What is hg.exe?

hg.exe's description is "44.exe" according to the hg.exe version information.

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

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

46 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the hg.exe file. That's a 70% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Zusy.153979
AegisLab	Gen.Variant.Zusy!c
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Zusy.153979
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.SGeneric
Arcabit	Trojan.Zusy.D2597B
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Avira	TR/Dropper.MSIL.Gen
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9999
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Zusy.153979
CAT-QuickHeal	Backdoor.Boilod
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/Trojan.LYWN-6700
DrWeb	Trojan.DownLoader19.14585
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_51%
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Zusy.153979 (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.JWL
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Zusy.153979
Fortinet	MSIL/DotNet.JWL!tr
GData	Gen:Variant.Zusy.153979
Invincea	heuristic
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 00511a241 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 00511a241 )
Kaspersky	Trojan-Spy.Win32.Hookey.il
MAX	malware (ai score=99)
McAfee	RDN/Generic.grp
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.PUPXAG.fc
Microsoft	Backdoor:MSIL/Boilod.A
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Zusy.153979
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Kryptik.faykou
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Sophos	Mal/DotNet-P
Symantec	Backdoor.Ratenjay
Tencent	Win32.Trojan-spy.Hookey.Wrgc
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R03BC0DE218
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R03BC0DE218
VBA32	TScope.Trojan.MSIL
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Z.Zusy.356352.AV
Webroot	W32.Malware.Gen
Yandex	TrojanSpy.Hookey!340YdvjDC+w
ZoneAlarm	Trojan-Spy.Win32.Hookey.il

hg.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\hg.exe

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

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

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