What is chrome_search.exe?

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

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

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VirusTotal report

47 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the chrome_search.exe file. That's a 69% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.40143098
AegisLab	Troj.Spy.W32.QQLogger.iny!c
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.40143098
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[Spy]/Win32.QQLogger
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D26488FA
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9866
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.40143098
CAT-QuickHeal	TrojanSpy.QQLogger
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Qqlogger-43
CMC	Trojan-Spy.Win32.QQLogger!O
Comodo	.UnclassifiedMalware
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_60% (D)
Cylance	Unsafe
DrWeb	Program.SearchProvChanger.1
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.40143098 (B)
Endgame	malicious (moderate confidence)
F-Secure	Trojan.GenericKD.40143098
Fortinet	W32/QQLogger.INY!tr
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.40143098
Ikarus	Trojan-Spy.Win32.QQLogger
Invincea	heuristic
Jiangmin	TrojanSpy.QQLogger.jp
Kaspersky	Trojan-Spy.Win32.QQLogger.iny
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
McAfee	Artemis!67CD9403E732
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.dc
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Tiggre!rfn
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.40143098
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.QQLogger.ecibfg
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Generic Malware
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.b7f
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Sophos	Mal/Generic-L
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	Win32.Trojan-spy.Qqlogger.Wqxh
TheHacker	Trojan/Spy.QQLogger.iny
TrendMicro	TROJ_SPNR.0CBJ13
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_SPNR.0CBJ13
VBA32	TrojanSpy.QQLogger
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Yandex	TrojanSpy.QQLogger!GFBVXkCqO3k
Zillya	Trojan.QQLogger.Win32.416
ZoneAlarm	Trojan-Spy.Win32.QQLogger.iny

chrome_search.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\chrome_search.exe

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

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

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