What is checker.vbs?

checker.vbs is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\WindowsAppCertification\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected checker.vbs.

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

7 of the 59 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the checker.vbs file. That's a 12% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.BAT.Agent.4804
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
ESET-NOD32	Win32/CoinMiner.E
Ikarus	Worm.Win32.Coinminer
Rising	Worm.CoinMiner!8.55C0 (TOPIS:GPEJaqbFk9)
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Suspicious_GEN.F47V1225
ViRobot	VBS.S.Agent.112

checker.vbs removal instructions

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

   

   

   C:\ProgramData\WindowsAppCertification\checker.vbs

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

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

What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with checker.vbs. 67% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 12 users.

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with checker.vbs. Only 12 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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