What is dcore.exe?

dcore.exe is part of dcore and developed by Microsoft according to the dcore.exe version information.

dcore.exe's description is "dcore"

dcore.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\tmepvs5f.xyk\' folder.

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

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on dcore.exe:

PropertyValue
Product namedcore
Company nameMicrosoft
File descriptiondcore
Internal namedcore.exe
Original filenamedcore.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © Microsoft 2014
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.0.0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product namedcore
Company nameMicrosoft
File descriptiondcore
Internal namedcore.exe
Original filenamedcore.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © Microsoft 2014
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

dcore.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

17 of the 53 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the dcore.exe file. That's a 32% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.Generic.11433692
AVG CoinMiner.CDE
Baidu-International Trojan.MSIL.CoinMiner.bOR
BitDefender Trojan.Generic.11433692
DrWeb Trojan.Starter.3261
Emsisoft Trojan.Generic.11433692 (B)
ESET-NOD32 MSIL/CoinMiner.OR
F-Secure Trojan.Generic.11433692
GData Trojan.Generic.11433692
Ikarus Trojan.MSIL.CoinMiner
McAfee Artemis!C020E1C95A3D
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!C020E1C95A3D
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.Generic.11433692
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.168
Symantec WS.Reputation.1
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0623
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
17 of the 53 anti-virus programs detected the dcore.exe file.

dcore.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove dcore.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the dcore.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that dcore.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.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate dcore.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the dcore.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 dcore.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\tmepvs5f.xyk\dcore.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the dcore.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If dcore.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If dcore.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If dcore.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 dcore.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c020e1c95a3dcd9dd4a725e6efac1605
SHA256b662741f59921ca4ed18345296dbefd87702156b57a81089d95e51bdf6c3d68b

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to dcore.exe:

dcore.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

dcore.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

dcore has stopped working.

End Program - dcore.exe. This program is not responding.

dcore.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

dcore.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with dcore.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with dcore.exe:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with dcore.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 2 users.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
2

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with dcore.exe. Only 2 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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