What is cleanmmgr.exe?

cleanmmgr.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\system32\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

58 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the cleanmmgr.exe file. That's a 85% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	MemScan:Trojan.Generic.4568823
AegisLab	Troj.Downloader.W32.Cyrel.ab!c
AhnLab-V3	Dropper/Win32.Mudrop.R9955
ALYac	MemScan:Trojan.Generic.4568823
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Tgenic
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D45B6F7
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Avira	TR/Drop.Agen.241665
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9998
BitDefender	MemScan:Trojan.Generic.4568823
Bkav	W32.GenericJuamsB.Trojan
CAT-QuickHeal	TrojanDropper.Dunik
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Agent-36008
CMC	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Cyrel!O
Comodo	TrojWare.Win32.Trojan.Generic.32635770
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_80% (W)
Cybereason	malicious.1b8fb7
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/Risk.XIIH-8969
DrWeb	Trojan.MulDrop3.58303
Emsisoft	MemScan:Trojan.Generic.4568823 (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Agent.RNM
F-Prot	W32/MalwareS.AUCK
F-Secure	MemScan:Trojan.Generic.4568823
Fortinet	W32/Generic.AC.299DB6!tr
GData	MemScan:Trojan.Generic.4568823
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Agent
Invincea	heuristic
Jiangmin	TrojanDownloader.Small.aiga
K7AntiVirus	Backdoor ( 04c519af1 )
K7GW	Backdoor ( 04c519af1 )
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Downloader
MAX	malware (ai score=86)
McAfee	GenericR-EDI!02B88363EA11
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Backdoor.mc
Microsoft	TrojanDropper:Win32/Dunik!rts
MicroWorld-eScan	MemScan:Trojan.Generic.4568823
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Drop.bwccc
nProtect	Trojan/W32.Small.25600.AI
Panda	Generic Malware
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.b7f
Sophos	Troj/Dropr-DB
Symantec	Trojan.Gen
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Generic.Eyi
TheHacker	Trojan/Downloader.Cyrel.dc
TrendMicro	TROJ_AGENT.SMID
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_AGENT.SMID
VBA32	TrojanDownloader.Cyrel
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Agent.25600.CT
Webroot	W32.Downloader.Gen
Yandex	Trojan.DL.Cyrel!ac2lJMhhCYM
Zillya	Downloader.Cyrel.Win32.54
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic

cleanmmgr.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   C:\Windows\system32\cleanmmgr.exe

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

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

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