What is castro.exe?

castro.exe is part of xplodE according to the castro.exe version information.

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

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

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VirusTotal report

49 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the castro.exe file. That's a 74% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Barys.59024
AegisLab	Troj.W32.Vbkrypt!c
AhnLab-V3	Win-Trojan/VBKrypt.RP02
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Barys.59024
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.VBKrypt
Arcabit	Trojan.Barys.DE690
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Avira	TR/Dropper.VB.wholw
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Barys.59024
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Vibem
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_90% (W)
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/VBKrypt.E.gen!Eldorado
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.Stealer.19347
Emsisoft	Trojan.Injector (A)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Injector.DXLQ
F-Prot	W32/VBKrypt.E.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Barys.59024
Fortinet	W32/GenKryptik.BXOC!tr
GData	Win32.Trojan.Injector.NA
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Injector
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0052e2dc1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0052e2dc1 )
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.VBKrypt.ziyd
Malwarebytes	Spyware.PasswordStealer
MAX	malware (ai score=98)
McAfee	Fareit-FLA!0FD8FA65DBD1
McAfee-GW-Edition	Fareit-FLA!0FD8FA65DBD1
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Vibem.D
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Barys.59024
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.VBKrypt.famwfk
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM03.0.9DD1.Malware.Gen
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Sophos	Mal/FareitVB-L
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Vbkrypt.Kqa
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0CDL18
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0CDL18
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Z.Vbkrypt.954368.E
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
Yandex	Trojan.VBKrypt!okFif+1de2M
ZoneAlarm	Trojan.Win32.VBKrypt.ziyd

castro.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\castro.exe

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

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

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