What is asam.exe?

asam.exe is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\' folder.

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 [?]

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

Digital signatures [?]

asam.exe is not signed.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5ddaa724c3a09ba84557b169100ab4b57
SHA2569959307728e3474b20a023af358013be9f536ad230617dd717319e7c7feb2a44

Error Messages

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

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

asam.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.

asam.exe has stopped working.

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

asam.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with asam.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with asam.exe:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with asam.exe. 89% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 76 users.

User vote results: There were 68 votes to remove and 8 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with asam.exe.

Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Roger Karlsson writes

4 thumbs

4 out of 40 antivirus scanners over at virustotal report asam.exe as malware:
http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/9959307728e3474b20a023af358013be9f536ad230617dd717319e7c7feb2a44-1271645858

How to remove asam.exe with Freefixer:
1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html Freefixer is freeware, so it will not cost you anything.
2. Start FreeFixer and click "Scan". The scan finishes in approximately 5 minutes.
3. In the scan result, locate items which mention asam.exe, and check its "Delete" checkbox. asam.exe usually appears under "Registry startups" and/or "Processes" in FreeFixer's scan result. DO NOT check anything else for removal, unless you are 100% sure it's malware.
4. Click "Fix".
5. Restart your machine.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again.
7. Verify that asam.exe no longer appear anywhere in the scan result.
8. Done.

Did this solve the asam.exe problem?

# 22 Apr 2010, 2:13

#Johnny# writes

1 thumb

asam.exe is part of the avsuite Trojan.Win32.FraudPack.apwa virus.

Malware explains it perfectly:
http://www.malwarehelp.org/antivirus-suite-removal-2010.html

# 23 Apr 2010, 18:15

Ed___ writes

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Regarding "asam.exe", the infected user was a non-privileged/non-administrator Windows account, therefore no registry modification occurred, and therefore the infection didn't affect other users on a shared PC.

"asam.exe" was found stored at C:/Documents and Settings/(user's name)/Local Settings/Application Data/asam.exe. (user's name) will be the user's Window's login id.

The removal process was to log in as administrator and simply delete the file at the aforementioned location. There should be no exe files in the /Application Data/ folder. None. Delete them all.

# 27 Apr 2010, 17:21

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