What is hdav.exe?

hdav.exe is usually located in the 'c:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-6139366689-1297711619-837049876-1805\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected hdav.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 [?]

hdav.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

hdav.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

22 of the 38 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the hdav.exe file. That's a 58% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
a-squared Backdoor.Tofsee!IK
AhnLab-V3 Win-Trojan/Agent.150528.AE
AntiVir Worm/Palevo.aaoo
Avast Win32:Flot-E
Avast5 Win32:Flot-E
CAT-QuickHeal I-Worm.Palevo.aaoo
Comodo Heur.Packed.Unknown
GData Win32:Flot-E
Ikarus Backdoor.Tofsee
Jiangmin Worm/Palevo.qcm
Kaspersky P2P-Worm.Win32.Palevo.aaoo
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.LooksLike.Trojan.Spy.ZBot.H
Microsoft VirTool:Win32/DelfInject.gen!BI
NOD32 a variant of Win32/Injector.BGS
Norman W32/Obfuscated.J
nProtect Trojan/W32.Agent.150528.AM
Panda Adware/AccesMembre
Prevx High Risk Cloaked Malware
Sunbelt Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Symantec W32.IRCBot
TheHacker W32/Palevo.aaoo
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Agent.150528.H
22 of the 38 anti-virus programs detected the hdav.exe file.

hdav.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove hdav.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the hdav.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that hdav.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 hdav.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the hdav.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 hdav.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-6139366689-1297711619-837049876-1805\hdav.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the hdav.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If hdav.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If hdav.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If hdav.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 hdav.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
MD5b4083282c0449ecd537a0ef94efb70c5
SHA2562943230a9b79661abb86e7db67fa8a4d43ec6dcb6ecaf38ad281b6afc2277c90

Error Messages

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

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

hdav.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.

hdav.exe has stopped working.

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

hdav.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with hdav.exe?

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



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with hdav.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
1

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with hdav.exe. Only 1 user 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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