What is catins1.exe?

catins1.exe is part of catroot and developed by Catrootsz Inc. according to the catins1.exe version information.

catins1.exe's description is "catroot Setup "

catins1.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected catins1.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

14 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the catins1.exe file. That's a 25% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
AhnLab-V3	Win-Adware/Catroot.1063128
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[:HEUR]/Win32.AGeneric
Avast	Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
AVG	Win32/DH{JIERWxM?}
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.Vkontakte.812
ESET-NOD32	probably unknown NewHeur_PE
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0000000c1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0000000c1 )
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.DP.ctyrmw
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM06.1.Malware.Gen
VBA32	suspected of Trojan.Notifier.gen
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

catins1.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove catins1.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the catins1.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that catins1.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 catins1.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the catins1.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 catins1.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\downloads\catins1.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the catins1.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If catins1.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If catins1.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If catins1.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 catins1.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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