What is hl.vbs?
hl.vbs is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\startup\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected hl.vbs.
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.
Digital signatures [?]
hl.vbs is not signed.
VirusTotal report
4 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the hl.vbs file. That's a 7% detection rate.
| Scanner | Detection Name |
|---|---|
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Script.Vbs-heuristic.druvzi |
| TheHacker | VBS/Psyme |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0615 |
| ZoneAlarm | HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Script.Generic |
hl.vbs removal instructions
The instructions below shows how to remove hl.vbs with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the hl.vbs file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that hl.vbs has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:
- Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
- Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
- When the scan is finished, locate hl.vbs in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the hl.vbs 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 hl.vbs in the scan result.
c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\ro..osoft\windows\start menu\programs\startup\hl.vbs 
- Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the hl.vbs file.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If hl.vbs still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If hl.vbs is gone from the scan result you're done.
- If hl.vbs still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that hl.vbs no longer appear in the scan result.
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | b91508d0796ef6fd74badfd32db20682 |
| SHA256 | 147e127251259ef6dc882c93f6f82820bf95439da864bea6fd0244c43331fbfd |
What will you do with hl.vbs?
To help other users, please let us know what you will do with hl.vbs:
What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with hl.vbs. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 2 users.
| Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep | 0 % | 0 | |
| Remove | 100 % | 2 |
NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with hl.vbs. Only 2 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.
Comments
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