What is axel.exe?

axel.exe is part of Netwrkcredential and developed by Credit Karma according to the axel.exe version information.

axel.exe's description is "Classrooms Vey Stylus Directions Strack"

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

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

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VirusTotal report

55 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the axel.exe file. That's a 81% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Zusy.228731
AegisLab	Trojan.Win32.SageCrypt.j!c
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.SageCrypt.R197089
ALYac	Trojan.Ransom.Sage
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[Ransom]/Win32.SageCrypt
Arcabit	Trojan.Zusy.D37D7B
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Avira	HEUR/AGEN.1011397
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9996
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Zusy.228731
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Mauvaise.SL1
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Cybereason	malicious.d6fa86
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/Trojan.STST-8765
DrWeb	Trojan.Encoder.10433
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Zusy.228731 (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Filecoder.NHQ
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Zusy.228731
Fortinet	W32/SageCrypt.BDQ!tr
GData	Gen:Variant.Zusy.228731
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Filecoder
Invincea	heuristic
Jiangmin	Trojan.SageCrypt.av
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 004f78ba1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 004f78ba1 )
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Malwarebytes	Ransom.SageLocker
MAX	malware (ai score=99)
McAfee	GenericRXBH-JC!CB8375FD6FA8
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Ramnit.fh
Microsoft	Ransom:Win32/Milicry.A
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Zusy.228731
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.SageCrypt.emreuv
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM08.0.FFA3.Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Dapato
Rising	Malware.Undefined!8.C (TFE:5:LiFgZU12Z4T)
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
TACHYON	Ransom/W32.SageCrypt.398848
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Raas.Auto
TrendMicro	Mal_MiliCry-2t
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Mal_MiliCry-2t
VBA32	Hoax.SageCrypt
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Sage.398592
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
Yandex	Trojan.SageCrypt!
Zillya	Trojan.SageCrypt.Win32.206
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic

axel.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\axel.exe

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

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

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