What is dnswalters.exe?

dnswalters.exe's description is " " according to the dnswalters.exe version information.

dnswalters.exe is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files (x86)\DNS Unlocker\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
File description
Internal namemultivab.exe
Original filenamemultivab.exe
CommentsWindows Client @@CHANGEIT@@
Legal copyrightCopyright ©2015 .
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.0.0

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

File description
Internal namemultivab.exe
Original filenamemultivab.exe
CommentsWindows Client @@CHANGEIT@@ ..
Legal copyrightCopyright ©2015 .
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

dnswalters.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

18 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the dnswalters.exe file. That's a 32% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.24773
ALYac Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.24773
Arcabit Trojan.MSILPerseus.D60C5
AVG Downloader.AJUQ
Avira ADWARE/CloudGuard.678912
AVware MSIL.Adware.CloudGuard
BitDefender Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.24773
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Adware.CloudGuard.C
F-Secure Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.24773
GData Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.24773
Ikarus AdWare.MSIL.Cloudguard
Malwarebytes Adware.CloudGuard
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.PWSZbot.jh
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.24773
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen
Rising PE:Malware.Generic/QRS!1.9E2D [F]
Tencent Msil.Adware.Cloudguard.Pcjb
VIPRE MSIL.Adware.CloudGuard
18 of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the dnswalters.exe file.

dnswalters.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove dnswalters.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the dnswalters.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that dnswalters.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 dnswalters.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the dnswalters.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 dnswalters.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\Program Files (x86)\DNS Unlocker\dnswalters.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the dnswalters.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If dnswalters.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If dnswalters.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If dnswalters.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 dnswalters.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
MD5466be1dbc60a4e360a9bb366858d4e33
SHA256e2e77bcd157b5d5d0f2994d7ec577636aa273fa75b832a1c7d760c27edac8625

Error Messages

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

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

dnswalters.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.

has stopped working.

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

dnswalters.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with dnswalters.exe?

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



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with dnswalters.exe. 83% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 6 users.

User vote results: There were 5 votes to remove and 1 vote to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with dnswalters.exe. Only 6 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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