What is ant.exe?

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

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

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

ant.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

ant.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

21 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ant.exe file. That's a 37% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AhnLab-V3 Dropper/Xema.234496
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.Tgenic
Avira TR/Agent.cada.1595
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Delf-33385
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.TrojanDropper.Delf.BCI
Cyren W32/Risk.TRKB-7600
DrWeb Trojan.PWS.Banker.23258
F-Prot W32/Dropper.ASSD
Ikarus Trojan.Agent
Jiangmin TrojanDropper.Delf.cna
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 00019ab21 )
K7GW Trojan ( 00019ab21 )
McAfee Artemis!51643A937DED
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.hc
nProtect Trojan/W32.Agent.548079
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.da2
Rising Trjoan.Generic-svzHVpn7DyS (Cloud)
Symantec Trojan.ADH.2
TheHacker Trojan/Dropper.Delf.bci
Yandex Trojan.DR.Delf!B3u9PnNqfNk
Zillya Dropper.Delf.Win32.14762
21 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the ant.exe file.

ant.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove ant.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the ant.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that ant.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 ant.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the ant.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 ant.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\ant.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the ant.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If ant.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If ant.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If ant.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 ant.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
MD551643a937ded22e805d9c40aa01944bf
SHA2566d5886cd6fe1c388f9707b8fdd9790c8e358f8ecc3679638a9bc92e236bb40b7

Error Messages

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

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

ant.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.

ant.exe has stopped working.

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

ant.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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Comments

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