What is ago8.exe?

ago8.exe is part of Borro and developed by Dachgewerk according to the ago8.exe version information.

ago8.exe's description is "Research Garage"

ago8.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected ago8.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on ago8.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameBorro
Company nameDachgewerk
File descriptionResearch Garage
Internal nameago8.exe
Original filenameago8.exe
Legal copyright(c) 2000 Dachgewerk
Product version15.6.10.1
File version15.6.10.1

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

Product nameBorro
Company nameDachgewerk
File descriptionResearch Garage
Internal nameago8.exe
Original filenameago8.exe
Legal copyright(c) 2000 Dachgewerk
Product version15.6.10.1
File version15.6.10.1

Digital signatures [?]

ago8.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

42 of the 63 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ago8.exe file. That's a 67% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Acronis suspicious
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Ursu.379993
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Agent.C3009834
Antiy-AVL Trojan/MSIL.Zudochka
Arcabit Trojan.Ursu.D5CC59
Avast Win32:TrojanX-gen [Trj]
AVG Win32:TrojanX-gen [Trj]
Avira TR/Kryptik.ssyzv
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Ursu.379993
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.MSIL
Comodo Malware@#317h9c8ix3t8i
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cybereason malicious.a7dbf5
Cylance Unsafe
DrWeb Trojan.PWS.Stealer.19347
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Ursu.379993 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/GenKryptik.CZBI
Fortinet W32/Zudochka.CZBI!tr
GData Gen:Variant.Ursu.379993
Ikarus Trojan.Agent
Invincea heuristic
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0054787b1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 0054787b1 )
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Zudochka.gen
McAfee Packed-FQV!46B3B886E1E2
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.bc
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Occamy.C
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Ursu.379993
Paloalto generic.ml
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.947
Rising Trojan.GenKryptik!8.AA55 (CLOUD)
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Inject.Auto
Trapmine malicious.high.ml.score
VBA32 CIL.StupidCryptor.Heur
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Zudochka.813568
Yandex Trojan.Zudochka!
ZoneAlarm HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Zudochka.gen
42 of the 63 anti-virus programs detected the ago8.exe file.

ago8.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove ago8.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the ago8.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that ago8.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 ago8.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the ago8.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 ago8.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\ago8.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the ago8.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If ago8.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If ago8.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If ago8.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 ago8.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
MD546b3b886e1e23779cc55f01893676980
SHA256c83f88cad226383c84492ce23c59e53dc0a95dc760e36d1328834bf808dd7071

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to ago8.exe:

ago8.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

ago8.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.

Research Garage has stopped working.

End Program - ago8.exe. This program is not responding.

ago8.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

ago8.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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