What is fax.exe?

fax.exe is part of VMware Tools and developed by VMware, Inc. according to the fax.exe version information.

fax.exe's description is "Default Host Application"

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

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

25 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the fax.exe file. That's a 45% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.2916983
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D2C8277
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	FileCryptor.FLB
Avira	TR/AD.Cryptowall.Y.140
Baidu-International	Trojan.Win32.Inject.vnqm
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.2916983
Bkav	HW32.Packed.63B0
DrWeb	Trojan.DownLoader18.5149
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.2916983 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Filecoder.FJ
Fortinet	W32/CryptoWall.DAF!tr
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.2916983
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Filecoder
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Inject.vnqm
Malwarebytes	Ransom.CryptoWall
McAfee	Artemis!6F8EBB7F57F6
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.2916983
nProtect	Trojan/W32.Inject.274432.W
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.Multi.daf
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Inject.Auto
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Ransom_CRYPWALL.SMB2

fax.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\fax.exe

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

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

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