What is demo.exe?

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

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

60 of the 61 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the demo.exe file. That's a 98% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Win32.Neshta.A
AegisLab	W32.Neshta.tn9H
AhnLab-V3	Win32/Neshta
ALYac	Win32.Neshta.A
Antiy-AVL	Virus/Win32.Neshta.a
Arcabit	Win32.Neshta.A
Avast	Win32:Apanas [Trj]
AVG	SHeur4.AVOB
Avira	W32/Neshta.A
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!SB.0
Baidu	Win32.Virus.Neshta.a
BitDefender	Win32.Neshta.A
Bkav	W32.NeshtaB.PE
CAT-QuickHeal	W32.Neshta.C8
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Neshuta-1
CMC	Virus.Win32.Neshta!O
Comodo	Win32.Neshta.A
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Cyren	W32/HLLP.41472
DrWeb	Win32.HLLP.Neshta
Emsisoft	Win32.Neshta.A (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Neshta.A
F-Prot	W32/HLLP.41472
F-Secure	Win32.Neshta.A
Fortinet	W32/Neshta.A
GData	Win32.Virus.Neshta.A
Ikarus	Virus.Win32.Neshta
Invincea	virus.win32.neshta.a
Jiangmin	Virus.Neshta.a
K7AntiVirus	Virus ( 700000131 )
K7GW	Virus ( 700000131 )
Kaspersky	Virus.Win32.Neshta.a
Kingsoft	Win32.Neshta.nl.30720
Malwarebytes	Backdoor.DarkComet
McAfee	W32/HLLP.41472.e
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.HLLP.jh
Microsoft	Virus:Win32/Neshta.A
MicroWorld-eScan	Win32.Neshta.A
NANO-Antivirus	Virus.Win32.Neshta.cdby
nProtect	Virus/W32.Neshta
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	W32/Neshta.A
Qihoo-360	Virus.Win32.Neshta.B
Rising	Win32.Netsha.a (classic)
Sophos	W32/Bloat-A
Symantec	W32.Neshuta
Tencent	Win32.Virus.Neshta.Wrzs
TheHacker	W32/Netshta.gen
TotalDefense	Win32/Neshta.A
TrendMicro	PE_NESHTA.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall	PE_NESHTA.A
VBA32	Virus.Win32.Neshta.a
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!SB.0
ViRobot	Win32.Neshta.Gen.A[h]
Webroot	Malicious
Yandex	Win32.Neshta.A
Zillya	Virus.Neshta.Win32.1
ZoneAlarm	Virus.Win32.Neshta.a
Zoner	Win32.Neshta.A

demo.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\demo.exe

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

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

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