What is xcopy.exe?

xcopy.exe is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\' folder.

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

52 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the xcopy.exe file. That's a 95% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.Generic.1928886
Agnitum	Worm.Perlovga.A
AhnLab-V3	Worm/Win32.IRCBot
ALYac	Trojan.Copier
Antiy-AVL	Worm/Win32.Perlovga
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D1D6EB6
Avast	Win32:Hupigon-LCG [Trj]
AVG	Generic19.ARKN
Avira	W32/Perlovga.A.1
AVware	Worm.Win32.Perlovega.E (v)
Baidu-International	Worm.Win32.Perlovga.40
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.1928886
Bkav	W32.PerlovegaA.Worm
CAT-QuickHeal	Worm.Perlovga.a.n2
ClamAV	Trojan.Small-4214
CMC	Generic.Win32.f7bd87b88e!MD
Comodo	Win32.Perlovga.A
Cyren	W32/Perlovga.ZQWH-2768
DrWeb	Trojan.Copyself.94
Emsisoft	Trojan.Generic.1928886 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Perlovga.A
F-Prot	W32/Perlovga.A
F-Secure	Trojan-Dropper:W32/Agent.LFY
Fortinet	W32/Perlovga.E!worm
GData	Trojan.Generic.1928886
Ikarus	Worm.Win32.Perlovga
Jiangmin	Packed.Krap.iwh
K7AntiVirus	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Kaspersky	Worm.Win32.Perlovga.a
Malwarebytes	Worm.Perlovga
McAfee	W32/Perlovga
McAfee-GW-Edition	W32/Perlovga
Microsoft	Worm:Win32/Perlovga.A
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Generic.1928886
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Runouce.cgqdu
nProtect	Trojan/W32.CopySelf.1211
Panda	W32/Perlovga.A.worm
Qihoo-360	Win32/Worm.506
Rising	PE:Worm.Win32.Small.av!294711 [F]
Sophos	W32/Perlovg-D
SUPERAntiSpyware	Trojan.Agent/Gen
Symantec	W32.SillyFDC
Tencent	Win32.Virus.Perlovga.Efaz
TheHacker	W32/Perlovga.gen
TrendMicro	WORM_PERLOVGA.G
TrendMicro-HouseCall	WORM_PERLOVGA.G
VBA32	Worm.Perlovga.a
VIPRE	Worm.Win32.Perlovega.E (v)
ViRobot	Worm.Win32.A.Perlovga.16384[MEW][h]
Zillya	Worm.Perlovga.Win32.2
Zoner	Win32.Perlovga.A

xcopy.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   C:\WINDOWS\xcopy.exe

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

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

Filename variants

xcopy.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

• copy.exe

Folder name variants

xcopy.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\WINDOWS\. The most common variants are listed below:

• c:\
• d:\

Error Messages

What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with xcopy.exe. 33% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 3 users.

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with xcopy.exe. Only 3 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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