-AVL	Worm/Win32.AutoRun
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D7CBE98
Avast	Win32:VB-EIK
AVG	Worm/VB.10.AC
Avira	TR/VB.aei
AVware	Worm.Win32.Autorun.ftc (v)
Baidu-International	Worm.Win32.AutoRun.aaiT
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.8175256
Bkav	W32.Surabaya.Worm
CAT-QuickHeal	Worm.SillyShare.EE2
ClamAV	Worm.VB-117
Comodo	Win32.VB.DG
Cyren	W32/Trojan.GGOX-2280
DrWeb	Win32.HLLW.Autoruner.874
Emsisoft	Trojan.Generic.8175256 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/VB.DG
F-Prot	W32/Trojan5.JNE
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.8175256
Fortinet	W32/Pitin.DG!worm
GData	Trojan.Generic.8175256
Ikarus	Worm.Win32.AutoRun
Jiangmin	Worm/AutoRun.utw
K7AntiVirus	P2PWorm ( 0000348d1 )
K7GW	P2PWorm ( 0000348d1 )
Kaspersky	Worm.Win32.AutoRun.bant
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.IAgent.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	Worm.Autorun
McAfee	W32/Pitin.worm
McAfee-GW-Edition	W32/Pitin.worm
Microsoft	Worm:Win32/SillyShareCopy.E
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Generic.8175256
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.AutoRun.cnwrek
nProtect	Trojan.Generic.8175256
Panda	Trj/WLT.A
Qihoo-360	Malware.Radar05.Gen
Rising	PE:Worm.VB.ajx!1074229537
Sophos	Mal/VBDrop-G
Symantec	W32.SillyFDC
Tencent	Trojan.Win32.Autorun.bep
TheHacker	W32/AutoRun.ftc
TotalDefense	Win32/Dodaykil!generic
TrendMicro	WORM_VB.DTH
TrendMicro-HouseCall	WORM_VB.DTH
VBA32	SScope.Trojan.VBO.0348
VIPRE	Worm.Win32.Autorun.ftc (v)
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Autorun.40960.R[h]
Zillya	Virus.VB.Win32.86
Zoner	Win32.VB.DG

Thumbs.com removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\Thumbs.com

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

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

Folder name variants

Thumbs.com may also be located in other folders than c:\. The most common variants are listed below:

• d:\

• Privacy Policy