What is autchk.exe?

autchk.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\Temp\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected autchk.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.

VirusTotal report

29 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the autchk.exe file. That's a 52% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.1987367
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.HDC
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.1987367
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
Avira	BDS/Simda.88820
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	Backdoor.Win32.Simda.ald
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.1987367
CAT-QuickHeal	Backdoor.Simda.r5
Cyren	W32/Trojan.LYYQ-3292
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.1987367 (B)
ESET-NOD32	NSIS/TrojanDownloader.Agent.NRO
F-Secure	Trojan.GenericKD.1987367
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.1987367
K7AntiVirus	Trojan-Downloader ( 004b1c461 )
K7GW	Dialer ( 2003a59c1 )
Kaspersky	Backdoor.Win32.Simda.advz
McAfee	RDN/Downloader.a!tz
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.mh
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.1987367
nProtect	Trojan.GenericKD.1987367
Rising	PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.17917CCE!395410638
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	Win32.Backdoor.Simda.Hsss
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R021C0OKK14
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R021C0OKK14
VBA32	suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

autchk.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove autchk.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the autchk.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that autchk.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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate autchk.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the autchk.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 autchk.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   C:\Windows\Temp\autchk.exe

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

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

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with autchk.exe. 50% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 4 users.

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with autchk.exe. Only 4 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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