What is atmlibwow.exe?

atmlibwow.exe is part of Borland Debugger Kernel and developed by Borland Software Corporation according to the atmlibwow.exe version information.

atmlibwow.exe's description is "Borland Debugger Kernel"

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

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected atmlibwow.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 [?]

The following is the available information on atmlibwow.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameBorland Debugger Kernel
Company nameBorland Software Corporation
File descriptionBorland Debugger Kernel
Internal nameDBKWMC100
Original filenamedbkwmc100.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © Borland Software Corporation 1990, 2004
Product version100.00
File version90.1.1.1

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

Product nameBorland Debugger Kernel
Company nameBorland Software Corporation
File descriptionBorland Debugger Kernel
Internal nameDBKWMC100
Original filenamedbkwmc100.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © Borland Software Corpor..
Product version100.00
File version90.1.1.1

Digital signatures [?]

atmlibwow.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

42 of the 50 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the atmlibwow.exe file. That's a 84% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Katusha.2
Agnitum Trojan.Searches!DARYS/OEJoU
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Downloader
AntiVir TR/Searches.FA
Avast Win32:Dracur-E [Cryp]
AVG Generic21.ASRD
Baidu-International Trojan.Win32.Generic.AHeX
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Katusha.2
Bkav HW32.CDB.C3a7
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Agent-30319
Commtouch W32/Risk.PFWF-9208
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.Trojan.Agent.Gen
DrWeb Trojan.DownLoader1.47732
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Katusha.2 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Kryptik.JHH
F-Prot W32/MalwareF.VBEH
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Katusha.2
Fortinet W32/DLOAD.SQ!tr
GData Gen:Variant.Katusha.2
Ikarus Gen.Variant.Buzy
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 7000000f1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 7000000f1 )
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Generic.(kcloud)
McAfee Downloader-BMN.gen.ak
McAfee-GW-Edition Downloader-BMN.gen.ak
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Tracur.P
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Katusha.2
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Searches.cxlrd
Norman Suspicious_Gen2.GAVEC
nProtect Trojan/W32.Searches.485376.B
Panda Generic Trojan
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.188
Rising PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.12669921!308713761
Sophos Mal/Katush-C
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-FakeAlert
Symantec Spyware.Perfect
TheHacker Trojan/Searches.fa
TotalDefense Win32/Tracur.CR
TrendMicro TROJ_DLOAD.SQ
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_DLOAD.SQ
VIPRE TrojanDownloader.Win32.Tracur.a (v)
42 of the 50 anti-virus programs detected the atmlibwow.exe file.

atmlibwow.exe removal instructions

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

atmlibwow.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD511ed64ed8685f7dafed3c16e1d985c3a
SHA25653f375de455978c42b2481f30d90a09bd7dfe13f4eecaf0695db269e025743c1

Error Messages

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

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

atmlibwow.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.

Borland Debugger Kernel has stopped working.

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

atmlibwow.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with atmlibwow.exe?

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



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with atmlibwow.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
1

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with atmlibwow.exe. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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

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The anti-virus programs detects this as "Gen:Variant.Buzy.355". You should remove this as soon as possible if you have it on your machine.

# 2 Jan 2011, 11:34

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