What is fformat.exe?

fformat.exe is part of FarceFormat 2.0 and developed by HellaSoft according to the fformat.exe version information.

fformat.exe's description is "Une blague sur le formatage..."

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

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

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VirusTotal report

44 of the 58 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the fformat.exe file. That's a 76% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Application.Pup.I
AegisLab	Hoax.W32.BadJoke.Formatter!c
AhnLab-V3	Win-AppCare/Formatter.289280
Antiy-AVL	HackTool[Hoax]/Win32.Formatter
Arcabit	Application.Pup.I
Avast	Win32:Formatter-B [Joke]
AVG	Generic36.BBOX
Avira	JOKE/Formatter.A.2
AVware	BadJoke.Win32.Formatter
BitDefender	Application.Pup.I
Bkav	W32.HfsAutoB.E734
ClamAV	Win.Joke.Format-6
CMC	Generic.Win32.e7951f0f04!CMCRadar
Comodo	ApplicUnsaf.Win32.Hoax.BadJoke.Formatter
Cyren	W32/Joke.LUHD-1387
DrWeb	Joke.Format
ESET-NOD32	Win32/BadJoke.FakeFormat.P potentially unsafe
F-Prot	W32/Joke.BW
F-Secure	Application.Pup.I
Fortinet	Malware_fam.gw
GData	Application.Pup.I
Ikarus	not-a-virus:BadJoke.Win32.Formatter
Invincea	generic.a
Jiangmin	Hoax.BadJoke.be
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0048c89a1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0048c89a1 )
Kaspersky	Hoax.Win32.BadJoke.Formatter
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.Hoax.(kcloud)
McAfee	Generic.dx!E7951F0F0411
McAfee-GW-Edition	Generic.dx!E7951F0F0411
MicroWorld-eScan	Application.Pup.I
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.Formatter.zrxb
nProtect	Joke/W32.BadJoke.289280
Panda	Generic Malware
Qihoo-360	Win32/Joke.8bc
Rising	Trojan.Generic (cloud:gQarudHgzxQ)
Sophos	Generic PUA OO (PUA)
Symantec	Joke Program
Tencent	Win32.Trojan-psw.Badjoke.Alij
TheHacker	Trojan/BadJoke.Formatter
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R0EBC0FI316
VIPRE	BadJoke.Win32.Formatter (not malicious)
Yandex	Riskware.FakeFormat!
Zillya	Tool.BadJoke.Win32.576

fformat.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\fformat.exe

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

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

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